Keystone Cops kick coverage.

Pass to S Smith is caught but out of bounds in the end zone, inc.

Run to the right is sniffed out for a loss..... flags down.... personal foul on the Texans makes it 1/2 the distance to the goal, 1st down. Ball at the 8.5 yard line.

Forsett for maybe 1.

Pass to T Smith in the end zone is good for the TD.

Texans 16, Ravens 7

11:10 left in the 3rd qtr.

the punter outpunted the converage with long punt. but then sideline opened up for Jacoby. somewhat expected.

looked like a catch by Andre to me. come on ref, give it to him.

WTF are you talking about? Pleasant whiffed on a tackle that would have meant no return.

Manning downs the ensuing kickoff, touchback. Texan's ball at their 20.

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Short pass to AJ ruled inc. OB challenges that is was a catch.....

Ruling stands as inc.

Screen to Foster goes inc. Brings up 3rd and 10.

Keenum is crunched and throws inc but the refs are treating it like a fumble......

Play is reversed, inc pass. Texans will have to punt.

Jacoby fair catches the punt at the Raven 29 yard line. Raven's ball.

ok, looked like a pass in motion to me, not a fumble. but not a good start to this half. calm down guys.

INT by KJ! Returns it to the Raven 19! Texan's ball!

alright, needed that int by Jackson, his second of the day.

Foster improvises for 7.

Foster for 2. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Pass to Hopkins goes to the 4. 1st and goal.

Mixup in the backfield, Keenum loses 1.

Pass to AJ goes to the 2. 3rd and goal coming up.

Slant pass is low and inc but flag on the Texans for a "pick".... Texans will go for the FG.

Bullock's 20-yarder is good.

Texans 19, Ravens 7

Red Zone play calling is registering at Kubiakian levels of stupid.

Bullock's ensuing kickoff goes out of the end zone, touchback. Raven's ball at their 20.

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Pass to Gillmore gets 9.

Pierce for maybe 1..... flag down.....holding on the Ravens, -10. Makes it 2nd and 11 coming up.

Pass to T Smith gets 8. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Pass to Brown goes for the 1st down at the Raven 37.

Pass to Forsett loses 2. About 5.5 minutes left in the 3rd qtr.

Flacco's deep pass is over everyone, inc. Makes it 3rd and 12 coming up.

Flacco pressured, throws inc. Ravens will have to punt.

Punt goes out of bounds at the Texan 30. Texan's ball.

In the red zone again, OL doing a job. Hope we score a TD this time.

Pass to Griffin gets 6.

Pass to Hopkins gets 6 and a 1st down.

Pass to Hopkins gets 8 or 9.

Keenum sneaks for 2 and the 1st down.

Pass to Fido good for 7.

Prosch gets 2. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Blue gets 2 and the 1st down. About 2 minutes left in the 3rd qtr.

Pass to Hopkins gets 9. Ball at the Raven 26.

Keenum sneaks for 3 and the 1st down.

Foster for 6 or 7.

Foster for no gain. 3rd and 3 coming up at the Raven 16. A Raven (Jernigan?) injured on the play....

End of the 3rd qtr.

Flags presnap..... false start Texans, -5. Brings up 3rd and 8.

Pass to Hop is caught but out of bounds, inc. Texans will go for the FG.

Bullock's 39-yarder is good.

Texans 22, Ravens 7

14:50 left in the game.

We covered that kickoff out of the end zone pretty good.

The ensuing kickoff goes out of the end zone, touchback. Ravens will have the ball at their 20.

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Flacco's deep pass to T Smith sails inc but flag is down... holding on the Ravens, -10. Makes it 1st and 20.

Pass to Jones gets 11. 2nd and 9 coming up.

Flacco is crushed by Cushing, helmet to helmet....draws the flag...1st down Ravens at their 31.

Forsett for a couple.

Pass to OD off the mark, inc. Brings up 3rd and 8.

Pass to S Smith gets 12 and the 1st down.

Pass to S Smith gets 5.

Deep pass to Brown overthrown, inc. Brings up 3rd and 5.

Pass to Brown is out of bounds, inc. Ravens going for it on 4th down....

Timeout Texans with 12:30 left in the game....

Pass is broken up inc! Texans takeover on downs. Ball at their 46. 12:26 left in the game.

nice wildcat run by Arian there.

