Official Texans vs. Saints Fake Game Thread, 8/25/2013

[Keith]

Sunday gameday.

Lots of praying in Houston churches this morning... praying for the Texans to stay healthy.

[HPF Bob]

Our first pre-season game sans Meyers and Tillman. If you think they suck, just listen to the Fox crew today.

Hoping Foster stays off the field. There's really no reason for him to face contact yet.

I'm expecting the Texans to lose since they usually do at the SuperDome although we won there the very first time in 2002.

We should see a lot of the first-teamers today.

[Arky]

Schaub - a couple of good passes, a couple of bad passes on the Texans first possession. Drive stalls and Lechler pins the Saints inside the 5.

12:26 left in the 1st quarter.

[Arky]

Saints go nowhere and have to punt. K Martin returns the punt for a TD but it comes back because of a block in the back on Harris.

[Arky]

Nice run by Tate. Looked like the old Tate there.... 39 yards.

[Arky]

Tate finishes off the drive with a short run for the TD.

Texans 7, Saints 0

5:51 left in the 1st quarter.

[Arky]

Texans tack on a 48-yard Bullock FG with 13:41 left in the half.

Texans 10, Saints 0

[HPF Bob]

You may notice it is Quessenberry and Brooks as the first team OGs. Newton's already given up a sack. Now the Saints get an 80-yd TD drive on two plays. They can score quickly. 10-7 Texans 2nd.

[Arky]

Brees connects with Thomas for a 51-yard TD.

Texans 10, Saints 7

12:07 left in the half.

[chuck]

Shiloh Keo is almost as bad as Matt Stevens.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

You may notice it is Quessenberry and Brooks as the first team OGs. Newton's already given up a sack. Now the Saints get an 80-yd TD drive on two plays. They can score quickly. 10-7 Texans 2nd.

The guards look fine. Newton looks horrible. I've been hoping this RT problem would sort of fix itself but that doesn't seem to be happening.

[Arky]

Bullock hits a 55-yarder.

Texans 13, Saints 7

8:26 left in the half.

[Arky]

Saints answer with their own 51-yard FG.

Texans 13, Saints 10

3:44 left in the half.

[Nconroe]

Bullock starting to look pretty good. Tate and Johnson too.

Wonder who second RT in the game will be?

[Arky]

Schaub just doesn't seem to be "accurate" any more... Completion % is always OK, but so many passes are always just a little off making the receiver do flips to make the catch....

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Arky

Schaub just doesn't seem to be "accurate" any more... Completion % is always OK, but so many passes are always just a little off making the receiver do flips to make the catch....

I thought Schaub has looked very good but been let down by his receivers too often. Martin may be a bust.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

The guards look fine. Newton looks horrible. I've been hoping this RT problem would sort of fix itself but that doesn't seem to be happening.

Still a real problem.

[Arky]

Saints, with McCown at QB, drive down the field and score on a 14-yard TD pass to Stills.

Saints 17, Texans 13

1:14 left in the half.

[Arky]

Texans hurry down the field for 21-yard Bullock FG.

Saints 17, Texans 16

Halftime.

[Arky]

Saints waste no time getting down the field - with a PI on Harris along the way. 8-yard pass to Tanner for the TD.

Saints 24, Texans 16

14:08 left in the 3rd quarter.