Official Texans @ Ravens Game Thread, 10/16/2011
 

Discuss today's game action in this thread.

No Holliday this week:

So much for going for broke this week.

Texans win the toss and will receive.

Kickoff goes out of the endzone so Texans ball at their 20.

Dump off to KW gets about 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Foster slips down for no gain. 3rd and 8 coming up.

Pass over the middle to KW good for about 11 and a 1st down.

Screen to AF gets blown up, pass is inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Foster for about 3. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to Mason complete for about 12 and a 1st down. Ball at the Texan 47.

Tate for 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Schaub is sacked by Lewis -7. 3rd and 15 coming up.

Foster gets the 1st down on the delay! 16 yards. Ball at the Raven 42.

Flat pass to Foster is dropped, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Pass over the middle to BJ is too tall, inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass to OD over the middle is off the mark, inc. Texans have to punt.

Nice punt by Hartmann is downed inside the Raven 5 at the 3.

9:55 left in the 1st quarter.

What wasn't grounding about that play?

Rice for about 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.

Pass to Boldin is good for about 16 and a 1st down. Ball at the Raven 23.

Pass to Smith gets another nice gain. Ball at the Raven 37.

Flag presnap. Offside Ravens -5. Makes it 1st and 15.

Rice for about 5 or 6. Makes it 2nd and 9.

Pass over the middle to Rice gets good yards to the Texan 47. 1st down.

Pass to Boldin gets about 12 and another 1st down.

Whoa, Flacco is sacked by throws it away at the last minute - ruled inc.

On 2nd and 10, Rice gets about 1 or 2. 3rd and 9 coming up.

Flacco hits Boldin for the 1st down at the Texan 22.

Pass to Rice gets 9 and Texan 12. 2nd and 1 coming up.

Leach gets about 3 and the first down.

Pass to Dickson goes to the 1 yard line.

Leach just short of the goal line. Flags down. Unnecessary roughness on A Smith, 1/2 the distance.

Rice is gummed up for no gain. Ball at the 1 foot line. 2nd and goal.

Rice is stopped short. Flags down again. A Smith again. Auto first down at the 1.

Flacco sneaks for the TD.

Ravens 7, Texans 0

1:08 left in the 1st quarter.

Smith needs to keep his composure. Love the fire that guy plays with, but geez, 2 first downs inside the 1?

Kickoff goes out of the endzone. Texans ball at their 20.

Foster for about 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Foster for about 2 more. 3rd and 6 coming up.

End of the 1st quarter.

On 3rd and 6, pass to Mason gets about 12 and a 1st down. Ball at the Texan 36.

Foster for 4. 2nd and 6 coming up.

Schaub can't find a receiver and scrambles for about 3 up the gut. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Pass to OD goes for the 1st down at midfield.

Pass to OD gets 5. 2nd and 5 coming up.

Foster for maybe 1. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Pass to JJ is underthrown, inc. Texans have to punt.

Punt is fair caught at the 11 by the Ravens.

11:07 left in the half.

After 2 practices together schaub has more chemistry with mason than JJ.

Seems Schaub low on his passes quite often again

Best place to get a personal foul. I mean, how far can they push you back?

Whether we win or lose, we need to win the personal foul battle. We have to show we are not the pussies the bullies in this league think we are.

I think winning convinces them of that. Losing and getting stupid penalties gets you laughed at. Smith needs to push the guy before the whistle.

Flag presnap. False start Raven -5. Makes it 1st and 15.

Pass in the flat is broken up by KJ, inc but flag on the play. Holding on KJ. 5 yards and an auto 1st down.

Flacco's pass sails inc in the flat. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Flacco is sacked at the 2! Jamison gets credit. 3rd and 19 coming up.

Pass to Smith on the sideline goes inc. Raven have to punt.

JJ brings the punt back to the Raven 46. About 5 yards on the return. Texans ball.

10:06 left in the half.

That's because Mason runs precise routes. That third down underthrow was all due to JJ who ran three yards beyond the first down marker rather than the one yard that Schaub expected.

Schaub can't find a receiver and throws it away. Flags on the play. Holding on Ravens (Lewis). 5 yard and an auto 1st down.

Tate gets 12. 1st down at the Raven 29.

Tate for 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Pass to Foster gets 1. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to KW gets 6... Brings up 4th and 1, Texans to go for it.

Handoff to Foster...don't think he got it. Ravens takeover on downs.

Refs are killing us.

7:33 remaining in the half.

Rice for 1. 2nd and 9 coming up.

Rice for 3. 3rd and 6 coming up.

Flacco sack/fumble! Jamison! Texans ball at the Raven 17.

Jamison with the trifecta - sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery. Cool.

Foster for 6. Ball at the Raven 11. 2nd and 4 coming up.

