Once upon a time this season
Womens D'Onta Foreman Jersey , the Houston Texans were on life support.They’d just lost to the Giants on the heels of one of Eli Manning’s best
performances of the season, which isn’t saying much.At 0-3, the Texans were
staring down the barrel of what could have been another lost season.But then
they won.And won again.And won some more.They weren’t all pretty.They weren’t
all wins the Texans should’ve won, but they were wins nonetheless.Looking back
on it now, with the Texans guaranteed a minimum of a .500 season, those three
opening losses seem so distant now, like a massive thunderstorm giving way to a
rainbow.Life is funny like that.Monday night’s win was possibly the most
complete game the Texans have had all season.Could it be because they do well
against teams that have to run the ball a lot?Maybe.Could it be that we’ve
finally got the offense we’ve wanted to see all season (save for the Dolphins
game)?Possibly.Personally, I’m not going to complain about how we got
here...much.I certainly can’t complain about what happened last night because
that was a pretty great game all told.Okay
Aaron Colvin Jersey White , enough stalling.Let’s get to the Dog.As always, in finest Hair of the Dog tradition, all swear words have been replaced
by the word [kitten] because kittens are soft and fluffy and adorable and swear
words, with some exceptions, aren’t.Enjoy!Pregame Thoughts:Titan MattUT (to
Titan Matt)BFDFirst Quarter:UTCapt Ron(The Tennessee Paramours of Livestock kick
a field goal, lead 3-0.)UTLuke (to Titan Matt)(Sheep[kitten]ers score on a
67-yard pass to Corey Davis, lead 10-0.)UTBFDUTBFDLuke[Ed. Note:I had to read
this three times to make sure it was safe to add to this week’s post.]Kenneth
L.Titan Matt (to Kenneth)Capt Ron(Deshaun Watson finds Demaryius Thomas in the
end zone for a touchdown.Fart-sniffers lead 10-7.)UTTitan MattRyan (in a cameo
appearance)Capt RonBFDLukeUTRyanUTSecond Quarter:Capt Ron(Deshaun Watson runs
the ball in for a touchdown.Texans take the lead over the methheads,
14-10.)RyanLukeBFDKenneth L.UT (to Kenneth)MDCRyanUTBFD (to UT)Titan MattOh
my!BFDTitan Matt(Traitors go for it on fourth and 1
Andre Johnson Jersey , fail to convert on a tight end run up the middle.)Kenneth L.BFDLukeUT(Lamar Miller runs 97 yards for a touchdown on the
first play after getting the ball back.Texans lead 21-10.)Kenneth L.UTTitan
MattKenneth L.RyanMDCBFDCapt RonMatt BurnhamLukeBFD (to Matt Burnham)Titan Matt
(to Matt Burnham)UT (to Titan Matt)Kenneth L.Titan Matt (to UT)(Ryan Griffin
drops an easily catchable pass.)UTCapt RonBFDUTMatt BurnhamUTKenneth L.Capt
Ron(Texans kick a field goal, lead 24-10.)Halftime Reactions:BFDTitan MattTitan
ChrisUTThird Quarter:Titan Matt (to UT)Capt RonUTLukeUT (to Luke)Titan
Matt(Texans kick another field goal, lead 27-10.)Matt BurnhamUTLuke (to UT)UT
Capt RonUTMDC (to UT)BFDUTLukeTitan MattUTMatt BurnhamCapt Ron(JJo loses his
assignment and runs into another defender.Traitorous pigs score touchdown.Texans
lead 27-17.)UTBFDTitan MattFourth Quarter:(Deshaun Watson escapes a
sack.)UT(Texans run up the middle for no gain, forcing a Texans punt.)Matt
BurnhamUTTitan Matt[Ed. Note:Traitor.](Watson takes the ball and runs into the
red zone.Traitors challenge whether the ball was fumbled.Call stands.)Kenneth
L.This fumble call is the call of the gameBFD(Watson finds Thomas in the end
zone again for the touchdown.Texans lead 34-17.)MDCTitan MattUT (to Weston)Matt
BurnhamMDC (to Matt Burnham)UTTitan MattCapt RonUT(Texans kneel it out to close
the game.Texans win 34-17.)Game Balls:Offense - This has to go to Lamar Miller
if for no other reason than the 97-yard touchdown run he had in the second
quarter and possibly his best game so far as a Houston Texan.Defense - It would
be easy to put J.J. Watt here for the night he had, but I’m going to throw a
curve ball and give it to Christian Covington, who got 2.5 sacks on Marcus
Mariota.Special Teams - Let’s give it to Ka’imi Fairbairn, who made every kick
expected of him on Monday night.Got some other ideas about who should get game
balls?Got a better description for the BESFs than what you saw here, throw them
out for the public to decide in the comments section! Last year
Deshaun Watson Jersey White , Deshaun Watson become the NFL’s big new thing. This year, the player drafted two spots before Watson has supplanted the
Texans starter as the NFL’s big new thing. So with Watson playing on Thursday,
nearly the one-year anniversary of the hit he absorbed in Seattle that would
lead to a torn ACL, as well if not better than he did as a rookie, it’s fair to
ask which of the two quarterbacks you’d want.That dilemma emerged organically
during Friday’s
PFT Live. As the praise for Watson’s 16-for-20, 239-yard, five-TD, no-pick performance flowed
Keke Coutee Jersey White , Stats blurted out this question: Who would you rather have right now, Watson or Patrick Mahomes?Instantly, the answer
without hesitation was Mahomes, as it surely was for many who voted in the
corresponding Twitter poll. But then I thought about it a bit (as did some of
you). Mahomes has better weapons. Mahomes plays for one of the best quarterback
gurus of our time, maybe of all time. Mahomes enjoys the protections of a better
offensive line.But Watson has a pair of torn ACLs, thanks in part to a playing
style that will lead to more injuries, including the surely-painful
chest/rib/lung thing he’s currently dealing with.Still, if Mahomes and Watson
were flip-flopped
J.J. Watt Jersey , would Watson be the knee-jerk first choice?It’s a debate that is both irrelevant and fascinating at the same time, and as Mike Tirico
explained during Friday’s
PFT Live, there’s really no wrong answer here. Ultimately, they both are great. Ultimately, they could fill the lingering
void that arose when Peyton Manning’s retirement ended his rivalry with Tom
Brady.
