Official Texans @ Saints Game Thread, 9/9/19

[Arky]

Saints move the ball quickly down the field and score on a Murray 30 yard run to start the second half.

Texans 14, Saints 10

12:51 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

The Texans answer right back! Nice drive culminating in a 16-yard TD pass to DHop!

Texans 21, Saints 10

8:20 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Saints come right back with a long drive ending in a 8 yard TD pass to Hill.

Texans 21, Saints 17

2:39 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Watson has a very deep ball INT'ed and Dhop gets flagged for unnecessary roughness on the tackle. Saints ball at the Texan 49.

1:48 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Brees hits T Smith on the 14 yard TD reception. Saints take the lead.

Saints 24, Texans 21

14:55 left in the game.

[Arky]

Lutz makes good on 47-yarder.

Saints 27, Texans 21

50 seconds left in the game. Texans with no timeouts.

[Arky]

OMFG! 2 plays, 75 yards. TD Texans! Stills with the 37-yard catch.

Whoa, missed extra point is nullified by a roughing the kicker penalty.

2nd attempt is good. Texans take the lead.

LOL!

Texans 28, Saints 27

37 seconds left in the game.

Gotta keep the Saints outta FG position....

[Arky]

Jeez.

Lutz make the 58-yard FG as time expires.

Final score:

Saints 30, Texans 28

Well, it was an entertaining game.....

[HPF Bob]

Same idiot Texans - give the receiver a 15-yd cushion when they need 7 yds to be in field goal range.

[chuck]

It is absolutely criminal what these fking idiots do with the great players they somehow stumble into.

Do TO, I should say.

This secondary is a new dimension of terrible.

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[nunusguy]

Clowneys absence already evident with only Watt left to provide pressure on the QB who the Saints double-teamed all night long.

[barrett]

I've got no problem with the last drive. If you told me the Saints would reach the 41 on that last drive I'd take it 100 times out of 100. If you told me we'd give up a 58 yard FG try I'd take it every time. Drew Brees is going to move a team in that situation. We lost on a guy doing something he's never done in his life.

The bigger concern is the absolutely non-existent pass rush for 4 quarters. Too bad we couldn't have added a high level pass rusher to this team in the last week.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by barrett

I've got no problem with the last drive. If you told me the Saints would reach the 41 on that last drive I'd take it 100 times out of 100. If you told me we'd give up a 58 yard FG try I'd take it every time. Drew Brees is going to move a team in that situation. We lost on a guy doing something he's never done in his life.

The bigger concern is the absolutely non-existent pass rush for 4 quarters. Too bad we couldn't have added a high level pass rusher to this team in the last week.

Or better yet don't give a high level pass rusher already on your roster away to another NFL team a week before the season starts.

[chuck]

They simply conceded 60-70 yards on the most important drive of the game. If you have no problem with that, well, I have nothing more to say about it.

[HPF Bob]

This was a carbon copy of the loss last year in Philadelphia where we got a miracle TD in the final minute only to watch the defense piss away the game in the closing seconds.

Six sacks on Watson tonight when all was said and done - the most crucial blew right by Tunsil.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

They simply conceded 60-70 yards on the most important drive of the game. If you have no problem with that, well, I have nothing more to say about it.

The Saints went from the 25 to the 41. That's 34 yards.

But don't let silly things like facts get in the way of your opinions.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

This was a carbon copy of the loss last year in Philadelphia where we got a miracle TD in the final minute only to watch the defense piss away the game in the closing seconds.

Six sacks on Watson tonight when all was said and done - the most crucial blew right by Tunsil.

That was a terrible one by Tunsil. I can't blame a guy who's been here 5 days but I can blame the Texans for making a trade 5 days before the season started when the same deal could have been made 5 months ago.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Or better yet don't give a high level pass rusher already on your roster away to another NFL team a week before the season starts.

Yep. That's the one I was referring to.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

The Saints went from the 25 to the 41. That's 34 yards.

But don't let silly things like facts get in the way of your opinions.

Great, well, that doesn't seem so bad then.

Just kidding. You're still a caricature for thinking that it's ok. I put an asterisk in my post above so I could refer to it when you showed up and went full barrett. Which you did. Like you always do.

[Arky]

Watson really needs to have one of these type of games go his way. Pendergast pointed out on the radio last night that four times in Watson's 23 starts, he has given the team a 4th quarter lead only to have the defense blow the game. Seattle and New England in 2017, Philly last year and last night. McClain takes it deeper:

Defense lets down Watson, again

What happened to the Texans on Monday night was similar to what happened in Philadelphia last season – a defeat that cost them a 12-4 record and a first-round bye in the playoffs. In both cases, the defense couldn't stop the offense one last time to help preserve a victory.

Against New Orleans, Deshaun Watson's 37-yard touchdown pass down the middle to Kenny Stills gave the Texans a 28-27 lead, but the defense let the Saints go 35 yards in 35 seconds, setting up a 58-yard Wil Lutz field goal attempt with two seconds remaining. He connected with no time remaining.

In the 15th game last season at Lincoln Financial Field, Watson threw two touchdown passes late in the game to overcome a 29-16 Eagles lead. The Texans led 30-29 after his 35-yard scoring pass to Vyncint Smith. The Eagles got the ball at their 11 with two minutes remaining, and quarterback Nick Foles made one big play after another to set up Jake Elliott's 35-yard field goal with no time left for a 30-28 victory.

Texans never out with Watson

In his third season, Watson still hasn't lost a regular-season game by more than one score. The 30-28 loss to the Saints was the ninth regular-season loss of his career. The Texans' average margin of defeat is four points in those games. Watson's most decisive loss was a 42-34 primetime defeat to Kansas City in NRG Stadium during 2017, his rookie year.

The only time Watson has lost a start by more than one score was Indianapolis' 21-7 victory over the Texans in last season's wild-card playoff game at NRG Stadium. The Texans picked a bad time to have their worst offensive performance of the season.

I suppose he will just have to be content with the fact that he did what he had to do and that he only can control what he can control....

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I'm liking what I'm seeing with the new running backs. Duke Johnson and Carlos Hyde were showing some moves not seen in these parts in a while. It's early but the future looks bright.

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That sound you heard in the late 4th quarter was all the Debbie Downer's heads exploding on social media when Watson engineered the 2-play 75 yard drive to take the lead. Yep, they (the Texans) eventually lost but what a beautiful mess....

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Next up is the Jags and the early line is Texans by 10.