Official Texans vs. Dolphins Game Thread, 9/09/12

[Arky]

Foster for no gain. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Pass to OD goes for 24 yards over the middle. Ball at the Dolphin 49.

Foster bottled up again -2. 2nd and 12 coming up.

Dumpoff to Tate gets 6. 3rd and 6 coming up. Under 2 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

Short pass to AJ gets 6 and the 1st down.

Foster goes right side for 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.

End of the 3rd quarter.

[Arky]

Foster for 1. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Deep pass to AJ is complete all the way to the Dolphin 3! 1st and goal!

Foster to the 1 yard line.

Foster for no gain. Makes it 3rd and goal from the 1.

Pass to OD is too high. Texans to go for the FG.

Graham's 19-yarder is good.

Texans 30, Dolphins 10

12:22 left in the game.

[nunusguy]

Has either of our backs broken a single tackle all day long ? I don't think so.
And if we hold the 'Phins here, I still wouldn't be surprised if Kubiak still puts AJ back in the the game ?

[Arky]

Thigpen downs the ensuing kickoff in the endzone. Dolphins ball at their 20.

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Pass to Bess gets 11.

Bush is caught for a loss but flag on the Dolphins for holding -10. Redo the down. 1st and 20 coming up.

Short pass to Bush gets 18. 2nd and 2 coming up.

Bush for 12 up the middle. Ball at the Texan 48.

Pass complete to Hartline for about 8 but flag down. Facemask on KJ gives the Dolphins 15 more. Ball is at the Texan 25.

Pass to Hartline goes for 9.

Bush is caught in the backfield again but flag on the play.... Texans offsides gives the Dolphins a 1st down at the Texan 11.

Pass is thrown away inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Tannehill's pass sails inc in the endzone. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass over the middle to Bush complete for 3 or 4. Dolphins to go for it on 4th down.

Pass to Fasano only gets about 3 so Texans takeover on downs. Ball at the Texan 6.

[Arky]

Tate for 2.

Tate caught for a loss of 4. 3rd and 12 coming up.

Foster up the gut for about 8. Texans to punt.

Jones' punt goes out of bounds at the Texan 41. Dolphins ball.

[Arky]

Pass to Bess goes for 9.

Bush caught in the backfield for a loss but flags are down. Holding on Dolphins makes it 2nd and 11.

Deep pass to Hartline is good for big gainer. 34 yards. 1st and goal.

Pass to Armstrong good for 3. 2nd and goal from the 5.

Pass to Fasano in the endzone sails inc. 3rd and goal from the 5.

Pass to Bess is complete at the 1 or 2 yard line but out of bounds. Dolphins challenging that the catch was made in bounds..... 4:10 left in the game.

Play stands after review.....

On 4th and goal, pass is batted down by Jamison. Texans ball at their 5.

[Arky]

Foster loses 1. 2nd and 11 coming up.

Foster for 1. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Foster for no gain. Timeout Dolphins with 2:24 left. Texans to punt.

Thigpen fields the punt and has a short gain to the Dolphin 43. Dolphins ball.

[Arky]

Tannehill's pass is dropped by Bess, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Dumpoff to Bush gets about 8. 3rd and 2 coming up.

2 minute warning.

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Pass to Armstrong is inc. 4th and 2 coming up.

Tannehill is sacked by Jamison! Texans takeover on downs. Ball at the Dolphin 39.

Texans kneeling it out.

Final Score:

Texans 30, Dolphins 10

[TheMatrix31]

Victory Formation!

Lots to work on, but holy hell.....JJ Watt.

[Roy P]

I'm going out on a limb and giving JJ Watt the Game Ball.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Roy P

I'm going out on a limb and giving JJ Watt the Game Ball.

It won't be the last one he gets this year. I hope he has a lot of mantle space out there in Pearland.

[nunusguy]

Jags just lost in OT at Minny, so all division opponents lose. Actually Indy-Bears not complete yet, but Colts down 20 late in 4th.

[HPF Bob]

We obviously still have OL problems both running and pass blocking. The tackling was a bit spotty and if we hadn't had that flurry of turnovers just before halftime, I don't think there would be many happy faces here even in a close win.

Maybe because the run game struggled and some early incompletes, I don't feel like we dominated today. But it's Week One, it's a win and we stand alone in first place in the division so it's a building block for future weeks.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

We obviously still have OL problems both running and pass blocking. The tackling was a bit spotty and if we hadn't had that flurry of turnovers just before halftime, I don't think there would be many happy faces here even in a close win.

Maybe because the run game struggled and some early incompletes, I don't feel like we dominated today. But it's Week One, it's a win and we stand alone in first place in the division so it's a building block for future weeks.

I agree with you again, Bob. The scoreboard did not reflect how close this game was. We got some lucky bounces that went our way, but it wasnt a a dominating performance. Very pleased that JJ Watt was able to be on the field. We can feel good because of the score, but Coach Kubiak has enough on film to put his foot in some asses this week.

[barrett]

I agree it was not a sharp performance. But I am encouraged that we are at a point where we aren't sharp and we still win easily.

I'd also disagree we got lucky bounces. The dolphins were very lucky to recover two of their own fumbles early and we also lost a very close replay for a TD early.

I think bottom line is our defense never gave them a chance to be in this game, and our offense had a good 2nd quarter stretch in a game of mediocrity.

But either way we came out and burried them by halftime. That is more than the Saints, Eagles, and Lions (3 other teams with superbowl aspirations) can say about games in which they were heavily favored.

[Nconroe]

Passing game overall looking pretty good since first quarter.