View Full Version : Official Texans vs. Steelers Game Thread, 10/2/2011
Keith
10-02-2011, 09:12 AM
What are these 2011 Texans really made of?
The Texans look to close out the first quarter of the regular season with a bounceback at home. Discuss the game action in this thread.
HPF Bob
10-02-2011, 11:36 AM
Arian Foster says he'll play. For how long?
Steelers' OL missing two starters and also starting a rookie at RT. Wade needs to dial up the blitzes.
This is the first of three "nut up" games where the Texans are going to be punched in the mouth. Will they have the balls to hit back?
Don't think he's hurt, but Kareem Jackson listed as inactive this week...
Good afternoon.
Texans win the toss and will receive...
D Manning brings the kickoff back to the 22, fumbles and flag on the play... Block in the back on the Texans (Dobbins) so half the distance to the goal line...
Ball at the 5.
Foster for 2. Brings up 2nd and 8.
Dump off to OD gets about 10 and a 1st down.
Pass goes too tall for AJ, inc, makes it 2nd and 10.
Foster for about 9. 3rd and 1 coming up.
Foster gets 3 and a 1st down.
Pass to OD broken up, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.
Tate powers for 18. 1st and 10. Steeler safety (Clark) injured on the play. Injury timeout.
Ball at the Texan 48.
Foster sweeps left for about 4 but flag on the play. Holding on Texans (Dreessen) backs it up. Makes it 1st and 20.
Dump off to Dreessen gets good yardage. 2nd and 6 coming up.
Foster gets about 5.5. 3rd and 1 coming up.
Foster goes right for 4 but flag on the play. Holding on Dreessen again. Makes it 3rd and 11.
Schaub hits OD for the 1st down. Ball at the Steeler 33.
Foster for 6 on the left side. 2nd and 4 coming up.
Foster slips through for 4 and the 1st down.
Tate for maybe 1. 2nd and 9 coming up. Ball at the Steeler 22.
Dump off to Foster gets 9 or 10.... Texans in the redzone. 3rd and 1 coming up.
Schaub can't find a receiver and scrambles for about 2 and the 1st down at the 12.
Foster up the gut for 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.
Foster to the .5 yard line. 1st and goal at the 1.
Little dump off to OD is good for the TD!
Texans 7, Steelers 0
4:05 left in the 1st quarter.
Nconroe
10-02-2011, 12:24 PM
That was a drive. Let's go defense
TheMatrix31
10-02-2011, 12:30 PM
Mornin' folks!
Helluva drive to start us off. Wish it wasn't undisciplined, but overcoming that and running down their throats is winning football.
Arian makes all the difference.
TheMatrix31
10-02-2011, 12:32 PM
Whats up with the penalties? JEEZ!
Hartmann's kickoff goes out of the endzone. Steelers ball at their 20.
Mendenhall caught in the backfield but offsides on Texans makes it 1st and 5 at the Steeler 25.
Mendenhall for 6 and the 1st down.
Pass to Wallace goes for 22 - bad tackling by the Texans. Flag on Wallace for taunting.... Makes it 1st and 10 at the Steeler 38.
Pass to Sanders gets 10 or 11. 1st down.
Quick hitter over the middle goes inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.
Roethlisberger pressured throws it inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.
Roethlisberger is sacked by Barwin! Fumble! Dang, flag on Texans for illegal contact... 1st and 10 Steelers at the Texan 47.
Mendenhall for no gain. 2nd and 10 coming up.
Roethlisberger pressured throws it inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.
Roethlisberger sacked! Barwin, I believe. Steelers have to punt.
Punt is downed at the Texan 4 yard line. Texans ball.
Foster for about 3. Brings up 2nd and 7 at the Texan 7.
End of 1st quarter.
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Pass to OD goes for big gainer but flag on Myers for illegal use of hands, 1/2 the distance. Makes it 2nd and 12 coming up.
Foster hits the left side for 20. Whew, out of the hole... Ball at the Texan 23.
