Official Texans vs. Falcons Game Thread, 12/4/2011

[Arky]

Lots of late money coming in on the Texans. Game has moved to "pickem" status on some boards.....

[chuck]

Good morning, friends. We're going to win this mfing game. I don't yet know how but this game is ours.

[Keith]

13 is the lucky number today.

#13 in week 13.

The defense looks ready to go today.

[Arky]

Texans in all steel blue today...

Falcons win the toss and will receive.

Weems brings the kickoff back to the Falcon 15/16 yard line. Falcons ball.

[Arky]

Deep pass to White is overthrown, inc. Makes it 2nd and 10.

Turner stuffed for no gain. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Deep pass to wide open Julio Jones is overthrown, inc. Falcons have to punt.

JJ fair catches at the Texan 35.

[Arky]

Foster for 3. 2nd and 7 coming up.

Foster TFL -3. Makes it 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass to AJ is off his hands at the sideline, inc. Texans have to punt.

Weems brings the punt back to the Falcon 24.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

Good morning, friends. We're going to win this mfing game. I don't yet know how but this game is ours.

Prophetic.

And a heroic effort from all involved. A 19 play drive to take the lead followed by clutch defense. All without AJ, Mario, or schaub.

Awesome.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

Prophetic.

And a heroic effort from all involved. A 19 play drive to take the lead followed by clutch defense. All without AJ, Mario, or schaub.

Awesome.

I was quite sure we'd win. What I didn't know was that we'd win by running for 150 yards against a defense that gives up about 50 a game. That is some serious patience with the running game after a very rough first quarter.

That's especially important because in order to win on the road in Cincy in what is sure to be shit weather the Texans are going to have to run the ball.

Time to find a punter.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by chuck

Good morning, friends. We're going to win this mfing game. I don't yet know how but this game is ours.

Good call, Chuck. The Fox affiliate here switched us all over to the Cowboys at 3:15 so we missed the end of the Falcons' last possession.

Props to the defense. They held a really good offense to 10 points today. Props to Yates for managing the game as well as you'd ever want a fifth-round rookie to do it. Never panicked into bad throws.

Considering this was a game many of us penciled as a loss even when we still had Schaub healthy, we have to feel great about the win.

Sucks about AJ and Hartman. Hope they can return in time for the playoffs.

9-3 guys. 9-3 with everything that has gone wrong for us. Remember that.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Good call, Chuck. .....

Considering this was a game many of us penciled as a loss even when we still had Schaub healthy, we have to feel great about the win.

Sucks about AJ and Hartman. Hope they can return in time for the playoffs.

9-3 guys. 9-3 with everything that has gone wrong for us. Remember that.

Yes Chuck, good call.

Also I was one of those guys that had this as a lose when the schedule came out.

I love being wrong on this one.

BTW WOW!!! what a game.

[JW295]

Yates played very well. He's much better than Leinart.

[cadams]

for those who didn't go to the game. the stadium was crazy yesterday. everyone in the stands were keeping the noise up at a deafening volume from atlanta's first offensive snap, until the final play of the game. best texans game i can remember being at.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by cadams

for those who didn't go to the game. the stadium was crazy yesterday. everyone in the stands were keeping the noise up at a deafening volume from atlanta's first offensive snap, until the final play of the game. best texans game i can remember being at.

I 2nd that. Crowd was off the hook yesterday.

I think our past failures has precluded me from stating what we have in our hometown team.

We have a DAMN good football team. Past failures have nothing to do with this squad. With the exception of the 4th Qtr vs. the Saints (whom I am a HUGE fan of this week), the D is absolutely dominant. Period. Exclamation Point.

Major kudos to TJ. The kid has SACK, plays with poise, and is obviously not afraid of the big stage. Did he make some mistakes....sure. But the TEAM over came them, with a little help from the officials/other team as well.

Prior to this, I was expecting doom and gloom, limp into the playoffs, probably finishing 2-3/3-2 area. I fully expect us to finish 3-1 at worst over the next, and it wouldn't shock me at all if we ran the table, and had a first round bye.

DAMN, ITS GOOD TO BE A TEXAN TODAY!

[Mike]

Incredible. What an atmosphere yesterday. That was the loudest the stadium has been since the inagural opener IMO. My voice is shot.
What is amazing, we are 9-3 and it just feels strange. Maybe it is all injuries, but all I can say is WOW. I am so happy for Mr. McNair for staying the course, and for Gary. He has wanted to bring a winner back to Houston. I hope AJ is not hurt bad, so he can get to show his game during the playoffs. These guys deserve and earned it. Magic number 2.....

[Nconroe]

Did ya'll think the top receivers for Falcons were dropping a lot of catchable balls, or was that a result of our pressure defense?

[WMH]

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