Official Texans @ Rams Game Thread, 11/12/2017

[Arky]

The 2nd half kickoff is brought back to the Ram 25. Ram's ball.

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False start Rams, -5. Makes it 1st and 15.

Pass to Kupp goes for 19.

Goff pressured, throws it away.....flags down.....intentional grounding on Goff. Makes it 2nd and 20.

Checkdown to Gurley goes for almost 3. 3rd and 17 coming up.

Flags presnap. Clowney jumped... Makes it 3rd and 12.

Goff's pass off the mark, inc. Rams will have to punt.

Punt goes out of bounds at the Texan 20. Texan's ball.

13:13 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

C'mon Savage. We're still in this game....

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L Miller loses 4.

Nice catch by Hop. Gain of 32.

L Miller for no gain.

Pick 6 courtesy of Tom Savage but holding on the Rams nullifies it. Whew! 1st and 10 Texans at the Ram 47.

Pass to Hop goes for nice gain but PI on Hop. Makes it 1st and 20.

Savage's pass it tipped and falls inc. 2nd and 20 coming up.

Pass to Ellington gets 6. 3rd and 14 coming up.

Savage's deep pass can't find a home. Texans will have to punt.

Punt goes out of bounds at the Ram 15 but flag on the Texans for holding. 10 yard penalty, rekick.

Punt is "returned" to the Ram 4 yard line. Ram's ball.

10:09 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Gurley goes left for 2.

Goff hits Woods on a deep pass for the TD. Wide open for 94 yards.

Rams 16, Texans 7

9:23 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff is a touchback. Texan's ball at their 25.

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Savage pressured, throws it away, inc.

Foreman for almost 5. 3rd and 5 coming up.

Pass to Fido goes inc. Texans have to punt.

Punt is brought back to the 19 but block in the back on the Rams places the ball at the Ram 9 yard line. Ram's ball.

8:14 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Gurley goes right side for about 11.

Pass to Woods gets 8.

Pass to Kupp gets 7 and the 1st down at the Ram 35.

Goff sacked by Scarlett! Makes it 2nd and 16 coming up.

Pass to Woods gets 13. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Pass to Kupp goes for 7 at the Ram 49, 1st down.

Pass to Dunbar, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Handoff to Austin gets 4. 3rd and 6 coming up.

Goff pressured, gets pulled down by Scarlett. Loss on the play and the Rams will have to punt.

Punt goes into the end zone, touchback. Texan's ball at their 20.

3:53 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Foreman for no gain.

Savage hit as he throws, ball goes inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Hop is caught but out of bounds, inc. Texans to punt.

Punt is brought back to the Texan 36. Weeks injured on the play. Ram's ball in good field position.

2:51 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Austin dodges and darts for a loss of 5.

Pass to Watkins goes for 24. Ball at the Texan 12.

Pass to Watkins goes for the TD.

Rams 23, Texans 7

1:33 left in the 3rd qtr.

Defense tired because the offense can't move the ball......

[Keith]

Defense played a really inspired first half, Clowney particularly so. Amazing how he now seems to be the model of health given how the early years of his career began. Not sure how many more years he will have left in him.

Kevin Johnson also seems to be back to form after his various ailments. Still, can't help but catch the Jags again this Sunday and wonder what might have been had the team retained A.J. Bouye.

It was easy to comment at halftime that had Care Bear converted his short FG attempt, and had Savage not thrown the pick late, that the Texans could have had a two-score lead midway through the game. But then the third quarter happened, and the Savage Texans are who we thought they were.

I said aloud just before the first pick that I didn't mind all those batted passes from Savage because chances were they would be picked anyway, being the curmudgeon that I've become. Then lo and behold, those did become picks later.

And Savage may have a tendency to get not only himself set up for disaster, but now he seems to put his receivers in harm's way, too. Will Fuller was destroyed by a clean hit & didn't return. For as often as Savage locks onto Hopkins, we should be worried that he's next.

[Arky]

I've been cutting Savage some slack because he is getting plenty of starter's minutes for the first time in his career. We as fans are too quick to judge sometimes. Many QB's have to kind of find their way when opportunity knocks.

That said, the bad signs out-numbered the good signs yesterday. There was one play where a Ram defender was making a beeline toward Savage as he stood in the pocket. Savage saw the guy coming and there should have been all sorts of red flags going off - dodge, get rid of the ball, protect the ball, something... but Savage just stood there as though he wasn't processing what was happening, took the sack and fumbled the ball. Just very bad Blake Bortles-esque looking.

There's nothing heroic about being able to "take a punch". Savage was like this at Pitt if you've ever seen those highlights. "Good" at taking a hit. There are usually other less masochistic options.

There were a few good throws yesterday.....just not enough. Still, despite the 2 INT's and the 2 lost fumbles, you could make a case that he was a bit better than he was against the Colts. One can only hope he can accelerate his learning curve before he ends up on IR...

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Arky

I've been cutting Savage some slack because he is getting plenty of starter's minutes for the first time in his career. We as fans are too quick to judge sometimes. Many QB's have to kind of find their way when opportunity knocks.

That said, the bad signs out-numbered the good signs yesterday. There was one play where a Ram defender was making a beeline toward Savage as he stood in the pocket. Savage saw the guy coming and there should have been all sorts of red flags going off - dodge, get rid of the ball, protect the ball, something... but Savage just stood there as though he wasn't processing what was happening, took the sack and fumbled the ball. Just very bad Blake Bortles-esque looking.

There's nothing heroic about being able to "take a punch". Savage was like this at Pitt if you've ever seen those highlights. "Good" at taking a hit. There are usually other less masochistic options.

There were a few good throws yesterday.....just not enough. Still, despite the 2 INT's and the 2 lost fumbles, you could make a case that he was a bit better than he was against the Colts. One can only hope he can accelerate his learning curve before he ends up on IR...

Savage is a bad backup QB. He has poor pocket awareness, poor presnap recognition, and poor accuracy. His solid arm strength and size are rendered useless by the fact that he doesn't know where to throw it.

I'd say he's near the bottom of the 9 QBs we've played the last 4 years. I'd take Yates or Weeden over him.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by barrett

Savage is a bad backup QB. He has poor pocket awareness, poor presnap recognition, and poor accuracy. His solid arm strength and size are rendered useless by the fact that he doesn't know where to throw it.

I'd say he's near the bottom of the 9 QBs we've played the last 4 years. I'd take Yates or Weeden over him.

At this point, I agree but I can recall some of these same things being said about Keenum (he of the 0-8 record) a few years ago.....

I'm convinced the term "reserving judgement" is not your vocabulary, barrett....