Pass is too tall for OD, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.
Foster for 4 or 5. 3rd and 6 coming up.
Pass to AJ gets about 8 and a 1st down. Ball at the Texan 35.
Foster for 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.
Pass to AJ gets about 5. 3rd and 3 coming up.
Foster comes up short of the 1st down. On 4th and 2, Texans to punt.
Steelers fair catch the punt at their own 5.
Mendenhall TFL by Allen -1. 2nd and 11 coming up.
Mendenhall gets about 8 or 9 on the right side. 3rd and 2 coming up.
Dump off to Miller only gets 1. JJo nice tackle. Makes it 4th and 1. Steelers to punt.
Not much on the return by JJ....Flag on the play.... Holding on Texans (Harris) so back it up. Texans ball at their 33.
Penalties: Texans 7, Steelers 1
TheMatrix31
10-02-2011, 12:51 PM
This lack of discipline is more concerning than any of the other concerns we've had about this team for a while.
Foster springs for about 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.
Foster for just 1. 3rd and a long 3 coming up.
Pass to AJ goes to midfield and a 1st down.
Oh no. Dump to AJ goes for nice gain but AJ goes down lame... looks like the knee... Injury timeout.
Keith
10-02-2011, 12:58 PM
AAAAAAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
We are forsaken!
TheMatrix31
10-02-2011, 12:59 PM
I can't believe this.
Dump off to Casey, hurdles for about 7 or 8, fumbles but recovers his own fumble. Harrison of the Steelers is shaken up on the play. Makes it 2nd and 2. Another injury timeout.
Foster gets the 2 and a 1st down.
Foster hits the right side for about 9. Ball at the Steeler 17.
Foster goes around the left side for the 1st down at the Steeler 11.
Obie for 4. 2nd and 6 coming up.
Low pass to KW goes inc. 3rd and 6 coming up.
Pass into the endzone to Foster is off his hands, inc. Texans to go for the FG.
Rackers 25-yarder is good.
Texans 10, Steelers 0
2:33 left in the half.
Redman brings Hartmann's kickoff back to the Steeler 20.
Whoa, pass to Miller pings off a couple of Texans and ends up in Miller's hands for a 7 yard gain. 2nd and 3 coming up.
Two minute warning.
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Quick pass in the flat goes inc. 3rd and 3 coming up.
Deep pass to Wallace goes for 40 yards and a 1st down. Ball at the Texan 33. 1:48 left in the half.
Dump to Wallace gets about 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.
Pass to Miller gets the 1st down at the Texan 20. Timeout Steelers, have one left. 1:11 left in the half.
Moore powers all the way to the Texan 7 but flag on the play. Late hit on Steelers (Pouncey) -15. 1st and 10 at the Texan 21.
Pass to Brown goes inc. 2nd and 10 coming up. 58 seconds left in the half.
Pass into the endzone is just out of reach, inc. Makes it 3rd and 10 coming up.
Pass to Wallace is good for 9. Steelers going for it on 4th and 1. Roethlisberger tries to draw the Texans offsides but Steelers have to call their last timeout. Steelers to go for the FG.
30-yard FG is blocked by JJo! JJo had open ground for the TD but flag on the play.... Penalty on the Texans (Manning) for a block in the back during the return so no score. Time ran out on the play.
Halftime:
Texans 10, Steelers 0
TheMatrix31
10-02-2011, 01:25 PM
Un. Be. Lievable.
HPF Bob
10-02-2011, 01:27 PM
Whats up with the penalties? JEEZ!
Steelers brought their refs. Texans are going to lose again. I can feel it.:mad:
Halftime stats:
Passing: Schaub 10/15, 96 yards, 1 TD
Rushing: Foster 19/94, Tate 2/20, Obie 1/4
Receiving: AJ 4/36, OD 3/30, Dreessen 1/14, Casey 1/8, Foster 1/8
Tackles: Allen/Manning/Barwin/Cushing 3 each, McCain 2
Time of possession: Texans 21:32, Steelers 8:28
Penalties: Texans 8/49, Steelers 2/30
Redzone: Texans 1/2, Steelers 0/1
Total yards: Texans 216, Steelers 125
3rd down conversions: Texans 5/7, Steelers 1/4
Turnovers: n/a
Correction: Manning on the block of the FG right before halftime.
