Official Texas @ Bills Game Thread, 12/06/2015
 

The 6-5 Texans will shuffle off to Buffalo to take on the 5-6 Bills this Sunday in an early game. The Bills are coming of three road games in a row and lost their last two games of that set, @ New England (20-13) and most recently @ Kansas City (30-22). No rain and high 40ºs are predicted for Buffalo on Sunday.

The Texans will attempt to keep a string of four wins in a row going but will surely face a determined Rex Ryan-led Bills squad. The Texans are 6-5 ATS and the Bills are 4-6-1 ATS.

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TV = CBS (channel 11 local), noon CST, Sunday, Dec 6

Announcers = Spero Dedes, Solomon Wilcots

The line = Bills by 3

Looks like along with most of Texas and western New York, most of Indiana will be rooting the Texans on to victory.

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

FOX (early) = Seattle @ Minnesota -- Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch

FOX (late) = Philadelphia @ New England -- Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis

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Prime time:

TNF = Green Bay @ Detroit, CBS/NFLN

SNF = Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh, NBC

MNF = Dallas @ Washington, ESPN

As of now, appears we're going to get lucky with the weather. Never know about Buffalo this time of year. No precipitation, and "mild" (for them) temps in the 40's. Not too shabby.

Hope the good guys can stay focused and continue to entertain us!

I think bad weather might help us.

If we had Arian, I'd probably agree. Since we seem to have more success thru the air, thinking the forecast is more of a benefit to us than them.

Shady vs. Blue isn't a matchup that points in our direction.

James Palmer ‏@JamesPalmerTV 3m3 minutes ago
J.J. Watt leads the NFL with 13.5 sacks this season. The entire Bills defensive line has 10.0 sacks combined this season.

Seems this game is a pretty tough one to handicap. Straight up, most (61%) are picking the Bills which is what you would expect for a 3 pt favorite. The ESPN picks however, give the Texans the edge with 8 votes to 6.

Against the spread, it's pretty much a coin flip as I'm seeing just about equal action on both teams. In this video, the tout kinda beats around the bush on the side but does like the 41.5 pts to go "over". The interviewer however, leans towards the Texans at +3....

Not good when your starting guard leaves in an ambulance 2 hours before kickoff.

BREAKING: Texans RG Brandon Brooks Leaves Ralph Wilson Stadium Before Game In Ambulance > http://vbs.cm/V0voO4 Reply HELP for help, Reply STOP to cancel.

Texans are receiving.

Mumph brings the kickoff back to the Texans 23.

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Texan's ball at their 23.

Pass to Hop nearly picked, inc. but holding on Texans backs it up, -10. 1st and 20.

Blue for a couple. 2nd and 17 coming up.

Pass over the middle to Fido goes for 8. 3rd and 9 coming up.

Hoyer pressured, throws it away. Texans will have to punt.

Punt is downed at the Bills 42. Late flags on the play.....5 yards added to the end of the play for illegal touching on the Texans.

Bill's ball at their 47.

McCoy for 5.

McCoy for 2. 3rd and 3 coming up.

McCoy sweeps left for 6 and the 1st down.

Gillislee goes right for big gain. Ball at the Texan 10.

Gillislee gets caught for loss of 2.

Taylor keeps for about 8. Ball at the 3.

Pass to Watkins goes for the TD. 3 yards.

Bills 7, Texans 0

9:37 left in the 1st qtr.

I log in to nfl.com and the first thing I see is a big picture of Brian Hoyer. This always bothers me. Every time there seems to be big hype around our team, we wet the bed.

The ensuing kickoff is a touchback.

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Texan's ball at their 20.

Grimes for maybe 1.

Pass to Griffin gets 6. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Flags presnap.....defense offsides, 5 yards and a 1st down.

Polk gets loose for 20. Ball in Bills territory.

Polk for no gain. Jones shaken up on the play, injury timeout. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Washington gets 9. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Eheh, Hoyer finds Lamm for 7 yards and the 1st down.

Polk for 2 or 3. Ball at the Bills 28.

Hoyer's pass to Strong along the sideline goes out of bounds, inc. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Grimes powers for 18 and the 1st down near the 10 yard line.

Grimes for just a couple. 2nd and 7 at the Buffalo 8.

Quick snap and pass to Griffin goes for the TD!

Novak misses the extra point.

Bills 7, Texans 6

3:58 left in the 1st qtr.

Thats how you get fired Novak...:mad:

Bills bring the ensuing kickoff back to their 29.

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Bill's ball at their 29.

Taylor can't find a receiver and keeps for 2.

McCoy gets loose for 32. Ball at the Texan 37.

Gillislee for 3.

Taylor throws into the endzone, inc. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to Clay gets 11 and the 1st down.

McCoy sweeps left for 9. 2nd and 1 coming up.

McCoy caught by Clowney for no gain.

On 3rd and 1, McCoy gets the 1st down at the Texan 8. 1st and goal.

