Official Texans vs. Browns Game Thread, 10/15/2017

[Arky]

Browns "punt off" and Thompson brings it back to the Texan 35. Texan's ball.

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Watson keeps going right side for 3.

Screen to L Miller only gets about 1.

Deep pass to Fuller goes inc but flag on the Browns for holding, 5 yards and an auto 1st down.

Foreman for 8. Ball at the Browns 47.

Watson's pass nearly INT'ed, but inc.

On 3rd and 2, pass to Ellington goes for 6 and the 1st down.

Foreman caught for loss of 4. 2nd and 14 coming up.

Quick screen to Griffin is inc. 3rd and 14 coming up.

Screen to Fuller goes for 25, 1st down. Ball at the Browns 22.

Foreman caught for a loss of 1.

Pass over the middle to Griffin, hangs on for the 1st down at the Browns 10. 1st and goal.

Foreman goes for 6.

Foreman for 1. 3rd and goal coming up from the 3.

Pass to Hop good for the TD!

Texans 33, Browns 3

4:05 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

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

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Johnson get loose for 15.

Hogan keeps and scrambles for 10.

Johnson goes right side for a few but flag is down.... holding offense, makes it 1st and 20.

Screen to Vitale goes for 7. 2nd and 13 coming up.

Texans use a timeout - mix up in substitutions....

Pass to Crowell gets 5. 3rd and 8 coming up.

Pass to Louis just short of the 1st down, holding on the Browns backs it up.....Makes it 3rd and 17 coming up.

Hogan's pass deflected, inc. Browns have to punt.

Thompson brings the punt back to the Texan 11. Texan's ball.

20 seconds left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

L Miller loses 2.

End of the 3rd qtr.

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Watson finds Prosch for nice gain, 18 yards, 1st down.

L Miller goes right side for 5.

Umph, Watson throws the pick 6, McCourty brings it back 56 yards.

Texans 33, Browns 10

13:27 left in the game.

[barrett]

I thought it was bad when the QB starved Texans passed on Derek Carr. That pales in comparison to the QB starved Browns actually trading away the pick that drafted Deshaun Watson. It's amazing that some of these guys have personnel jobs.

[Arky]

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

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Foreman caught for loss of 3.

Watson's pass is deflected, inc. Brings up 3rd and 13.

Watson pressured, scrambles for 9. Texans have to punt.

Lechler's punt is brought back to the Browns 18. Browns' ball.

11:58 left in the game.

[Arky]

Pass to Crowell goes for 9.

Crowell for 14.

Deep pass goes inc. No flag for PI.

On 2nd and 10, screen pass goes nowhere, loses 6. 3rd and 16 coming up.

Hogan can't find a receiver and scrambles for a few but flag is down.....holding on the Browns is declined. Browns have to punt.

Thompson brings it back to the Texan 21. Texan's ball.

9:33 left in the game.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

This guy Hogan is the worst NFL quarterback I can remember watching.

The intentional grounding play in the end zone was embarrassing. He just panicked and spiked it. How bad is Brock Osweiller that he couldn't even get a backup job on this team?

[Arky]

Foreman for 1.

Texans use a timeout (#2).

Foreman goes for 5. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Deep pass to Fuller is dropped, oy. Texans have to punt.

Peppers brings the punt back for short gain but a flag is down..... refs say, "no flag".... Browns' ball at their 34.

7:57 left in the game.

[Arky]

Pass to Williams gets 9.

Hogan's pass off the mark, inc. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Johnson goes for 14 and the 1st down.

Pass to Higgins goes to the Texan 30, 13 yards.

Crowell for 2.

Drummond with the sack! Loss of 9. Brings up 3rd and 16.

Hogan sacked again, fumbles but the Browns recover. Browns have to punt.

Browns down the punt at the Texan 2. Texan's ball.

3:39 left in the game.

[Arky]

L Miller for 5.

L Miller for 1. Brings up 3rd and 4.

L Miller loses 1. Texans have to punt

2 minute warning.

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Punt is brought back to midfield. Browns' ball.

1:49 left in the game.

[Arky]

Pass to Williams good for 8.

Pass to Louis good for 13.

Pass near the end zone goes inc but flag on Williams for PI. Places the ball at the Texan 3. 1st and goal.

Pass to Njoku in the end zone, inc.

Pass to DeValve goes for the TD.

Texans 33, Browns 17

1:03 left in the game.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff is onsides and recovered by B Miller. Texan's ball.

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L Miller for a couple.

Watson taking a knee.

Time runs out.