Brown returns the 2nd half kickoff back to the Steelers 26.
Quick pass to Johnson goes for 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.
Mendenhall gets 4 and the 1st down.
Roethlisberger pressured, tosses it inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.
Sack by Mario! -5 yard. 3rd and 15 coming up.
Pass to Ward good for 19 and a 1st down at midfield.
Mendenhall for no gain or -1. 2nd and 10 coming up.
False start Steelers -5. Makes it 2nd and 15 coming up.
Pass to Brown good for about 9. 3rd and 6 coming up.
Pass to Brown gets 6 and the 1st down. Ball at the Texan 38.
Roethlisberger runs out of time and has to use a timeout.
chuck
10-02-2011, 01:43 PM
Steelers brought their refs.
Ridiculous. The referees haven't called anything that was patently unfair other than Wallace's taunting call in the first quarter. The Texans are playing stupid, penalty-prone football and they are getting punished for it.
On 1st and 10 at the Texan 38, pass to Brown goes for big gainer. Ball at the Texan 15.
Mendenhall for 4. 2nd and 6 coming up.
Mendenhall for no gain. Makes it 3rd and 5 from the Texan 11.
Roethlisberger can't find a receiver and scrambles for the 1st down at the Texan 3. 1st and goal.
Mendenhall sweeps right for the TD.
Texans 10, Steelers 7
7:02 left in the 3rd quarter.
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 01:53 PM
I love the way teams find our suckiest CB and abuse them in one on one coverage...thanks Jason Allen...
chuck
10-02-2011, 01:54 PM
I love the way teams find our suckiest CB and abuse them in one on one coverage...thanks Jason Allen...
Of course they do, but one thing that has been underscored today is that Jason Allen, bad as he is, is far better than Jackson.
Manning downs the Steeler kickoff in the endzone. Texans ball at their 20.
Foster for 1. 2nd and 9 coming up.
Dump off to Foster only gets 1. 3rd and 8 coming up.
Pass off Foster's hands sails inc. Texans have to punt.
Sanders is tripped up by Casey on the return. Ball is placed at the Steeler 37. 5:37 left in the 3rd quarter.
Redman goes for about 18 and a 1st down.
Redman for about 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.
Redman for about 2. 3rd and 2 coming up.
Redman gets 5 and the 1st down. Ball at the Texan 32.
Moore gets 14 up the gut. Ball at the Texan 17.
Flag presnap. False start Steelers -5. Makes it 1st and 15.
Timeout Steelers.
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End around to Brown goes for 8. Makes it 2nd and 7.
Moore goes right side for about 6. Makes it 3rd and 2.
Redman comes up about 1 yard short of the 1st down. Steelers will go for the FG.
End of the 3rd quarter.
Suisham's 26-yarder is good.
Texans 10, Steelers 10
14:57 left in the game.
Nconroe
10-02-2011, 02:16 PM
Need some offense and a score s
Manning brings the kickoff back to the Texan 15.
Foster for 3.
Foster only gets 1. Makes it 3rd and 6 coming up.
Dump to OD gets about 7 and the 1st down.
Deep pass to OD goes for 29. Ball is at the Steeler 43.
Foster runs it in from 43! Nice......
Texans 17, Steelers 10
12:02 left in the game.
barrett
10-02-2011, 02:20 PM
Difference maker.
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 02:20 PM
Oh my goodness, we needed that....
Welcome back Arian Foster...
Come on Defense...
Lets please help out Jason Allen...
chuck
10-02-2011, 02:22 PM
Difference maker.
