Official Texans vs 49'ers Fake Game Thread, 8/27/2011

[HPF Bob]

Bob Allen confirms Foster's injury is his hamstring.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Bob Allen confirms Foster's injury is his hamstring.

Good, thanks.

[HPF Bob]

Joel Myers says the fog is rolling in. Cameras look darker but visibility still good right now.

[Arky]

8:24 left in the half.

Rackers kickoff goes out of the back of the endzone. Niners ball at their 20.

Kaepernick in.

Watt gets the TFL -2. 2nd and 12 coming up.

Pass out in the flat goes inc. 3rd and 12 coming up.

Pass is complete over the middle - gets the 1st down at the 33.

Rush on the left side goes for 8.

Pass to Edwards goes inc. 3rd and 2 coming up.

Pass is deflected inc but Barwin/Mario rough the passer. 15 yards, 1st down.

Hunter for 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Pass is INT'ed by Nolan and amazingly returned all the way for the TD! 73 yards!

Texans 24, Niners 7

5:31 left in the half.

[HPF Bob]

Nice return by Nolan. Let's get him returning kickoffs.

[HPF Bob]

Adibi has a stinger. Quin is nicked.Barber just hurt his knee in the kickoff return but he is up.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Nice return by Nolan. Let's get him returning kickoffs.

The only difference is Nolan actually had some blocking.

[Arky]

Niners return Rackers kickoff back to their 23. Texans D Barber injured on the play.

Dixon for about 6. 2nd and 5 coming up.

Rush for about 1. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Pass is off the hands of the receiver. Niners have to punt.

Nice return by JJ but fumble at the end goes out of bounds. Texans ball at midfield.

[chuck]

Like I said, Jacoby is not a professional football player. A thirty yard return makes no difference if you don't hold onto the football.

[Arky]

Pass to KW gets 15.

Ward gets about 5 but fumbles. Niners recover. Niners ball at their 31.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by chuck

Like I said, Jacoby is not a professional football player. A thirty yard return makes no difference if you don't hold onto the football.

The ground caused the fumble but no excuse not to hold on. You can't presume refs will get the call right, even with replay.

[Arky]

Kaepernick's pass is batted down by Watt, inc.

Hunter rushes for about 8 or 9. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Hunter gets stopped for -1. 4th and 2 coming up.

2 minute warning.

[HPF Bob]

The Texans have got to love the weather in Frisco. from 100+ degrees to in the 60s.

That's two penalties on Casey now.

[Arky]

Niners will punt on 4th down.

JJ brings the punt back for short 5 yards gain but illegal block in back on Casey backs it up. Ball is at the Texan 15.

Pass to OD good for 7.

Schaub scrambles for 2. Makes it 3rd and 1 with 1:14 left in the half.

Pass to OD gets about 8 or 9, 1st down.

Pass to OD good for 5 or 6.

Pass to AJ gets the 1st down at the Texan 46. Timeout Texans with 45 seconds left.

Pass to JJ inc at the sideline.

Pass to OD complete and the ball gets poked out of his hands. Niners recover at the the Texan 48.

[HPF Bob]

There's our monthly Owen Daniels WTF fumble.

[Arky]

1st down pass by Smith sails inc. 24 seconds left.

Pass is INT'ed by Barber! Texans ball at their 38. 13 seonds left.

Pass to KW sails inc. 6 seconds left.

Tate runs for 11.

Halftime.

[chuck]

It looks like (and it may be a reality) that the Texans are finally good enough to where their mistakes don't immediately doom them against mediocre competition. You can't turn the ball over three times in a half against a real AFC team and expect not to get blown out, but against the 50% of the schedule (or more) that's not elite, maybe they can.

I'd sure like to cut down on the idiotic TOs, though.

[Arky]

Halftime stats:

Passing: Schaub 14/22, 170 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing: Foster 8/38, Ward 6/28, Tate 3/22

Receiving: OD 5/53, AJ 3/51, KW 3/35, Casey 2/19, Foster 1/12

Tackles: Cody/Barwin 3 each, Manning/Cushing/Watt 2 each

Time of possession: Texans 18:41, Niners 11:19

Turnovers: Texans 3, Niners 2

3rd down efficiency: Texans 4/6, Niners 1/5

Redzone: Texans 2/3, Niners 0/0

Total Yards: Texans 260, Niners 50

Penalties: Texans 4/45, Niners 4/33

[barrett]

The turnovers are ugly, but good god, this looks like the varsity scrimmaging the JV. San Francisco is that bad. Is it possible that a guy as competitive as Harbaugh wants to go 0-16 so he can draft Andrew Luck. Because I honestly cannot imagine an NFL team being less talented.

And our defense looks really good even if it is against the Washington Generals.

[HPF Bob]

Just up the road from Candlestick, the Giants have a 1-0 lead on the Astros. The Giants are starting a pitcher they just called up from AAA but he ought to feel comfortable facing a AAA batting lineup.