Texans win fourth straight, rout Saints

Nick Novak added the PAT and Houston led 7-0. “This was not the most frustrating ever (but) it’s disappointing to lose a game like that, and it’s definitely disappointing not to score a touchdown”.

The New Orleans Saints changed defensive coordinators, had two weeks to prepare, but as Led Zeppelin proclaimed, the song remains the same.

Since the Texans inaugural season, the Jets have weridly dominated this matchup. “They’re playing good football”.

Bengals 31, Rams 7: At Cincinnati, Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes – two of them to A.J. Green – and the Bengals ended their brief slide.

The Saints actually did manage to intercept Hoyer once, which helped illustrate how bad their pass defense has been. But there were times where you feel like you’re doing everything right and he just makes a play.

Fortunately, the defense did their job tremendously and forced a 3rd and 23 with a subsequent punt.

Michael Stafford managed to claim a career high five touchdown passes, with three of them going to Calvin Johnson, as the Lions claimed their third straight win.

They will be facing the league’s 2nd-ranked offense as well as the league’s worst defense so we’ll have to see if the game plan that the Texans have put together is adequate for this formidable opponent. When the Saints threatened again late in the fourth, a host of Texans defenders converged in the end zone to break up a pass intended for Saints wide receiver Brandon Coleman with 5:43 remaining in the game.

The usually productive New Orleans offense was nowhere to be found Sunday, and Brees played a big hand in the group’s lack of success. The Texans were the only team in the league to not score on their opening drive. “They all have good ball skills, good awareness and good cover skills”. The former Washington Redskin, who joined the Saints in Week 6, turned heads Sunday when he nailed a 57-yard field goal.

They’re Buffalo’s second straight opponent to come in on a hot streak.

The match was the visitors’ first since Dennis Allen replaced Rob Ryan as the defensive coordinator last week, but it was the same old story for New Orleans in the opening exchanges.

The Texans opened both halves with gusto, covering 70 and 50 yards on first-quarter touchdown drives engineered by quarterback Brian Hoyer.

The Texans (6-5) came out with the same intensity after halftime, taking the ball 80 yards down the field on only six plays, highlighted by Blue’s 8-yard run.

The OddsShark computer is predicting a 30.4 – 21.5 Texans victory.

First up, they need to get through the Saints. 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. They were forced into a 3rd and 15 and subsequent punt. Although, he still managed to lead the Saints with 53 receiving yards on four catches.

The offense squandered the opportunity, after Hoyer held the ball entirely too long and was sacked.

To spark their flat-lining running game the Texans dusted off the Wildcat formation last week and it was effective.

Watching from the cozy indoors at field level was Peyton Manning as Brock Osweiler and the Broncos (9-2) overcame an early 14-0 deficit and handed the Patriots (10-1) their first loss since 2014.