Official Texans vs. Chargers Game Thread, 11/27/2016

[Arky]

This is kind of interesting..... the announcers brought up something about the 1st down play calling and it made me look back through the thread. I pulled all the 1st down plays at the start of a drive..

Start of drives, play called on 1st down:

1. L Miller for 6.
2. Pass to Fido gets 8.
3. Hunt goes left side for 16.
4. Pass to Fuller along the sideline gets 13.
5. Pass to B Miller gets 7 but holding on Clark backs it up.
6. L Miller up the gut for none.
7. L Miller up the gut for no gain.
8. Pass to Fuller gets 7.
9. Pass to Fido gets 16.
10. L Miller up the gut for 1.
11. Pass to Griffin gets 7.
12. (Incomplete hail Mary pass)

So, that's 5 rushes and 7 passes. All of the passes were completed for good 1st down yardage except for the hail Mary attempt so, 6/7 were completed. L Miller got 7 total yards on 4 attempts rushing. Hunt had 16 yards on his one rushing attempt.

Conclusion: Don't run L Miller on 1st down because they know it's coming....