Foster for maybe 1.

Foster in the wildcat gets loose for 34!

Blue for no gain. Ball at the Raven 20.

Pass is caught by Hop but Suggs was offside, 5 yards. Makes it 2nd and 5 coming up.

Pass to Prosch goes inc. 3rd and 5 coming up.

Keenum's pass to AJ goes inc. Texans will go for the FG.

Bullock's 33-yarder is good.

Texans 25, Ravens 7

9:55 left in the game.

Jacoby brings the ensuing kickoff back to the Raven 23. Raven's ball.

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Screen to Forsett goes for 3.

Flacco somehow gets the ball off to Forsett for a gain of 2. 3rd and 5 coming up.

Pass to OD gets 7 and the 1st down.

Toussaint gets about 12.

Dumpoff pass to Toussaint gets 5. Ball at the Texan 47.

Flags presnap.... false start Ravens, makes it 2nd and 10 coming up.

Screen to Jacoby gets a nice gain, ball at the Texan 35.... Flag on Watt for roughing the passer....oh man, that was kinda weak... Ball at the Texan 20.

Pass in the end zone out of bounds, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Forsett off the mark, inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass to T Smith goes for the TD.

Ravens going for the 2 pointer....

Flacco sacked by Watt!

Texans 25, Ravens 13

5:56 left in the game.

Onside kick is recovered by AJ. Texan's ball at the Raven 47.

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Foster goes right and loses 1.

Blue loses 1. About 5 minutes left in the game. 3rd and 12 coming up.

Foster for no gain. Texans will have to punt. Ravens use a timeout (#2). 4:20 left in the game.

Lechler's punt is downed at the Raven 1. Raven's ball.

hey, how about that Texans downed the punt at 2 yard line. Texans defense just needs to close it out now.

Pass to T Smith gets a couple or three.

Pass to T Smith goes to the 25 yard line, 1st down.

Pass to S Smith gets about 14.

Flacco can't find a receiver and throws it away, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up with 2:45 left in the game.

Flacco pressured, throws it inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Screen to Toussaint is inc. Ravens going for it on 4th and 10.....

Texans use a timeout (#2). 2:34 left in the game.

Watt with the sack! Texans takeover on downs!

JJ Watt and Defense with another 4th down stop. amazing Watt. Watt now bypassed Mario as all time Texans sack leader.

Blue for 2. Ravens use their last timeout with 2:21 left in the game.

Blue caught for a loss of 3 or 4. Brings up 3rd and 12.

2 minute warning.

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Blue loses 2. Texans burn some clock and delay the game. 1:11 left in the game as Lechler is on for the punt.

Punt goes into the end zone, touchback. Raven's ball at their 20 with 1:04 left in the game.

oh man, Rolle didn't catch the punt on the 2 yard line, touchback.

Keenum gets a win finally as a Texan. good team win, especially defense.

8-7 Texans. how about that.

Screen to Toussaint goes for 15.

Forsett (?) for 5.

Time runs out.

Final Score:

Texans 25, Ravens 13

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Very nice win. Keenum now 3-5-1 against the spread. ;)

Two straight out of control games by the defense. It's scary to think that there are any number of places where, in the event of a responsible draft, the defense could get a lot better.

This loss may have knocked Baltimore out of the playoffs.... Kinda sweet since we've always been their whipping boys (and minor league farm club)....

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Watt led the team in tackles with 8 total (solo and assisted). I'm only seeing him credited with 1 sack so he's at 17.5 for the year and I believe maybe #1 in the NFL....

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Keenum was not sacked today. Good job o-line, OB and Keenum......

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Defense was just outstanding as chuck mentioned. Wish the chemistry could have been gelled a little earlier in the year.....

Did it hurt to say that Chuck? It was almost positive.

I ask because you just spent a whole game bashing the Texans while they led wire-to-wire with a 4th string QB over a playoff team that desperately needed the game.

No kidding, hey Texans just wanted it more than the Ravens. There's some pretty good mid to late round picks on that defense like DE Crik and CB Buoye.
And If we have any luck getting back the two 2 IRed rookies Clowney and the Notre Dame NT we should be really strong next year on defense, but I guess Jonahtan Joesph and/or Cushing will be cap casualaties next year.

