Official Texans vs. Browns Game Thread, 11/6/2011
 

Discuss the game action here.

Hope you changed your clocks last night and started your pre-game an hour early this morning...

Sure did. It's only 8:15am here, should really be 45 min to game time! Ahhhhhh.

Let's get it done. No reason to lose today. Get out there and take care of business.

Fat boy says "no surprises" among Inactives but I haven't been able to run down an actual list. Sounds like Ogbannaya will start at RB for Browns. He was on our roster to begin the season.

Inactives from ESPN.com:

Browns: S Ray Ventrone, RB Peyton Hillis, DE Auston English, QB Thaddius Lewis, RB Montario Hardesty, CB Dimitri Patterson, OL Steve Vallos

Texans: OL Thomas Austin, WR Andre Johnson, CB Brandon Harris, OL Andrew Gardner, TE Garrett Graham, S Danieal Manning, RB T.J. Yates

I wanna see the Texans run it a bunch.... Arian and (I hope) Tate both should hit 100+ today......

I'd like to see our D holdem to no touchdowns .

Texans win the kickoff and will receive.

McManis brings the kickoff back to the Texan 18.

Dump off to Dreessen gets about 5. Makes it 2nd and 5 coming up.

Schaub hits Dreessen over the middle for 22.

Pass to KW good for 5. Ball at midfield, 2nd and 5 coming up.

Dump off to Foster gets 6 and the 1st down.

Foster goes right side for 7. 2nd and 3 coming up.

Foster gets almost 3.... 3rd and 1 coming up.

Foster gets the 1 and a 1st down. Ball at the Brown 33.

Tate goes right side for 6.

Tate runs it in for the TD! 27 yards!

Texans 7, Browns 0

9:50 left in the 1st quarter

Beautiful, beautiful drive.

Now beat Colt into submission.

I think I just heard a lot of tv sets turn off in Northern Ohio.

Nice return by Cribbs - brings the kickoff back to the Brown 25.

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Obie fumbles! Ryans recovers! Texans ball at the Brown 28.

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Schaub can't find a receiver and throws it away. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Foster gets 6. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Pass complete to OD who takes it to the 10 yard line. 1st and goal at the 10.

Foster for 8. 2nd and goal at the 2.

Play gets blown up by pressure so Schaub chunks it away, inc. 3rd and goal at the 2.

Schaub on the QB draw gets the TD!

Texans 14, Browns 0

7:11 left in the 1st quarter.

What you first heard was people turning their sets on. What you JUST heard was their turning them off again.

This could be over by halftime.

Cribbs brings the kickoff all the way back for 66 yards... Flag on the return.... Cribbs with the facemask on his tackler (McCain) backs it up 15. Ball is placed at the Brown 48 yard line.

Obie for no gain.

Pass to Little good for 9. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Obie gets 2 and the 1st down. Ball at the Texan 41.

Obie for 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Pass to Cribbs good for 7. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Pass to Little off his hand, inc. Makes it 4th and 1. Browns to go for the FG.

Dawson's 50-yarder is good.

Texans 14, Browns 3

3:43 left in the 1st quarter.

McManis brings the ensuing kickoff back to just over the Texan 25.

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Pass to JJ good for 17.

Foster goes right side for about 5 but holding on Winston brings it back. Makes it 1st and 20.

Dump to Foster gets 3. 2nd and 17 coming up.

Foster gets 8. 3rd and 9 coming up.

Dump off to Foster gets 8. Makes it 4th and 1. Texans to punt.

Punt goes into the endzone so Browns ball at their 20.

Obie for almost 4. 2nd and 6 coming up at the Brown 24.

End of the 1st quarter.

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Obie gets 4. Makes it 3rd and 2.

McCoy's pass goes inc but flag on the play. Texans offsides (Mitchell) gives the Browns a 1st down at their 33.

McCoy nearly sacked, gets 1 yard. 2nd and 9 coming up.

Obie for 2. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to Cribbs good for 6..... Makes it 4th and 1. Browns to punt.

JJ brings the punt back for small gain. Ball at the Texan 29. 12:00 left in the half.

Tate sweeps right side for 24 yards. Ball at the Browns 47.

Foster gets 6 on the right side.

Dump off to Casey gets 1. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Dump off to OD goes for nice gain, ball at the Brown 27, 1st down.

Schaub's dump off to Tate in the flat goes inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Tate powers for 9. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Foster runs it in for the TD! 19 yards!

Texans 21, Browns 3

8:06 left in the half.

This is like watching the Longhorns yesterday - why go away from the ground game when it works this well?

Texans 21, Ohio Texans 3.

I want one more this half.

This offense is gonna be insane when Andre comes back.

Short kickoff (avoiding Cribbs) is brought back to the Brown 30. Browns ball.

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Clayton rushes for 4.

McCoy gets sacked by Cush! Holding on Browns is declined. Makes it 3rd and 11.

McCoy's pass goes inc out of bounds. Browns have to punt.

Punt goes out of bounds at the Texans 31. Texans ball.

Foster for 3. 2nd and 7 coming up.

Foster for about 3 more. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Schaub's pass is batted down at the LOS. Texans have to punt.

Cribb's not much on the punt return. Browns ball at their 19.

4:55 left in the half.

That's MISTER Alexander to you!

Obie for 1. 2nd and 9 coming up.

McCoy's pass to Watson good for 13 and a 1st down.

Obie for 4. 2nd and 6 coming up.

Slant pass is off the mark, inc. Makes it 3rd and 6 coming up.

