Official Texans @ Saints Fake Game Thread, 8/25/2012

[Arky]

Cadet brings the ensuing kickoff back to the Saints 23.

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Thomas up the middle for 8.

Ingram for -1 or -2. Nice play by A Smith. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Pass to Colston broken up by GQ. Saints have to punt.

Holliday kinda fumbles the punt out of bounds at the Texan 33. Texans ball.

[Arky]

Oh no, K Martin on the end around gets hit and fumbles. Saints recover. Saints ball at the Texan 28.

[Arky]

Deep pass to Graham is nearly INT'ed by Demps, but inc.

Dumpoff to Henderson gets 7. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Pass in the endzone is inc. to Graham. James on the coverage. Saints going for it on 4th and 3.

Timeout Saints......

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On 4th and 3, pass in the flat is broken up by Demps. Texans ball at their own 21.

[Nconroe]

Hope AJ and Meyers not hurt bad. Graham doing good at TE.

[Arky]

Foster caught in the backfield -2. 2nd and 12 coming up.

Pass to G Graham goes for 44 yards. Attaway to hang onto the ball....

From the Saints 37, dumpoff to Casey gets about 3.

Pass to OD is complete for 10 but flag in the play. Offsides Saints is declined.

On 1st and 10, pitch to Foster going left gets 3 or 4. 2nd and 7 coming up.

Dumpoff to Foster gets back to the LOS. Schaub under heavy pressure....

Timeout Texans......

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On 3rd and 7, look like the Saints are offsides... Yep, makes it 3rd and 2 coming up.

Foster only gets 1. 4th and 1 coming up. Texans decide to go for the FG.

Bullocks's 33-yarder is good.

Texans 24, Saints 17

2:08 left in the half.

[chuck]

The Saints do not respect the Texans' run game and nor should they. That's a concern.

[Arky]

Saints bring the ensuing kickoff back to their 23. Saints ball. Nice tackle, Keo.

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Pass to Graham goes for huge gainer down the sideline but flag is down. 57 yards. Flags on both teams. 15-yarder against the Texans is the penalty enforced so Saints ball at their 38 wiping out the big play.

Pass in the flat to Thomas goes for 10. 1:47 left in the half.

Pass to Colston goes for 18.

Brees scrambles for 10 or 11, 1st down. Ball at the Texan 24.

Flags presnap. False start Saints -5. Makes it 1st and 15 at the Texans 29. 10 second runoff against the Saints. 46 seconds left in the half.

Brees nearly sacked by Mitchell but gets it off and inc. 2nd and 15 coming up.

Thomas gets 15 on the screen, 1st down. Ball at the Texan 14.

Pass to Moore gets 5. Saints use their last timeout with 21 seconds left. Ball is at the Texan 9.

Pass to Graham in the endzone is complete for the TD.

Texans 24, Saints 24

15 seconds left in the half.

[WMH]

Jimmy Graham is a beast.

[Arky]

Man, wouldn't this be a good time for some Holliday magic?

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Nope, Holliday downs the kickoff in the endzone. Texans ball at their 20.

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Texans kneel it.

Halftime

Texans 24, Saints 24

[Big Texas]

Manning got caught looking in the backfield...he was in excellent position...looks like the offense outplayed the defense...granted we were missing three starters on defense...

[Arky]

Abbreviated halftime stats:

Schaub = 15/18, 194 yards, 1 TD

Foster = 8 rushes, 32 yards

G Graham = 3 catches, 77 yds.

AJ = 2 catches, 30 yds.

OD = 2 catches, 26 yds.

Jean = 1 catch, 19 yds.

K Martin = 2 catches, 12 yds., 1 TD

KJ = 4 tackles

Joseph, GQ and M Alexander = 3 tackles each

Fumbles lost = Texans 3, Saints 2

Total yards = Texans 233, Saints 224

1st downs = Texans 15, Saints 14

TOP = Texans 17:32, Saints 12:28

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

The Saints do not respect the Texans' run game and nor should they. That's a concern.

Part of it is we really don't want to run foster and kind of don't want to run Tate. Regular season we would have 20 carries in a half like that. Not that it hurt us much offensively. We gouged them constantly and finished in the redzone.

[WMH]

Kubiak told 610 that Andre Johnson had the wind knocked out of him. Myers wasn't feeling well pre-game. #Texans -- Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli)

[Arky]

Saints take the 2nd half kickoff and return it to their 23.

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Chase Daniel in at QB.

Flags presnap. 12 men on the field on the Saints -5, 1st and 15.

Pass to Camarillo goes for 8.

Pass to Camarillo comes up short, inc. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to Higgins complete for the 1st down.

Ivory dances for big gainer. 20 yards. Ball at the Texan 43.

Ivory for 4. 2nd and 6 coming up.

Screen to Cadet gets about 10 and the 1st down. Ball is at the Texan 30.

Ivory for maybe 5. 2nd and 5 coming up.

Pass to Camarillo complete for the 1st down.

Ivory for 7. Ball at the Texan 11.

Ivory gets 2 on the left side. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Ivory gets 3 and the 1st down. Ball at the Texan 6.

Swing pass too high, inc. 2nd and goal from the 6.

Daniel's pass over the middle is broken up, inc. 3rd and goal coming up.

Daniel, pressured, throws it inc. Saints to go for the FG.

Hartley's 24-yarder is good.

Saints 27, Texans 24

9:17 left in the 3rd quarter.

[Big Texas]

Question coming in was can our offense keep up with high scoring teams...and so far so good....

[chuck]

Originally Posted by WMH

Kubiak told 610 that Andre Johnson had the wind knocked out of him. Myers wasn't feeling well pre-game. #Texans -- Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli)

Hey, anybody else like muffuletta? #Tasty @johnmcclain

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

Part of it is we really don't want to run foster and kind of don't want to run Tate. Regular season we would have 20 carries in a half like that. Not that it hurt us much offensively. We gouged them constantly and finished in the redzone.

I was thinking that the Saints were not biting on the boot at all. If the Texans can't run the ball effectively (and the jury is out on whether this line can produce yardage) it obviously disrupts the offense completely.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

I was thinking that the Saints were not biting on the boot at all. If the Texans can't run the ball effectively (and the jury is out on whether this line can produce yardage) it obviously disrupts the offense completely.

Like I said, we had an unwillingness to run it that was tied to it being a preseason game. They did everything possible to avoid putting the ball in fosters hands. The early bootlegs worked perfectly before it was obvious we didn't want our backs carrying the ball.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

Like I said, we had an unwillingness to run it that was tied to it being a preseason game. They did everything possible to avoid putting the ball in fosters hands. The early bootlegs worked perfectly before it was obvious we didn't want our backs carrying the ball.

The Texans didn't run the ball well because they didn't want to?

[Arky]

Upman D Hunter brings the squibby kickoff back to the Texan 25.

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TJ in at QB.

Yates' pass is complete over the middle to Casey for about 15.

Forsett goes left for 6 or 7.

Grimes gets about 5 on the right, 1st down. Ball in Saints territory.

Pass to Iglesias ruled inc. 2nd and 10 coming up. Flags down. Illegal touching (receiver stepped out of bounds). Do-over makes it 1st and 15.

Forsett gets 6 on the left side.

TJ is sacked. Makes it 3rd and 15.

Draw to Grimes gets about 9 or 10 so Texans have to punt.

Punt rolls into the endzone. Saints ball at their 20.