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The Titans also made quarterback Brandon Weeden look like a real National Football League quarterback, despite just as recently as last weekend being the Texans’ third-string quarterback behind injured starter Brian Hoyer (concussion) and backup T.J. Yates (knee). Weeden became the first quarterback in Texans’ history to run for a touchdown and throw for two more.
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The Texans were having their way with the Titans near the end of the first half as Weeden found the always risky Hopkins for a 44-yard strike.
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Since sustaining the concussion, Hoyer has missed starts against the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans.
In a game the Texans (8-7) needed to position themselves to potentially clinch the AFC South division and a playoff berth this week, Weeden delivered a strong performance. Then they would need to win next week (over the Titans) and would need the Texans to lose (to the Jaguars) and then would need to win the strength of victory tiebreaker.
“We have to play to win”, Houston coach Bill O’Brien said of his approach against Jacksonville.
“I think when Coach makes decisions like that, he takes everything into consideration, everything that’s happened over the course of the afternoon”. “Believe me, I understand all those things and the scenarios”. Five of the six AFC teams now in line for playoff participation have at least one Gator (the Houston Texans are the exception), and four of the five have at least two.
They have lost all five games in which they have allowed a touchdown on a return, and four of the six opponents that have scored 30 or more did so with the help of a touchdown off a return.
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J.J. Watt even got his first sack since breaking his left wrist. “We have got to be able to overcome that and go down and respond”.
If there is any good news for the Titans, the loss did put them one step away now from obtaining the first overall pick in the 2016 draft.
“It feels good, I’m more excited for this team, ” Weeden said. “I thought we had a good plan and felt good about it”.
The Texans scored a season high in points despite starting their fourth different quarterback this season. He finished with 200 yards passing for his first win as a starter this season after coming off the bench to beat the Colts a week ago. He started for the fourth time this season Sunday and won after losing all three starts in place of injured Tony Romo in Dallas before being released last month.
“Clowney, he’s day-to-day right now”, O’Brien said. “As a team, we needed this one”.
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Instead, the Texans took it to their arch rivals with a dominating 34-6 victory, confirming that they are a resilient team with one of the league’s very best defenses.
