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

[Arky]

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.

[Arky]

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.

[Big Texas]

Just keep giving us chances...defense looks pathetic

[Big Texas]

The true Hoyer stands talk

[Arky]

Hmmm, 2 minute drive time....

The ensuing kickoff is a touchback.

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Texan's ball at their 20.

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

Pass to Hop too low and inc. Brings up 3rd and 10.

Oh my goodness, Hoyer's throw off the mark, Shorts was open. Texans going for it on 4th down.....

Timeout Texans (#1).

Pass to Shorts is broken up, inc. Ball turns over on downs.

[Arky]

Bills ball at the Texan 20.

McCoy goes left for no gain.

McCoy for no gain. Texans use their final timeout.

On 3rd and 10, Taylor keeps for 2. Bills will go for the FG.

37 seconds left in the game.

Carpenter's 36-yarder is good.

Bills 30, Texans 21

[WMH]

Well hell.

Let's go Steelers.

[chuck]

This was basically a must-win game. I don't understand their leaving Simon alone on the edge in the first half, and I don't understand why Hoyer rarely looked to Nuke when he had him in one on one coverage, especially in that crucial series.

[Big Texas]

I keep setting myself up to believe and hope that Hoyer would be more than who he truly is..."an overachieving backup"...He had a number of chances to step up to the plate...but he over threw, under threw, and fell apart when the team needed him...I counted at least 4 deep balls to open receivers and he couldn't complete the pass...

Well can 9-7 get us in...there's no way we beat NE...

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Big Texas

I keep setting myself up to believe and hope that Hoyer would be more than who he truly is..."an overachieving backup"...He had a number of chances to step up to the plate...but he over threw, under threw, and fell apart when the team needed him...I counted at least 4 deep balls to open receivers and he couldn't complete the pass...

Well can 9-7 get us in...there's no way we beat NE...

I agree with all of this except the overachieving part. Hoyer has never had results and is just a coach's favorite type. Any coach or GM giving him a job should have one themselves.

Chuck, I am proud to say I was not bothered at any point today. They almost made me care again after last week, but not quite. This is a broken team, and rooting for them to win enough 9-7 games to get trounced in the playoffs is pointless. We are just pretending when we have Hoyer to Washington at key moments. I enjoyed the Katy-Manvel game at NRG far more then this one. It was nice seeing excellence on that field.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

Chuck, I am proud to say I was not bothered at any point today.

Good for you. You're ahead of me on that front. Although I did leave the house after the game and had a pleasant enough afternoon whereas in the past I would have stayed at home and tortured myself with the postgame show where crazed rednecks call in and complain about everything they can think of, not unlike me on this board.

And anyway at least Keith saw a spike in traffic today.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Big Texas

Well can 9-7 get us in...there's no way we beat NE...

Philly beat them in NE yesterday, and Philly is not good this year. Trouble is it was NEs 2nd straight loss which means we'd have to be the team which hands them their 3rd straight loss to win this upcoming game. The Pats do have a ton of injuries and Gronk is out again next week. After Pitt beat Indy by five TDs last night, we've still got a shot. Hey something to play for this weekend - we've got a shot, and more that than just on paper. We are 6-6 as is Indy.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Philly beat them in NE yesterday, and Philly is not good this year.

Not saying we can't beat NE, but Philly beat them on a 100yd Pick-6 and 2 Special Teams TD's. I can't remember the last time our ST's won a game for us or even had a big part in a W. It will definitely be a tough game, and hopefully the D will show up again. Every game at this point is pretty much a must-win.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff goes out of the endzone, touchback.

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Texan's ball at their 20 with 33 seconds left in the game.

Pass to Shorts gets 10.

Pass to Griffin goes to about the Texan 45. A Bill (Brooks) injured on the play.... 19 seconds left.

Short pass to Grimes gets 4. 14 seconds left.

Hoyer's pass off the mark, inc. 9 seconds left.

On 3rd and 6, pass to Shorts goes to the Bills 28. 3 seconds left.

Pass into the endzone is INT'ed.

Time expires.

Final score:

Bills 30, Texans 21

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Hoyer inaccurate when it counted... Missed opportunities all over. Of course the Colts will lose tonight....

[chuck]

I don't have any illusions about who or what Yates is but I'm sorry to say that the offense looks more lively when he's out there. Hoyer just brings so little.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by chuck

I don't have any illusions about who or what Yates is but I'm sorry to say that the offense looks more lively when he's out there. Hoyer just brings so little.

Don't know that TJ is going to complete 60% of his passes and 3 TD'S. Dude was on the couch until week 10 for a reason.

D read too many headlines and didn't come ready to play. Especially in the 1st half. Didn't really care for the personnel groupings either.

And the atrocious ST came back today....

[popanot]

Defense was awful, Nate Washington is trash and for the life of me I don't understand how he plays over any other WR on the roster, and Hoyer was, well, Hoyer. They had opportunities, but no one made a big play when they needed one.