I was talking about this with someone else earlier. Tate is good. He's real good. But Foster is so much better than Tate it's like he's playing a different sport altogether.
Brown brings the kickoff back to the Steeler 17.
Redman goes right side for about 8. 2nd and 2 coming up.
Roethlisberger sacked! Holding on Steelers is declined. 3rd and 9 coming up.
Pass to Ward is broken up, inc. Steelers have to punt. Very hard hit on Ward by Allen to break up the pass.
JJ brings the punt back to the Texan 40.
barrett
10-02-2011, 02:25 PM
Nobody deserves to get blindsided more than Heinz ward.
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 02:26 PM
Nobody deserves to get blindsided more than Heinz ward.
I can't stand that dude...
barrett
10-02-2011, 02:27 PM
I was talking about this with someone else earlier. Tate is good. He's real good. But Foster is so much better than Tate it's like he's playing a different sport altogether.
About 50 NFL players can do what ben Tate does, run it really well in the right situation. I honestly don't know anyone who does more things well than foster at rb.
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 02:28 PM
While that should've been a sack ...I am impressed with the pressure we are getting...
Foster tripped up for loss of 2. 2nd and 12 coming up.
Foster goes right side for 3. 3rd and 9 coming up.
Screen to Foster only gets about 3. Texans have to punt.
Steelers fair catch the punt at their 10 yard line. 8:30 left in the game.
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 02:31 PM
As good as our offense is (on paper) the reason it cannot be considered elite is because of the inconsistencies in crunch situations. An elite team would've converted on that crucial 3rd down.
We still have issues putting our foot on the throat of our competition...
We knock them out...and then wait for them to get back up...:mad:
chuck
10-02-2011, 02:34 PM
About 50 NFL players can do what ben Tate does, run it really well in the right situation. I honestly don't know anyone who does more things well than foster at rb.
McFadden is pretty damn good.
Moore goes for no gain. 2nd and 10 coming up.
Pass to Brown goes for 16 and a 1st down.
Pass to Brown goes inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.
Roethlisberger is sacked! A Smith, I think. Makes it 3rd and 16.
Flag presnap. Offsides Steelers -5. Makes it 3rd and 21.
Sack by Mario! Steelers have to punt!
Damn JJ, run already. JJ returns the ball to the Texan 34.
chuck
10-02-2011, 02:37 PM
As good as our offense is (on paper) the reason it cannot be considered elite is because of the inconsistencies in crunch situations. An elite team would've converted on that crucial 3rd down.
Schaub has been particularly inaccurate with his short passes today.
I'm glad the front seven is abusing this beat-up line.
barrett
10-02-2011, 02:37 PM
That's how you drop rothleisberger.
And as I type can someone please make jacoby jones go upfield on his first step.
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 02:40 PM
That's how you drop rothleisberger.
And as I type can someone please make jacoby jones go upfield on his first step.
With as much room as he's been getting on these punts he should be averaging more than 5 yards per return...
Foster for about 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.
Foster for 2 more. 3rd and 6 coming up.
Timeout Texans with 3:55 left in the game.
Schaub's deep pass down the sideline to JJ is broken up. Texans have to punt.
Steeler's Brown returns the punt to the Texan 48.
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 02:42 PM
So are we truly content with our #2 WR?
Outside of Andre Johnson...the only other completions have been to 3 TEs and a RB...
barrett
10-02-2011, 02:45 PM
I don't think any of the penalties against us were wrong but Pittsburgh could be called for holding on every play.
Quick slant to Ward goes inc.
Roethlisberger can't find a receiver and scrambles for about 3. 3rd and 7 coming up.
Pass is broken up by Nolan. 4th and 7 coming up. Steelers to go for it.
Pass is tipped by Barwin! Texans take over on downs! 2:33 left the game.
Foster for 2. Steelers use their last timeout at the 2:28 mark. 2nd and 8 coming up.
Foster for 2. Will make it 3rd and 6 at the 2 minute warning.
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Foster gets about 5 so the Texans will have to punt on 4th down. Texans use a timeout, have one left.