Final score:

Texans 33, Browns 17

Good enough.

[Keith]

Won a game they were supposed to win, and did so convincingly. Thought the Texans should have given stronger consideration to letting Savage play out the fourth quarter to keep Watson from taking a cheap hit. Team seems a bit snakebit on injuries lately.

[nunusguy]

Sloppy game by Watson and that was before the pic 6, so I'm sure glad this game was played here and not in Cleveland else it might not have been as comfortable a game for us.
More injuries: the outstanding undrafted rookie LB Dylan Cole is out for awhile, maybe season-ending but I sure hope not; LT Chris Clark reportedly suffered an injury to one of his calfs.
With all the injuries, & breaking in of the rookie QB to include lots of issues with the OLine led by the unexpected holdout of Duane Brown maybe 3-3 at the bye is not too bad.
Now we got a couple weeks to lick our wounds and then tee it up again for the long road trip up to Seattle.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Sloppy game by Watson and that was before the pic 6, so I'm sure glad this game was played here and not in Cleveland else it might not have been as comfortable a game for us.
More injuries: the outstanding undrafted rookie LB Dylan Cole is out for awhile, maybe season-ending but I sure hope not; LT Chris Clark reportedly suffered an injury to one of his calfs.
With all the injuries, & breaking in of the rookie QB to include lots of issues with the OLine led by the unexpected holdout of Duane Brown maybe 3-3 at the bye is not too bad.
Now we got a couple weeks to lick our wounds and then tee it up again for the long road trip up to Seattle.

That game is a blowout wherever it is played. That Browns team isn't trying to win games. I am guessing their coach was given a mandate to lose this year and a promise he wouldn't be held accountable.

I agree Watson was sloppy. Hopkins made a better defensive play than any Texans DB has made in 5 years to save him from another terrible INT.

But the TD to Fuller was awesome with him looking off the safety, and the one he dropped on Fuller's head only to have it dropped was even better. I have no problem with the rookie mistakes from a rookie who is throwing 3+ TDs every week.

And I love that we can all of a sudden run a screen play. We had a couple of really well done screens, including one to a WR. Between the QB run keeping pass rushers in their lanes and a new found screen game, we are really helping out the OL.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by barrett

That game is a blowout wherever it is played. That Browns team isn't trying to win games. I am guessing their coach was given a mandate to lose this year and a promise he wouldn't be held accountable.

I agree Watson was sloppy. Hopkins made a better defensive play than any Texans DB has made in 5 years to save him from another terrible INT.

But the TD to Fuller was awesome with him looking off the safety, and the one he dropped on Fuller's head only to have it dropped was even better. I have no problem with the rookie mistakes from a rookie who is throwing 3+ TDs every week.

And I love that we can all of a sudden run a screen play. We had a couple of really well done screens, including one to a WR. Between the QB run keeping pass rushers in their lanes and a new found screen game, we are really helping out the OL.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy, actually very delighted that we drafted Watson as he 's turned out to be a genuine pleasure to watch every Sunday and easily the best QB prospect this franchise has ever had, so much so that I'm hopeful that the ownership keeps the current coaching regime on the job for awhile longer to see what they can do with DW.
Why just imagine what Watson could do if he had a couple of real NFL tackles and a talented TE in his offense with him ?

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy, actually very delighted that we drafted Watson as he 's turned out to be a genuine pleasure to watch every Sunday and easily the best QB prospect this franchise has ever had, so much so that I'm hopeful that the ownership keeps the current coaching regime on the job for awhile longer to see what they can do with DW.
Why just imagine what Watson could do if he had a couple of real NFL tackles and a talented TE in his offense with him ?

Ryan Griffin looked good today.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by barrett

Ryan Griffin looked good today.

He had a decent game.
Speaking of TEs what's the story on Fido ? I know he went IR for '17 after his third concussion this year but is it potentially bigger than that, is there a serious consideration that he might retire from football ?
JJoe had a good game, wonder can we squeeze another year after this one out of our aging CB ? I would say clearly he and Arron Glenn are the best corners the Texans have ever had ?

[Arky]

I always thought Fido was on the IR Eligible-to-return list. Not sure exactly when the deadline to return is....8th week, 10th week, something like that?

[HPF Bob]

After all the drama and injuries, the Texans are 3-3 and tied for first place in the division, sorta where you'd expect. One win we didn't expect (@Cincy) and one loss we didn't expect (to Jax) so we're headed into the bye exactly where we expected.

Suddenly, the offense is saving our skin and the defense is vulnerable due to the wave of injuries.