Tampa Bay rookie quarterback Jameis Winston threw for a career-high 261 yards, going 17 of 36 with a touchdown and an interception.
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The specialists are heavily favoring the Texans to get their 1st win of the season & send the Bucs below.500 again.
Mallett looked much better this game, completing 24-of-39 passes for 228 yards, 1 TD, and 1 INT. His lone interception was tipped at the line and batted in the air before landing in the hands of a Buccaneers defender. “My teammates are telling me, ‘Good job, ‘ and I’m like, ‘I have to make those plays, ‘ but that’s football”. O’Brien said he encouraged Blue to thank the offensive linemen for his performance as well.
Houston has always been a place where success in running the ball leads to good things for everyone. The Texans took a 10-9 lead on Bullock’s 39-yarder.
On that same day, Texans quarterback Ryan Mallett had a media session that lasted about 58 seconds and contained roughly a dozen one word answers to a variety of question ranging from areas of improvement to whether or not he iced his arm down after the game.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers guard Logan Mankins checks on quarterback…
The Indianapolis Colts continue to show why you don’t ignore defensive and offensive line year after year in free agency and the draft. I think it’s safe to say that we expected more from this group than we have seen so far this season.
-RB Alfred Blue had the second-most rushing attempts (31) and yards (139) in a game of his career. Randy Bullock was again inconsistent, as he made a point after touchdown and field goals of 39, and 19 yards, but he also missed on a 43-yard attempt and a point after touchdown. By contrast, the Houston Texans have yet to claim a victory in the first two weeks of 2015 National Football League regular season, but both losses were relatively close to the oppositions’ scores. If the play stood, Tampa Bay would have been but a few yards away from field-goal range and could have given the team early momentum.
“When a player has an off day, we need to rally around him in other ways, and that’s what we weren’t able to do today”. I just got in the groove, got comfortable in the run game and started gashing. You want to get him off the spot.
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He mentioned that with players like Foster they listen to the team doctor as well as Foster for how his body is feeling. WR Mike Evans, from Galveston, Texas and who went to Texas A&M, has 12 touchdowns in past 13 games…. “Logan Mankins had my back, so I let him handle it”.
