Official Texans vs. Ravens Game Thread, 12/21/2014

[Arky]

Deep pass to D Johnson off the mark, inc.

Foster goes left for 5. 37 seconds left in the half.

Foster loses 2. Texans will have to punt. Ravens use their last timeout with 33 seconds left.

Jacoby fair catches the punt at the Raven 26. Raven's ball with 25 seconds left in the half.

[Arky]

Flacco's pass over the middle goes inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Flacco is sacked by Crick! Time runs out.

Halftime.

Texans 16, Ravens 0

[Arky]

Halftime stats:

Passing: Keenum 13/27, 140 yds, 1 INT

Rushing: Foster 15/44, Blue 2/9

Receiving: AJ 5/64, D Johnson 4/27, Griffin 2/19

Tackles: Crick 4, Watt/Merci 3 each, Reed/Dent/Cushing/Lewis 2 each

Total yards: Texans 211, Ravens 31

1st downs: Texans 12, Raven 2

3rd down efficiency: Texans 5/12, Ravens 0/7

Red zone: Texans 1/4, Ravens 0/0

Penalties: Texans 2/15, Ravens 3/26

Turnovers: Texans 1, Ravens 2

Time of possession: Texans 19:47, Ravens 10:13

[Arky]

Jacoby brings the 2nd half kickoff back to the Raven 33. Raven's ball.

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Flacco's pass to OD goes inc.

Forsett rumbles for 6. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Forsett for 1. Forsett injured on the play..... Ravens will have to punt after the injury timeout.

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Martin fair catches the punt at the Texan 8 yard line. Texan's ball.

[Arky]

Foster for 1.

Keenum's pass to Foster off the mark, inc.

On 3rd and 9, Foster slips and only gains 1. Texans will have to punt.

Jacoby has a nice return, 45 yards, on the punt but flags are down.....illegal block in the back on the Texans... 10 yard penalty = 1/2 the distance to the goal from the Texan 19 places the ball at the Texan 9.5 yard line. 1st and goal for the Ravens.

[Arky]

Pass to S Smith is caught but out of bounds in the end zone, inc.

Run to the right is sniffed out for a loss..... flags down.... personal foul on the Texans makes it 1/2 the distance to the goal, 1st down. Ball at the 8.5 yard line.

Forsett for maybe 1.

Pass to T Smith in the end zone is good for the TD.

Texans 16, Ravens 7

11:10 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Manning downs the ensuing kickoff, touchback. Texan's ball at their 20.

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Short pass to AJ ruled inc. OB challenges that is was a catch.....

Ruling stands as inc.

Screen to Foster goes inc. Brings up 3rd and 10.

Keenum is crunched and throws inc but the refs are treating it like a fumble......

Play is reversed, inc pass. Texans will have to punt.

Jacoby fair catches the punt at the Raven 29 yard line. Raven's ball.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by chuck

Enough with this wildcat bullshit, enough of this junior high trickery. Throw the ball downfield, goddamn it, or spread the field and run the ball. Use your normal offense, not some junior high bullshit.

I'm right there with you. Well, I would be if we didn't have a Cougar High quarterback. This is where O'Brien differs from Kubiak. O'Brien took the Keenum out of Keenum today... quick drops, gimmick plays. Notice how many sacks the Ravens had on Sunday? Zero. How many times did O'Brien allow Keenum to scramble around, extend the play, and ultimately take a 14-yard sack? Zero.

Hey, if you're given a junior high QB, you go with a junior high offense in order to win a game. When Fitz and Mallett were under center, we saw virtually none of this.

Originally Posted by Arky

Hey, hey, looks like Foster was sweeping right and he throws to Fido in the end zone for the TD!

This is why the halfback option pass in 2014 is genius with O'Brien and why it was an unmitigated failure against the Jags in 2009 when Kubiak opted to take the ball out of Schaub's hands and into Chris Brown's.

[chuck]

Ahh, the memories:

http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/25/15/66...63/628x471.jpg

[Nconroe]

Bad return by Jacoby. seems to me John Harbaugh has convinced refs to throw flags on Texans. Hmm

[chuck]

Keystone Cops kick coverage.

[Nconroe]

the punter outpunted the converage with long punt. but then sideline opened up for Jacoby. somewhat expected.

[Nconroe]

looked like a catch by Andre to me. come on ref, give it to him.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

the punter outpunted the converage with long punt. but then sideline opened up for Jacoby. somewhat expected.

WTF are you talking about? Pleasant whiffed on a tackle that would have meant no return.