Punt is downed at the Steeler 1 yard line. 1:02 left in the game.
Roethlisberger's pass is INT'ed but they are going to get Watt for roughing the passer. Steelers ball at the 16.
Pass to Brown good to the Steeler 28, 1st down. 42 seconds left.
Dump off to Redman gets 12.
Roethlisberger spikes it with 19 seconds left.
Deep pass is INT'ed by Allen! No flags!
Texans kneeling it out.
Final score:
Texans 17, Steelers 10
barrett
10-02-2011, 02:55 PM
Terrible call. Pouncey has a hand in his facemask and then blocks him into ben.
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 02:56 PM
There better be triple coverage on Wallace
Big Texas
10-02-2011, 02:58 PM
Talk about needed redemption...Jason Allen needed that pick...
barrett
10-02-2011, 03:01 PM
Truly awful officiating. You can say that each holding/block in the back/hands to the face call against the Texans was a penalty, but you can call holding on every play in the NFL. And it certainly wasn't called both ways. Mario got mugged on a number of plays and never got a call. Antonio Smith too. They catch Meyers for hands to the face, but Pouncey gets away with it in the endzone and it becomes a personal foul on watt. Not to mention a phantom illegal contact call erasing another turnover where no number is even given for the guilty party.
HPF Bob
10-02-2011, 03:02 PM
I'm grateful for the win but I'm still not sold. How many TDs could the Steeler refs take away in one game? I guess it would have looked too obvious to call pass interference on Allen during that INT but I wouldn't have put it past them.
The NFL is becoming the NBA with refs deciding the outcome.
Nice win guys. Now do it again next week.
chuck
10-02-2011, 03:07 PM
I would like to know who the hell the illegal contact call was on but the only call I thought was plainly bullshit was the roughing call on Watt at the end.
TheMatrix31
10-02-2011, 03:10 PM
This was a huge, huge win.
All the undisciplined BS, two TDs wiped off, the rough offensive day against such a great D, losing our best offensive player, and we STILL won.
AT home.
Against the STEELERS.
After giving them like 18 chances.
HPF Bob
10-02-2011, 03:14 PM
Tomorrow's headline: Texans beat Steelers by three touchdowns*, 17-10.
Nconroe
10-02-2011, 03:39 PM
What a great team win. They are learning to win. Great defense in 4th quarter.
Sure hope AJ recovers quickly.
Adrian had a fantastic running game.
5 sacks, and Jason Allen made some big plays.
That was fun, and profitable. ;)
Love it when that happens!
Will watch my DVR version, but at the stadium, look like there were some questionable flags thrown against the boys in blue. Either way, great resolve by the group today. Played hard from start to finish, and more importantly, closed the game. Good stuff!
Foster.....WOW. Nuff said. We sit in the end zones, where you can see the holes/backsides develop, and he just has that "knack" of knowing when and where to go. It is really impressive.
AJ - BUMMER - When he went down, untouched, you could have heard a freaking pin drop in that stadium. Scary stuff. I like seeing the reports of a strained hammy, but I will wait till the doc's get a good look at him before I get too excited. Fingers are crossed, as there is a HUGE difference in what our O is with or without him, regardless of his production.
Jason Allen - While he had a couple of bone head plays, I thought he actually played pretty well. Outside of the Jets and the Eagles, who has two #1 corners...uh....no-one. If he can continue play like that, its gonna be real tough for Kubes to justify KJ back in that spot, draft spot or not.
Cush - He's back. Nuff said. Don't know if he found another doc or what, but he's playing as agressive as he did in his rookie year, and it is showing up.
A Smith - Dude's a beast. He is thriving right now. Love the attitude he brings.
Very excited about our start, not just the record, but the play of the team overall. We are very much improved on D already, and it is only week 4. Wait till these guys "really" get the hang of this D. Gonna be fun.
Big, big, big test for our run D this week. Will be interesting to see how that one plays out.
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