Hell of a job by the coaches today. Pretty impressive stuff. To likely finish with a winning record as a 1st year HC, with this QB mess is a damn good start. Playoffs or not.

I thought it was disclosed that Shane Lechler was the emergency QB.

Nice win. Great defense, great gameplanning from the coaches. The Texans sure seemed pretty familiar with that Kubiak offense. There was a moment somewhere in the middle of that game where it seemed like Swearinger was listening to the offense and knew exactly what to expect. If you're an offense that is gonna make Swearinger actually look like the smart one, then you're gonna be in for a long afternoon.

There was a nice pass to Damaris Johnson in this game that gives you a glimmer of what this offense might be like with an upgrade to the slot receiver. Really hope that is addressed in the offseason.

Ben Jones tries hard, and he is a fun guy to root for, but the sooner he is replaced by XSF or whomever, the better.

Sure seems like we are watching A.J. Bouye mature out there. Kareem Jackson turned in a good performance. JJo can still play, but comes at a pricetag...and Kendrick Lewis is going to need a new deal. Gonna be an interesting offseason to see how this secondary returns in 2015.

Hate to look back, but those handful of losses to teams like the Steelers, Cowboys, Colts, and others... just wish the Texans could get one of them back. Now the team needs a lot of help, namely from the Chiefs and (gulp!) Browns.

Since I apparently hate the Texans so much you guys must think it's a morgue around here when the Texans are winning. Not so. As evidence I submit a picture of my wife and son today, jubilant over another Randy Bullock field goal:

http://i.imgur.com/OnNtGc8.jpg

It was either the fourth or fifth, it's hard to tell at this point. But if you think that was a celebration you should have been here for the team record shattering sixth field goal from point-blank range. It was pandemonium.

Amid the merriment I could have sworn that I heard my son scream 'OUTSTANDING!'

I have no idea where he learns that sort of language.

I'm right there with you. Well, I would be if we didn't have a Cougar High quarterback. This is where O'Brien differs from Kubiak. O'Brien took the Keenum out of Keenum today... quick drops, gimmick plays. Notice how many sacks the Ravens had on Sunday? Zero. How many times did O'Brien allow Keenum to scramble around, extend the play, and ultimately take a 14-yard sack? Zero.

Hey, if you're given a junior high QB, you go with a junior high offense in order to win a game. When Fitz and Mallett were under center, we saw virtually none of this.

This is why the halfback option pass in 2014 is genius with O'Brien and why it was an unmitigated failure against the Jags in 2009 when Kubiak opted to take the ball out of Schaub's hands and into Chris Brown's.

Ahh, the memories:

http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/25/15/66...63/628x471.jpg

Interesting take: the Junior High strategy..... If it means a W against the Ravens perhaps we can break out the Pee Wee football strategy against the Broncos/Patriots of the league? ;)

The TV guys for the Colts game seemed to think so, but when O'Brien was asked about it last week on his radio show he wouldn't answer, implying it was for strategic reasons. While watching yesterday's junior high trickery it occurred to me that would be a better option in a situation where there's no real QBs available than having Lechler back there to hand off and throw the occasional desperation pass.

Foster's pass had a lot of wobble but at least it got to a wide open receiver. The difference between the Foster play and the Chris Brown play was that the receiver was uncovered. Baltimore had nobody on the TE and I can't say that I blame them.

Honestly, the Wildcat, as a surprise option, works quite well. As the announcers described it, one defender had to follow Keenum out of the play, meaning Foster had one less guy to run through. It becomes 10-on-10 football instead of 10-on-11 since the QB is not a blocker.

And, while Keenum wasn't running for his life (thanks to having a legit running threat and better blocking), he did have a long run that had a personal foul tacked onto the end of the run.

I'm sure all week the coaching staff was thinking "how do we run an offense with no quarterback" and what you saw was, in part, what they came up with. I'm glad they didn't turn to the slow white guy reverse that was a Kubiak staple. :)

FWIW, in one of the local TV Sunday night sports specials, O'Brien told a reporter that Arian Foster can throw a tight spiral 60 yards. That wounded duck he tossed to CJF doesn't really support this claim, but yeah, I could see Foster running the wildcat as quickly as I could see Lechler under center in an emergency QB situation.