3rd down pass goes inc. Browns have to punt on 4th and 6.

Nice return by JJ! 50 yards! Ball is at the Brown 40.

2:40 left in the half.

Schaub's pass to OD is broken up, ball goes flying and is INT'ed by Jackson, returns it to their 42. Browns ball.

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Obie for no gain. 2nd and 10 coming up.

2 minute warning.

On 2nd and 10, dump off pass is ruled inc. Makes it 3rd and 10 coming up.

Flags presnap. Offsides Browns. Makes it 3rd and 15.

Screen to Obie goes for 13. Makes it 4th and 2. Timeout Browns with 1:06 left in the half.

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Browns going for it on 4th and 2.

Dump off to Moore gets 6 and the 1st down.

Flags presnap. False start Browns. Makes it 1st and 15 at the Texan 49.

McCoy sacked by Reed! 2nd and 19 coming up.

Pass is INT'ed by Demps! Nice return brings it to the Browns 21 or so.... Flags on the play. Roughness on Browns places the ball at the Browns 11.

Texans to kick a field goal with 3 seconds left.

Rackers 28-yarder is good!

Texans 24, Browns 3

Halftime.

McCoy had all those timeouts. He needed to call one after the sack and get his team together. The next play looked poorly ad-libbed which led to the INT. A veteran QB would have called time immediately but I don't entirely blame Colt. Where are his coaches at that point?

Halftime stats:

Passing: Schaub 10/15, 90 yds, 1 INT

Rushing: Tate 4/66, Foster 10/64, Schaub 1/2

Receiving: Foster 3/17, Dreessen 2/27, OD 2/24, JJ 1/16

Tackles: Cush/GQ 4 each, KJ/Reed 3 each, Ryans/Barwin/Mitchell 2 each

Time of possession: Texans 16:36, Browns 13:24

3rd down efficiency: Texans 5/7, Browns 1/6

Red zone: Texans 2/3, Browns 0/0

Penalties: Texans 2/15, Browns 4/35

Total yards: Texans 222, Browns 70 yards

Turnovers: Texans 1, Browns 2

I was incredulous also. They had two time outs. I was thinking the same thing you were, if Colt's not smart enough to use one after the sack surely someone on the sideline must be.

I want to see the offense keep their cleats on the throats of these goons in the second half, no letting up. Run the ball every down for all I care, but keep the intensity and keep scoring.

Who's Andre ?

Browns bring the 2nd half kickoff back to their 30.

Obie TFL'ed by Allen, -2. 2nd and 12 coming up.

Obie gets 10. 3rd and 2 coming up.

McCoy sacked by Reed! Sack #2 for Reed. Browns have to punt.

Punt is downed by the Browns at the Texan 18. Texans ball.

I was just trying to remember who Mario is. Or Merrio, whatever the hell his name was.

Foster for about 28 up the middle.

Foster for 11. Ball at the Brown 43.

Tate for 8. 2nd and 2 coming up.

Tate gets 2 and the 1st down.

Foster TFL -3. 2nd and 13 coming up.

Pass to JJ gets 13 and a 1st down. Ball at the Brown 22.

Foster for 1. 2nd and 9 coming up.

Dump off to Foster gets 7. 3rd and 2 coming up.

Pass to OD goes to the 6 yard line, 1st and goal at the 6.

Foster for 3. 2nd and goal at the 3.

Timeout Texans with 6:05 left in the 3rd quarter.

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Schaub can't find a receiver and throws it away. Makes it 3rd and goal at the 3.

Ditto, Schaub throws it away. Texans to go for the FG.

Rackers 21-yarder is good.

Texans 27, Browns 3

5:45 left in the 3rd quarter.

Where the &^#% was Ben Tate on that goal line sequence? I just don't get Kubiak sometimes.

Hard not to believe two runs would have put us in the end zone there.

I think that was more of Kubiak trying to keep the streak of consecutive games with a pass TD for Matt Schaub... it failed miserably

Browns bring the short kickoff back to their 32. Browns ball.

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Obie TFL'ed by Cush for no gain. A Brown (A Smith) is injured on the play. Injury timeout. Makes it 2nd and 10.

Pass to Cameron is good for 7.

Screen to Watson goes for big gain. Ball at the Texan 48.

Pass to Cribbs good for 15.

McCoy scrambles for 4. 2nd and 6 coming up.

Pass to Massaquoi goes inc. 3rd and 6 coming up.

McCoy is sacked by Barwin! Browns to go for the FG.

Dawson's 51-yarder is good.

Texans 27, Browns 6

2:08 left in the 3rd quarter.

McManis brings the kickoff back to the Texan 21.

Tate for 8. 2nd and 2 coming up.

Tate for 14 more ....

Foster for 5. 2nd and 5 coming up. Ball at the Texan 48.

Flags thrown. Offsetting penalties.

End of the 3rd quarter.

On 2nd and 5, Foster gets 2. Makes it 3rd and 3 coming up.

Foster gets the 3 and the 1st down.

Tate for 1. 2nd and 9 coming up.

Schaub's pass to JJ is low, inc. 3rd and 9 coming up.

Foster for 10 and a 1st down.

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

Schaub can't find a receiver on the boot and throws it away. 3rd and 8 coming up.

Dump off pass is complete to Foster but he slips and is short of the 1st down. Texans to go for the FG.

Rackers 50-yarder is good.

Texans 30, Browns 6

10:35 left in the game.

We've put this one on cruise control.

Gotta say I'm impressed with D'Quell Jackson. He's had a heckuva game.