Official Texans vs. Dolphins Game Thread, 10/25/2018

Arky · #1 10-24-2018, 04:21 PM

Week 8 finds the 4-3 Texans hosting the 4-3 Dolphins in a TNF game. The Texans are coming off a 20-7 road win over the Jags and the Dolphins are coming off a 32-21 home loss to the Lions. The Dolphins are somewhat banged up and expected to start backup QB Brock Osweiler. Overall, statistically, the Dolphins are average to mediocre however, they do share the league lead in INT's with 11.

The Texans are 7-1 all time vs. the Dolphins.

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TV = FOX/NFLN (channel 26 local), Thursday 7:20 pm, October 25, 2018

Announcers = Thom Brennaman, Troy Aikman

The line = Texans by 7½

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Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

CBS (early) = Denver @ Kansas City, Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon

FOX (early) = Washington @ NY Giants, Kenny Albert, Charles Davis

FOX (late) = Green Bay @ LA Rams, Thom Brennaman, Troy Aikman

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Other prime time/national:

Sunday Morning = Philadelphia vs Jacksonville (London) (8:30 AM CST; NFLN)

SNF = New Orleans @ Minnesota (NBC)

MNF = New England @ Buffalo (ESPN)

Arky · #2 10-24-2018, 05:19 PM

Worth noting is that after this Thursday night game, the Texans have exactly one game (Denver) over the next 23 days. This should be good news for the Hamstring Club (Fuller, Coutee, etc.).

Keith · #3 10-25-2018, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arky

This should be good news for the Hamstring Club (Fuller, Coutee, etc.).

Hope it is good news for D'Onta Foreman, too. RBs with achilles injuries though are not usually cause for much optimism.

barrett · #4 10-25-2018, 01:39 PM

I think Thursday games benefit us because of Watson. He is outside of normal and because of that short prep hurts when you play against him. Hopefully we can win this one just like Jacksonville. Get a lead and play conservative on offense. Miami isn't good enough on offense to win unless we give them help, so design the game plan around not helping (no turnovers, no allowing fake punt conversions to teams not good enough to convert on their own). And please convince Watson that Clowney is going to murder Osweiller so there is no need for him to run over any LBs this week.

Arky · #5 10-25-2018, 07:53 PM

Dolphins strike first as Drake scores on a 12 yard run.

Dolphins 7, Texans 0

4:58 left in the 1st qtr.

barrett · #6 10-25-2018, 08:00 PM

How do you blow a call on a FG? There's a grand total of like 3 things to look for and like 7 refs looking. You know one guy is looking for nothing but contact on the center, and he makes up a helmet to helmet hit. An official should lose his job on that. That's not a mistake, it's incompetence.

Arky · #7 10-25-2018, 08:01 PM

Texans answer with a nice drive capped by a 2 yard run by L Miller.

Texans 7, Dolphins 7

31 seconds left in the 1st qtr.