Houston Texans Run Away With Win Over New Orleans Saints

Who would have thought we would ever say that this year? It set up the Saints to get right back into the game with good field position right around the 50 yard line to start their drive. “We got caught off guard”. We didn’t play well enough. I think it’s really good to – no matter what the score was, to end the game with the ball like we did.

“We just started really simplifying things and playing hard and just had a bad taste in our mouth in a couple of those games and internally promised each other that it wouldn’t happen again”. “And yet, they’re going to make some plays”. The last time the Saints played a game without scoring a touchdown was on December 24, 2005 when the Saints lost to the Lions 13-12 at the Alamodome with John Carney accounting for the 12 points with four field goals.

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“You get in third and long against these guys, you are asking for trouble because obviously they dial up the pass rush”, Brees said.

Hoyer finished 21 of 27 for 205 yards while the Texans amassed 167 rushing yards at 4.4 yards per carry. “Anytime you miss the amount of time that he’s missed, he’s got to get his legs back under him, and so, hopefully, he can get that done during the course of this week and be ready to go on Sunday”. The Jaguars dropped to 4-7 on the year and would need to both go on a great run and need the Colts and Texans to falter down the stretch this year.

“Give a lot of credit to their defense and their plan”. Those add up, though. We got the field goal at the half – I was kind of encouraged by that.

“This is a team that you don’t want to be in third-and-long against”, right tackle Zach Strief said. The Saints are ranked only 17th in their running attack, averaging 101.3 yards per game. The Saints couldn’t move the ball and had to punt. So was Sammie Watkins, who had all six catches for 158 yards and his two touchdowns over the first 30 minutes. Tampa Bay rookie Jameis Winston threw for 245 yards and a touchdown, but was sacked five times – four coming during a second half in which the Bucs (5-6) were shut out.

“I felt like I didn’t play as well as I needed to play for us to win”. We couldn’t do diddly … poo offensively.

If not something like that on offense, we’ll see if Allen’s “new” defense can pull a rabbit out of a hat. The team is definitely playing their best football of the season at the ideal time, as they build toward what they hope will be a return to the NFL Playoffs at the end of the regular season.

Indeed, Hoyer, back in the side after missing last week through concussion, was successful on his opening 11 pass attempts, but his first failure resulted in an interception by Jairus Byrd as the Saints were handed their best attacking platform of the game up to that point. Tight end Ryan Griffin was the recipient of a 10-yard scoring pass from Hoyer with 6:57 remaining in the first quarter, and receiver Cecil Shorts III capped the Texans’ seven-play scoring march with a 3-yard touchdown reception with 89 seconds left in the opening period.

The New Orleans defense emerged from the bye week with more resolve than the unit that cost Rob Ryan his job through the first three weeks of November.