End of the 1st qtr.

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Defense must me reading the newspaper..........

Taylor keeps and goes left for the TD.

Bills 14, Texans 6

14:53 left in the half.

That extra point is gonna bite us in the ass...

Romeo needs to figure out how to set the edge.

Not if the Bills keep running at Simon. They have a hundred yards rushing in the first mfing quarter. I can't tell where Clowney is. I don't understand why Simon is all alone trying to contain the edge.

The ensuing kickoff is a touchback.

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Texan's ball at their 20.

Polk for about 6.

Pass to Shorts is caught and then fumbled... refs confirm it as a catch and a 1st down. Gain of 16.

Short pass to Hop goes for 7.

Polk goes for 3 but holding on the Texans backs it up, -10. Makes it 2nd and 14 coming up.

Pass to Shorts gets 14 and the 1st down. Ball at the Bills 47.

Blue for about 4.

Eeesh, Hoyer gets sacked. Loss of 11.

Pass to Hop is dropped, inc. Texans will have to punt.

Punt is fair caught at the Bill 13, flag is down..... penalty on the Texans for ineligible downfield added to the end of the play. Places the ball at the Bill 19.

Bills' ball at their 19 with 10:54 left in the half.

Screen to McCoy goes for about 3 but holding on Bills = 1/2 the distance, makes it 1st and 19.

McCoy for 3. 2nd and 16 coming up.

Pass to McCoy broken up by Mercilus, inc. 3rd and 16 coming up.

Bills rush for about 6 on 3rd down. Bills have to punt.....

Punt is fair caught at the Texan 39.

Texan's ball at their 39 with 9:05 left in the half.

Shorts takes the snap and goes left for 1.

Pass to Washington gets 13 and the 1st down.

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

Polk runs for 5, 1st down.

Texans use a timeout.

Hoyer keeps for nice gain. Ball at the Bill 22.

Blue for 3.

Pass to Grimes goes all the way inside the 5 but flags are down....illegal block in the back on Griffin ........ticky tack.... 2nd and 5 coming up...

Pass to Washington gets 4 or so..... Makes it 3rd and 1.

Hoyer keeps for the 1 and the 1st down. Ball at the Bills 11.

Flat pass to Polk goes for the TD! Late flag on the play....Unsportmanlike on Hop will be enforced on the kickoff.

Bills 14, Texans 13

3:57 left in the half.

Texans kicking off from their 20 because of the penalty.

Bills bring the kickoff back to their 29.

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Bills' ball at their 29.

Deep pass to Watkins goes for 53.

Bills use a timeout with 3:09 left in the half.

McCoy runs to the 12 yard line. 2nd and 4 coming up.

Taylor's pass into the endzone goes inc. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Taylor keeps up the gut for the 1st down at the 6 yard line. 1st and goal.

2 minute warning.

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McCoy sweeps right for maybe 1. 2nd and goal coming up.

Direct snap to McCoy goes to the 2. 3rd and goal coming up.

Bills use a timeout.

Pass to Woods goes for the TD.

Bills 21, Texans 13

30 seconds left in the half.

Bills are playing smart and just about everything is working.... Texans gotta have some turnovers in the 2nd half...

Our defense has had to make up for a poor offense for most of this season. Let's see if it can work the other way around.

The ensuing kickoff is a touchback.

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Texan's ball at their 20.

Texans kneel it.

Halftime.

Bills 21, Texans 13

I understand holding could get called on every play, but on the long pass to Watkins, Watt gets held around the throat in headlock fashion. It amazes me that the best and most visible player in the game gets mugged by no name OL and the league puts up with it. I guess they truly don't want anyone successfully playing defense.

I can't blame KJ's pass defense even though the Bills are keying on him. He's just missing on these passes. He's right there with the receiver.

Simon, OTOH, is being exposed. When the Texans flip and put Clowney on that side, he stops those sweeps but Simon is just too slow and not wrapping up.

They're also doubling and triple-teaming Watt to great effect. We need somebody else to be explosive.

But on the plus side Polk and Grimes are both really running sell, including YAC. Wonder what took Obrien so long to give them more reps over Blue ?

The 2nd half kickoff is brought back to the 16 yard line.

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Bills' ball at their 16.

McCoy for 4.

McCoy for 3. Brings up 3rd and 3.

Taylor pressured, throws too long downfield, inc. Bills will have to punt.

Punt rolls to the Texan 31.5 yard line.

Texan's ball at their 32.

Pass to Washington gets 7.

Hunt for 6 and the 1st down.

Screen to Hunt goes for no gain. A Bill (Gilmore) shaken up on the play. Injury timeout.

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Really need a shutout from the defense in the 2nd half.....

On 2nd and 10, pass to Washington gets 6. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Hoyer's pass too high for Washington, inc. Texans will have to punt.

Punt is downed at the Bill 4 yard line.

Bills' ball at their 5.