Tate gets 5 and the 1st down. 1st and goal at the Raven 6.

Tate fumbles at the 2, ball goes into the endzone but Wade Smith falls on it for the TD!

Texans 7, Raven 7

4:48 left in the half.

The fumblerooski is our best redzone play of the last 2 weeks.

The big uglies got the points for us.

Nice to see all the pressure being put on Flacco

Shocking they picked up the flag.

Harbaugh (SF) and Schwartz (Det) got into a shoving match after the game. I'll enjoy hearing what that was all about.

Low kickoff by Hartmann is fielded by an upman and brought back to the Raven 31.

Flacco pressured by Barwn throws inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Timeout Ravens. 4:38 left in the half.

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On 2nd and 10, quick pass to Rice gets about 7. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Pass to Smith gets about 5 and the 1st down but flag on the play. Refs rule no foul on offensive PI.

Pass over the middle to Boldin gets about 14 and a 1st down.

Pass to Pitta goes inc. 2nd and 10 coming up at the Texan 42.

Pass to Rice gets good yardage to the Texan 24.

Pass into the endzone is complete but too long, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Rice is TFL'ed by A Smith -1. 3rd and 11 coming up.

2 minute warning.

On 3rd and 11, pass to Pitta too long, inc. Ravens to go for the FG.

Cundiff's 43-yarder is good.

Ravens 10, Texans 7

1:50 left in the half.

Kickoff goes out of the endzone so Texans ball at their 20.

Schaub hits KW for 9. 2nd and 1 coming up.

Flags presnap. False start on Winston, makes it 2nd and 6.

Schaub can't find a receiver and goes down -6 yards. 3rd and 12 coming up.

Texans call a timeout. 43 seconds left in the half.

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On the 3rd and 12, pass to Foster is dropped, inc. Texans have to punt.

Reed fair catches at the Raven 39. 31 seconds left in the half.

Curious use of a timeout. Seems like we are trying to get to halftime rather than trying to score points.

How about an INT?

Pass is tipped and picked by JJo! Texans ball at their 34.

Pass to JJ goes for big gain. Ball at the Raven 45. Timeout Texans.

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Flag presnap. False start Dreessen. Makes it 1st and 15 at midfield.

Dump off to Foster goes for nice gain, 8 yards. Makes it 2nd and 7 with 8 seconds left.

Schaub throws it away with 3 seconds left.

Timeout Ravens.

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Hail Mary gets knocked down, inc.

Halftime.

Score remains:

Ravens 10, Texans 7

Barwin appears to have taken personal responsibility for Mario being out.

Jjoe continues to make plays on the ball. The pick wasn't even his guy....impressive!

We need to throw something to Mason here. That will cause some teeth-gnashing.

Halftime stats:

Passing: Schaub 11/19, 94 yards

Rushing: Foster 9/32, Tate 5/26

Receiving: KW 4/28, Mason 2/23, OD 2/13, Foster 2/9, JJ 1/21

Tackles: Manning 6, Reed 4, JJo/Cush/GQ 3 each, Jamison/KJ/Watt 2 each

Time of possession: Texans 15:42, Ravens 14:18

Turnovers: Texans 0, Raven 2

3rd down conversions: Texans 5/10, Ravens 2/5

Redzone: Texans 1/1, Ravens 1/1

Total yards: Texans 142, Ravens 133

Penalties: Texans 5/15, Ravens 3/15

Ravens bring the 2nd half kickoff back to their 23.

Rice goes right side for big gain. Flag on the play. No facemask is the ruling. Gain of 18.

Flacco nearly sacked, gets it off to Rice for gain of 11, 1st down.

Pass to Boldin gets 12, 1st down at the Texans 36.

Rice for 1 or 2. 2nd and 9 coming up.

Rice goes left side for about 5. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Pass sails inc. Ravens to go for the FG on 4th and 4.

Cundiff's 48-yarder is good.

Ravens 13, Texans 7

11:46 left in the 3rd quarter.

Kickoff goes out of the endzone so Texans ball at their 20.

Pass to KW good for 20.

Dump off to Foster goes to the Raven 44. Gain of 16.

Tate for about 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Tate for about 5. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Schaub nearly sacked, gets it off for short gain to JJ and a 1st down. Ball at the Raven 32.

Eheh, pass to JJ in the endzone is complete for the TD!

Texans 14, Ravens 13

8:36 left in the 3rd quarter.

I love being wrong about JJ right now. Now just keep using him on gos and drags and don't ask him to be precise.

Hehe, give that Schaub to JjJ crediit for a couple good plays and TD on that drive in 3rd quarter even, ok more defense.

It's the only thing he's good at and I can't understand why they don't do it (or at least try) more often...