Bill O’Brien gives tentative long-term commitment to Brian Hoyer

Just stop after winning because ugly, pretty, voraciously or aggressively, a W is a W and the Texans handled business on Sunday in Jacksonville.

“It wasn’t just the DeAndre Hopkins show, this was the Houston Texans show”, Hopkins said post game.

“When you’re in that situation, you’re always on egg shells”, said Sage Rosenfels, who played three seasons with the Texans, mostly backing up David Carr and Matt Schaub, and 11 National Football League seasons overall. Their instability at quarterback has them at 1-4 after five games. The University of Miami alum made a splash against the Philadelphia Eagles when he finished with two touchdowns and 110 receiving yards on only four catches.

Brian Hoyer earned more than just a game ball with his 293 yards passing and three-touchdown performance on Sunday.

In just his second game this season, Thomas caught seven passes for 78 yards and his first touchdown as a Jag. Without T.J. Yeldon in the backfield Jacksonville struggled to find balance, as Bortles attempted 53 passes.

Hurns has 27 receptions for 430 yards and three touchdowns, one in each of the last three games.

Hoyer’s composed reaction to being benched during the season-opener against the Kansas City Chiefs stands in contrast to how visibly upset and angry backup Ryan Mallett was when he was replaced by Hoyer two games ago. On his second play back he found DeAndre Hopkins in the corner of the endzone. I didn’t know I would have to come out of the game.

This Sunday we will face another outstanding back, Houston’s Arian Foster.

But after marching down to the 18-yard line with 17 seconds left in the first half, Bortles threw low for Thomas and the pass was intercepted by Hal at the goal line, preserving Houston’s 10-7 halftime margin.

The Texans offense is at it’s healthiest, and it’s showing. He threw no interceptions. The most important factor however, was that Hoyer recorded his first win as a Houston Texans player.

The game will come down to whoever makes the first big mistake.

It has been confirmed that Brian Hoyer will start at quarterback for today’s game.

The game also saw an spectacular punt block by Michael Mauti, who went on to recover the ball for a touchdown to the delight of tens of thousands of fans at the Superdome. The 31-20 victory may not have been a miracle, but the Texans’ season would have been as dead as Lazarus without it. This one was no exception.

From the moment the Texans signed Hoyer and Mallett, they were guaranteed nothing besides money ($4.75 to Hoyer and $1.75 to Mallett).

The AFC South doesn’t change.

“If you’ve got 67 plays and you’re bringing pressure 52 times that’s hard on a defense”, Bradley said.

They fell flat. The entire division has.

But there’s hope. Tonight the Colts are visited by world-champion New England, and should get all they can handle from Brady and Gronk. “I feel like I’ve made a few great strides in my career and I’m starting to hit that smooth spot, that zone”.