Official Texans @ Cowboys Game Thread, 10/5/2014

[Keith]

Tough loss, but the Cowboys won with 3 unique plays where if any of them don't go in their favor, maybe they don't win.

1. The heaving hail mary from Romo as J.J. Watt misses what seems to be an automatic sack.

2. The OPI that wasn't called on the TD to Dez.

3. The heaving hail mary to Dez in OT where Joseph had wonderful coverage... the ball just fell onto Dez to set up the game-winning field goal.

Bottom line is that this is a road loss for the Texans to an NFC opponent. The Texans are 3-0 vs. AFC opponents. Their biggest game of the season is Thursday at home against the Colts. Win that, and this can be an interesting season.

Lastly, congrats to the fans who met Ebola risks head on and made the trip to Arlington. I cannot remember a NFL game where visiting fans had such a presence... maybe Cowboys fans at Arizona games during their Lombardi runs in the 90s. These are fans though of a 2-14 team a year ago, not some Emmitt and Troy bandwagonning jock chompers who already live in a state where NFL hadn't existed the decade previous.

[Nconroe]

Foster really had a good game today.

And seems some blame play calling of going away from Arian for atleast one reason we had the loss in overtime.

And defense won the turnover battle so that helped make it an exciting game. Two turnovers by defense and one turnover by special teams.

Hopefully the dumb penalties which gave us long yardage on 3rd down can be cleaned up as new coaches learn players and players learn the new playbook.

[Warren]

Originally Posted by Keith

Lastly, congrats to the fans who met Ebola risks head on and made the trip to Arlington. I cannot remember a NFL game where visiting fans had such a presence... maybe Cowboys fans at Arizona games during their Lombardi runs in the 90s. These are fans though of a 2-14 team a year ago, not some Emmitt and Troy bandwagonning jock chompers who already live in a state where NFL hadn't existed the decade previous.

Very impressive performance by the Texans fans at NRG Stadium North -- the Cowboys had to use a silent snap count at home.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by Warren

Very impressive performance by the Texans fans at NRG Stadium North -- the Cowboys had to use a silent snap count at home.

I was at the game, and yes, it was very impressive. It was truly a 50/50 crowd, maybe 60/40, but it definitely made an impact.

As for as the actual game, tale of 2 halves for the O, solid effort for the D all the way around. I'm sure they were gassed. I thought the O played pretty decent in the 2nd half. Haven't watched the DVR yet, so TV may have shown otherwise.

If our anemic O can put together even 3 of 4 quarters, we sholuld be competitive in more games than not, even with our schedule.