Pass to Clay gets 5.

McCoy goes left for 4. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Taylor keeps for the 1 and the 1st down.

Pass to Watkins goes for big gain but holding on the Bills brings it back. Makes it 1st and 18.

Pass to Hogan goes inc. 2nd and 18 coming up.

Pass to Woods is caught but out of bounds so inc. 3rd and 18 coming up.

Pass to Gillislee gets 5. Bills will have to punt.

Punt is fair caught by Mumphrey at the Texan 44.

Texan's ball at their 43.

Polk for about 5.

Oy, deep pass to Washington is broken up, inc. 3rd and 5 coming up.

Nice catch by Shorts for a 1st down at the Bills 37.

Grimes for maybe 1. Flag is down....chop block on Griffin, -15. Makes it 1st and 25 at the Texan 49.

Hoyer sacked at the Texan 40. 2nd and 33 coming up.

Grimes for about 4. Brings up 3rd and 29.

Screen to Shorts goes to the Bill 44. Texans will punt on 4th and 18.

Lechler's punt is caught by C James at the Bills 9 yard line.

Bills' ball at their 9.

4:03 left in the 3rd qtr.

Gillislee for 1.

Taylor keeps for no gain.

On 3rd and 10, jeez, deep pass to Watkins goes for 52. Ball at the Texan 38.

Gillislee for 4.

Gillislee for almost 2. Brings up 3rd and 4.

Pass into the endzone is inc. Bills will go for the 50-yard FG.

FG hit the upright, no good.

Score remains:

Bills 21, Texans 13

31 seconds left in the 3rd qtr.

Texan's ball at their 40.

Polk for no gain.

End of the 3rd qtr.

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On 2nd and 10, pass to Shorts goes inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Hop gets 10 and the 1st down at midfield.

Hoyer pressured, throws it away, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Blue gets almost 5.

On 3rd and 6, pass to Washington off the mark, inc. Texans to punt.

Bills fair catch the punt at their 14 yard line. Late flag.......penalty on Prosch adds 5 yards at the end of the play.

Bills' ball at their 19.

13:20 left in the game.

Taylor sacked by Clowney! Loss of 8. Brings up 2nd and 18.

Screen to Clay gets about 8. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Woo, pass to Clay is dropped. Bills will have to punt.

Mumph doesn't catch the punt and it rolls all the way to the Texan 17.

This team is content on killing themselves. So many opportunities. So little production by the offense.

Mind boggling special teams dickstepping all game today.

Texan's ball at their 17.

11:58 left in the game. Really need some points this drive...

Pass to Hop goes for 23.

Polk for no gain.

Polk for about 9. Brings up 3rd and 1.

Pass to Hop goes all the way to the Bills 22, 1st down.

Polk for 3.

Pass in the endzone to Hop goes for the TD! Texans going for 2.....

Grimes punches it in for the 2 points!

Texans 21, Bills 21

9:12 left in the game.

The ensuing kickoff is brought back to about the Bills 24.

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Bills' ball at their 24.

Pass to Woods gets 17.

McCoy for no gain.

McCoy for 5. 3rd and 5 coming up.

Watt with the sack! Flags are down.... holding on both teams offset, replay the down.

On 3rd and 5, pass is nearly INT'ed by KJo but inc. Bills will have to punt.

Mumph catches the punt around the Texan 19.

Texan's ball at their 20 with 6:43 left in the game.

Hunt sweeps right for like 6 but holding on Fido backs it up. Makes it 1st and 20.

Polk for 6. Brings up 2nd and 14.

Man, deep pass to Washington goes inc but flag is down....illegal formation on the Texans is declined. Brings up 3rd and 14.

Grimes carries for 2. (??) Texans will have to punt.

Thigpen brings the punt back to the Bill 40 but a flag is down....add 5 for Blue being ineligible downfield.....

Bills' ball at their 45.

McCoy for 1.

McCoy for 4. Brings up 3rd and 5 with about 4 minutes left in the game.

Pass is deflected inc but Hal. Bills have to punt.

Man, punt goes out bounds at the Texan 6.

Texan's ball at their 6.

Pass to Griffin broken up, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Polk for 4. Brings up 3rd and 6.

Pass to Shorts is broken up, inc. Shorts got hammered. Texans will have to punt with 2:47 left in the game.

Thigpen brings it a long way back but flag is down.... holding on Bills, whew.... Places the ball at the Bills' 35.

Bills' ball at their 35.

Taylor keep for a couple but holding on the Bills backs it up 10 yards. Makes it 1st and 20.

Pass to Hogan gets 12. 2nd and 8 coming up.

McCoy carries all the way to the Texan 43, 1st down.

Gillislee for 3.

2 minute warning.

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Both teams have all timeouts.

On 2nd and 7, pass over the middle to Clay goes for the TD. 40 yards.

Point after is missed.

Bills 27, Texan 21

1:53 left in the game.