“We lost that game and we came together in this locker room and we said everybody was against us”. But this is based off the entire season, and like the old adage, how you play in December is the only thing that matters, the Texans are setting themselves up for a memorable one. “Just had a bad taste in or mouth from a couple of those games and just internally promised each other it wouldn’t happen again”.
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Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) leaps after sacking New… Brees was sacked twice and often couldn’t get his feet set when he did get the ball out before being hit.
New Orleans (4-7) dropped its third straight on a day when the team didn’t score a touchdown and Brees’ streak of games with a touchdown pass was snapped at 45.
The Saints have been known for their fast starts in games, but Sunday against the Texans they were the farthest from doing anything like that. The last time the Saints did not score a touchdown was December 24th, 2005 against Detroit. Hoyer was playing well before he was injured and has thrown at least two touchdown passes in five of his last six starts.
If the Houston Texans do manage to make the playoffs, they will be only the seventh team in National Football League history to make the playoffs after opening the season 0-2. “I think it’s a credit to our guys for executing it. It’s everybody doing their job”. We knew coming in they were going to be very good up front, and they played better than we did up front.
The Colts (6-5) won their third straight to remain tied atop the AFC South with Houston. He notched his sixth multiple-touchdown game of the season (10th of his career) and opened the game with 11 consecutive completions before throwing an interception. Hoyer went 7 for 7 on the opening drive.
Nov 29, 2015; Houston, TX, USA; New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton against the Houston Texans during the first quarter of a game at NRG Stadium. After forcing another Saints punt, Houston ended the game’s scoring on the next drive with a 24-yard field goal by Nick Novak with 6:05 left in the third. Saints free safety Jairus Byrd had the only interception off Hoyer.
-QB Drew Brees finished 25 of 44 for 228 yards, increasing his season total to 3,200 passing yards.
“I just had a chance make a play on the ball”, Jackson said. Errr-the second half, we just got our ass totally kicked.
Just when you thought the NFL couldn’t get any weirder, the Houston Texans are one of the most unsafe teams in the league. “It was either that or punt, and I felt like we were needing something”.
“Well that is a team that forces a lot of quarterbacks to be off and early in the preparation we talked about why they are so good on third down”.
With New Orleans threatening in the fourth quarter, Texans cornerback Kareem Jackson produced his 11thcareer interception, a diving grab at the goal line. He might have gone all the way, but 6-foot-5, 266-pound Jadeveon Clowney got in his way while blocking downfield, allowing the Saints to catch up and bring him down.
“I figured ol’ Les was going to stay there”, Blue said.
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“I really only coached one other guy that was able to do that like that and that’s Randy Moss”, O’Brien said.
