Official Texans @ Cowboys Game Thread, 12/11/2022

[Keith]

Cowboys three-and-out. Punt to King is returned to the Texans' 21.

Mills back at QB. Either the time missed with the Allen starts or the rotation today with Driskel is working. He is 5-5 for 55 yards so far with a 112.5 QB rating.

Spoke too soon. Mills' 2nd & 3rd down attempts are incomplete. Texans punt to the Cowboys' 36.

10-14, Cowboys
3:42 remaining in the half

[Keith]

INTERCEPTION!

Tremon Smith nabs a deflected pass intended for Brown off the receiver (and maybe Stewart in coverage) and returns it to the Cowboys' 27.

Drive starts with a foul start on Green, who is back in the game (yay?).

Driskel from the shotgun fakes a handoff to Pierce and rolls right, throwing into the endzone to Rodgers for a touchdown, 28 yards. Welcome to the team, Amari!

Extra point is good.

Texans 17-14
2:23 remaining

[Keith]

Prescott comes out throwing following the 2-min warning. Completions of 8, 7, and finally 16 yards get the Wagon to the Texans' 37 before a pair of incompletions set up a 3rd and 10. Prescott converts the first down with a completion to his TE Dalton Schultz, who then drops a potential TD catch on the next play.

Cowboys OL Terence Steele is injured on the play as Hughes pushed him into Prescott as he threw the pass.

The 3rd-and-10 attempt is deflected by Pitre, who has been hitting everything hard this drive, now another PBU.

Maher's 33-yrd field goal attempt is good. Game is tied at 17, 40 second left in the half.

Touchback on the kickoff. Mills passes to Moore for 18 then a timeout. From their 43, Mills checks down to Ogunbowale for 3, then completes to Rodgers to cross midfield, calls timeout. Cowboys jump offsides then commit DPI on the free play, moving the Texans to the 41, 0:17 on the clock.

Mills completes a 9-yd slant route to Phillip Dorsett to the 32. Texans let the clock run down to 0:02 before calling their final timeout. Fairbairn connects on a 50-yard field goal, and well well well... the Texans go into halftime with the lead.

Texans 20, Cowboys 17
Halftime

[Keith]

Driskel opens the second half at QB. During the FOX halftime show, Jimmy Johnson said Mills was out at times because he was hurt, but methinks Jimmy is getting a bit too much sun these days. Mills is in for a 3rd down conversion to Rodgers.

Next play, Pierce loses the ball, forced out by Donovan Wilson, recovered by Trevon Diggs and returned 15 yards to the Houston 28. Pollard converts a 3rd and short to the 8-yd line.

Steele out for the game with a knee injury, and now New Texan Taylor Stallworth is down. Starting to pile up some injuries today.

On 3rd and goal, Elliott is stopped inside the 1. Cowboys go for it on 4th down, and Elliott is stuffed for a loss! Desmond King came crashing.

Texans 20-17
8:19 left in the 3rd quarter

[Keith]

Driskel scrambles from out his own end zone for a first and some breathing room. Pierce then goes angry mode and demolishes Malik Hooker for a 24-yard run to the Houston 40. Hoo boy.

Mills back in for the 3rd and 6, completes to Rodgers for 14 as Diggs tried unsuccessfully to jump the route for a pick. Eno Benjamin gets the ensuring carry and is dropped for a loss of 4, thanks to... you guessed it, Green's missed block. Mills and Driskel keep swapping in and out. Mills in for the 3rd and 9, his completion to Moore at the sideline is short.

54-yard field goal attempt by Fairbairn is good. Wow.

Texans 23-17
3:03 left in the 3rd

[Keith]

Dak scrambles on third down, but slides just short of the marker in spite of holding the ball out reaching for the first. He then converts for the first, calling his own number. Next he finds a wide open Michael Gallup for 25 yards across midfield.

Fourth quarter begins with a 3rd & 8 at the Texans' 35. Another game with the team going into the final quarter with a lead or tie. Prescott's pass is defelcted incomplete by Kirksey. TV crew just said this 6-point lead is the franchise's largest against the Cowboys since the 10-0 lead to start the first-ever game against them in 2002.

Doesn't last long as Maher kicks the 53-yard field goals.

Texans 23-20
14:50 left in the game

[Keith]

Oh no, Pierce is down following a 1-yard carry before limping off the field, maybe an ankle problem.

In other AFC South news, the Jaguars are lighting up the Titans, 33-14 late in the 3rd quarter. Titans owner Amy Strunk in the news this week after a midseason firing of their GM. Somewhere six feet under, Bud Adams is smiling.

3rd down pass is incomplete to Moore, covered by Kelvin Joseph. Texans punt by Cam Johnston takes a favorable bounce for 60 yards, out of bounds at the Dallas 12.

Texans 23-20
13:31 remaining

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Keith

Green's missed block.

How do you whiff on a pick like that?

[Keith]

Originally Posted by chuck

How do you whiff on a pick like that?

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