Cool. We get the ball first in OT.

Texans win the toss and will get the ball first.

Let's run it...

Slaton only gets back to the 11 on the kickoff.....

Pass to KW good for about 15. 1st down.

Pass to KW good for 7. Brings up 2nd and 3.

Foster gets 10, 1st down at the Texan 45.

Foster crosses midfield. Gain of 6.

Pass complete to KW at the Skins 40.

Foster for 2.

Let's go Foster.

Dump to Leach gets 4. Brings up 3rd and 4.

Oh, Schaub throws it away. Texans to punt? Delay of game Texans.

Turk puts it in th endzone. Skins ball at the 20.

IF the FG was no good, Skins woulda had good field position....

wow, they passed on the 52 yd field goal, dumb decision. hope turk nails it, dumb kick. nope. Man, antonio called on roughing after a sack. dumb.

I don't disagree with not trying the FG. I don't think Rackers has the leg. But I would have gone for it on 4th and 4.

McNabb sacked but Smith with the late hit. Skins ball at their 33.

Pass to Moss good for 11.

Pass to Cooley good to the Texan 49. Brings up 2nd and 3.

Pass to Moss good for 10. Ball at the Texan 37.

McNabb's pass batted down by Mario. 2nd and 10 coming up.

McNabb's pass good for 3. Brings up 3rd and 7.

Deep pass over the head of Moss. 52 yard attempt.... Skins to go for the FG.

FG is good but Texans call timeout. (Shanahanigans)

need a turnover. washington going for the 52 yarder. wow the timeout iced their kicker. what a game. so, we get the field position.

FG is no good!

Texans ball!

(Shanahanigans)

Exactly!

Texans ball at the Texan 42.

Schaub hit as he throws - pass goes inc.

Pass to JJ only gets 1. Brings up 3rd and 9. Landry of the Skins is down.

On 3rd and 9, pass to Foster almost gets the 1st down but flags on the play.... 4th and less than 1/2 yard or 3rd and 3? Texans take the 5. 3rd and 3 coming up.

JJ catches it for a 1st down!

lot of decisions, 4th and inches vs 3rd and four on the offsides by washington. nice catch by jj.

JJ's catch under review... Play stands!

Big catch by Dreessen! Ball at the Skins 18!

Dreessen's catch under review.... looks good...

lot of reviews. 36 yard fg if we take it now.

Play stands...

Foster for no gain. Brings up 2nd and 10.

Great job to take a shot while the crowd was subdued. Run it a couple of times to get closer.

Foster slides for about 2. Texans to go for the FG.

35 yarder is good!

Texans win!

Final Score:

Texans 30, Skins 27

Whoooooot!

Texans 1st win in OT. Texans 1st win against Skins. Might be a lot ghosts being slain this year....

yipppeeee, kai, yai, yeah, 30-27, first OT win, wow.

Wow. We didn't deserve this one. We screwed it up all kinds of ways but we had just enough to come out with the W.

2-0. Now let's KILL the Cowboys next week.

Last year we didn't win games like this. We are a new team...

All this with no, Cushing...

Schaub 38 of 52 for 497 yards. But Foster only 19 for 69 officially. He ran well, good enough, and we won. Way to go Rackers.

Looking at Stats , we deserved to win, but we were so far behind, sure didn't feel like it.

HOUSTON STATISTICS WASHINGTON
29 First Downs 21
6 Rushing 3
23 Passing 17
0 Penalty 1
43% (6 of 14) Third Down Efficiency 20% (2 of 10)
50% (1 of 2) Fourth Down Efficiency 0% (0 of 0)
526 Total Net Yards 421
81 Total Offensive Plays 58
5-45 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-58
0-0 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0
39:49 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:47

Don't forget 69 receiving yards for Foster. So he really had about 140 yards from scrimmage...

We are just letting everyone know that we are multi-dimensional...


Damn...Shaub almost threw for 500 yards...:D:eek:

Come on, Eli!

