Official Texans @ Saints Game Thread, 9/25/2011

[Keith]

This is the place for all the game action conversation as the Texans travel to New Orleans in an effort to prove how different their 2011 season will be from the past.

[WMH]

Going with 2 RB's this week....hope they hold up.
Glad to see Vilma and Porter are out. Should be a great, explosive game.
Interesting they deactivated the 3rd QB, as well as Anderson.

From the Chronic:

Running back Arian Foster will not play against the Saints. He was made inactive. Ben Tate will start, and Steve Slaton will back him up.

Other inactives are cornerback Sherrick McManis, offensive tackle Andrew Gardner, quarterback T.J. Yates, receiver David Anderson, running back Derrick Ward and guard Thomas Austin.

Among the inactives for the Saints are three starters: receiver Marques Colston, cornerback Tracy Porter and middle linebacker Jonathan Vilma.

[Arky]

Texans win the toss and will receive.

Manning only gets back to the 13 yard line on the kickoff.

[Arky]

Flag presnap. D Brown offsides -5. 1st and 15.

Schaub bootlegs and can't find a receiver, throws it away. 2nd and 15 coming up.

Tate for about 1. Makes it 3rd and 14 coming up.

Pass to AJ gets about 14 and the 1st down.

Deep pass down the left sideline to AJ goes all the way to the Saints 46.

Pass to OD over the middle good for 12.

Slaton sweeps right for about 5. 2nd and 5 coming up at the Saints 26.

Flags presnap - game clock needs resetting - no foul.

Tate powers to the Saints 15 yard line, 1st down.

Tate goes left for about 1.

Pass over the middle to OD good for the TD!

Texans 7, Saints 0

10:13 left in the 1st quarter.

[Big Texas]

I am so excited that we did not just play into what the expected us to do thus far. Keep it up Kube.

[Big Texas]

Thats what I'm talking about Kube...Keep it up...