The Saints host the unbeaten Panthers next Sunday.
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Osweiler threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Bubba Caldwell with 1:09 left in regulation to put the Broncos up 24-21.
The Saints won the coin toss and elected to receive the football.
Gronkowski injured his right knee with 2:49 left in regulation and was carted off. There was no immediate word on his status.
That changed on Sunday in a 24-6 loss to the Houston Texans that extended the Saints’ skid to three games.
With the win, the Texans remained tied with the Indianapolis Colts for first place in the AFC South.
The dominant performance also broke the Saints’ 155-game streak with at least one touchdown that was the second-longest in National Football League history behind the Cleveland Browns’ run of 166 games from 157 to 1969.
Since coach Sean Payton took over in 2006, the New Orleans Saints had scored a touchdown in every game.
The Texans held Brees without a touchdown pass for the first time since November 2012. This is only the second regular-season trip to Reliant Stadium and the first one resulted in total frustration. On Sunday, Hoyer started the day 11-for-11 before losing his ideal passing record with his only pick of the day (he finished with 205 yards, two touchdowns and one INT). J.J. Watt lived up to his reputation, dominating anyone he faced early on. They find the most success when they keep the defenses guessing.
It was November 18, 2007 and the Texans won 23-10. Colston, who has spent his entire 10-year career with the Saints, has 702 receptions for 9,670 yards and 69 touchdowns.
The Texans only allowed the Saints to convert 3-of-12 third-down opportunities, while a lot of the Saints’ yards came in the fourth quarter when the game was already out of hand. They could not overcome it and Kai Forbath booted a 30-yard field goal to make it 14-3 Houston with 6:31 to play in the first half. He finished with four catches for 72 yards. The lone conversion in the first half was on third-and-4. Meanwhile, the Steelers and Chiefs were in the wild-card spots as the Texans, Bills, Jets, Raiders, Jaguars and Dolphins remained in the hunt.
Houston improved to 6-5 with the win.
ABOUT THE TEXANS (5-5): Houston dropped five of its first seven games while averaging 28.4 points allowed, culminating in a 44-26 loss at Miami in Week 7, before turning things around in the last three games.
The Redskins and Giants are both 5-6. Since then, Watt has been dominating, and the Texan defense has been a formidable force, having conceded only 35 points in the past 4 games.
With New Orleans threatening in the fourth quarter, Texans cornerback Kareem Jackson produced his 11thcareer interception, a diving grab at the goal line.
They added they second touchdown of the game when Hoyer connected with wide receiver Cecil Shorts on a three-yard pass for the score. “Credit to them, but there is some execution that can be better from that”.
On the other side of the field, the offense looked just as solid.
Two plays later, Carr hit Roberts for the winning touchdown.
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Former LSU Tiger Alfred Blue is the primary running back after Arian Foster went down with a season ending injury.