I never doubted we'd win this game. I lied, actually I can't believe we won !
Can I revise my my prediction for an 8-8 season ?
I firgured this would be a close game coming right down to the end. That part I had right but I also thought it would be low scoring, which it sure wasn't. Whatever, I'll gladly take it.
Now we have to get ready for the NFC SB rep next week. Say have they fired Wade yet ?

In a 16 game schedule, every game is just so important. Last year's playoff tie breaker showed us that if we didn't see it already. In the end of the season they only care about how many you win and lose. Nobody cares how you win them.

And that's good, because today was one ugly win for an undeserving team.

But in December it will just count as one in the W column. Way to go Texans.

I love the headline for nfl.com

Andre the Giant....

Now that's national coverage...

If our offense continues to dominate...and hopefully cushing brings some intensity to our defense...

I am thinking 11 wins does not seem too far fetched...

It's tough for a rookie CB to open his career against Peyton Manning and Donovan McNabb. I thought Jackson played well over all but they were clearly picking on him and he's going to need to make a couple of really big plays or they'll keep picking on him all year.

Can you get used to this?

THE AFC SOUTH LEADING HOUSTON TEXANS!!! We have the division lead all to ourselves for possibly the first time in our history.

I too was thinking it was the first time we ever had sole possession of 1st place in the division. <cheers> Here's to this being the case at the end of the regular season. </cheers>

Question:
I was suprised that Kubes didn't let Rackers attempt the 52 yarder, but then later thought about the wind being a possible issue. 2nd half kickoffs in that direction were a TON shorter than they were in the first half. Did anybody catch whether the goalpost flags were moving at the time of the potential 52 yard kick?

I did not notice. I believe it was the same direction as the game winner though.... And the Skins were kicking in the opposite direction which would have made it "with the wind" on the time-out kick and the follow-up miss.... Both of those looked plenty long...

Pollard is the man!!

Great game, great, great game.

I wish our DB's could just play a little better defense, but I think it may have to do with all the zone we play. And like HPF Bob stated, this was Peyton and McNabb....

And nice call icing the rookie kicker, Kube's had some real head-scratchers in the first half, but that made up for it.

I think Kubiak knew Rackers was not reliable from 50+ yards, having never kicked one in real NFL competition. He chose to punt whereas I would have tried to go for it on 4th and 4,

From the 35, if you fail on fourth down, the Redskins take it over from that spot on an incomplete. If you miss the FG, they take it over at the 42 where the theoretical kick would be tried.

The punt went into the end zone and the Redskins took over at the 20.

If Houston goes for it and succeeds on fourth down, maybe they wind up with something like a 45-yd FG for the win if they can make 7 yards.

Obviously, if he tried the long FG and succeeds, the game is over. So, it's a risk-reward equation. The punt is the safest play but you may not get the ball back. The FG was the riskiest play but you can end the game right there. Going for it would have been the middle ground but, if you succeed, you are almost sure of a better FG try.

Yes, the winning FG was kicked in the same direction and appeared to have plenty of distance.

We won so it's all smiles but if Washington won on their FG try, Kubiak would have had a lot of second-guessing.

Its scary though, I mean, we're going to need a 50+ yarder at SOME point. Should we carry two kickers or something? It would be ridiculous to blow a roster spot on one but what if we come down to a playoff game and we need a 50+ yarder?

Huh???

Neil Rackers, for his career is 19-of-39 from 50+.

Hey, I predicted that we would 1. have the ball at the twenty 2. at the end of the game and 3. Rackers would miss. I got two out of three right. Not bad, hey?

Kubiak said there was a lot of wind down at that end of the field so he didn't feel comfortable going for a 50+ yard FG. Obviously, attempting a 52-yard FG in the wind as opposed to a 35-yard FG in the wind are completely different decisions. I agree with you though on going for it instead. With Kubiak's past history, I was more shocked they didn't go for it than I was his decision to punt.