Change in Houston-The Coaching Career of Michael Smith

[Mike3207]

2011 Season-Game 10-Texans 37, Patriots 17

The scoring seemed more in line with this set, so I'll go with it for a while. I actually fell behind by 3 early in the 2nd half, and got a request to pull my starter Payne. I kept him in, and he pulled off the comeback.

I got Superb Strategist after the game to capstone the Training tree. It increases your HC's Strategy rating by 2, all others by 1(unless you have 5 potential in strategy, than it's 2), and increases the potential of all skills by 1-all this for 17,000 points

CU-HC-Superb Strategist, STC-Phys Dev P 4, QBC-Perf 5, Team Chem 4, WRC-Int Dev TE 4.

Houston Texans at New England Patriots
Nov 13, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Texans (10-0)	7	7	7	16	37
New England Patriots (4-6)	0	10	7	0	17

Team Stats Comparison
	HOU	NWE
Total Offense	522	402
Rushing Yards	136	14
Passing Yards	386	388
First Downs	22	12
Punt Return Yards	14	0
Kick Return Yards	117	101
Total Yards	653	503
Turnovers	3	2
3rd Down Converstion	1-7	4-12
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-1
2-Point Conversion	1-1	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/2	0/0
Penalties	3-24	3-35
Posession Time	34:13	25:46

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NWE
6:18	(HOU) D. Payne pass to B. Murphy for 38 yd TD	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NWE
14:01	(NWE) T. Brady pass to M. Kelly for 60 yd TD	7	7
7:53	(HOU) Touchdown-3 yd rush by D. McFadden	14	7
:13	(NWE) S. Gotkowski-49 yd FG good	14	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NWE
14:54	(NWE) T. Brady pass to R. Moss for 80 yd TD	14	17
5:03	(HOU) D. Payne pass to A. Johnson for 46 yd TD	21	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NWE
14:07	(HOU) Safety, rush by M. Forte	23	17
10:32	(HOU) Touchdown, 5 yd rush by D. McFadden	29	17
	(HOU) Two-point conversion, D. Mcfadden rush	31	17
4:14	(HOU) A. Serna-33 yd FG good	34	17
:02	(HOU) A. Serna-30 yd FG good	37	17

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Payne 24/34 386 2 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. McFadden 27 135 5.0 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Johnson 10 192 19.2 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK R. Owens 2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Russell 1 1 0 0 C. Campbell 2 1 0 0 C. Beck 5 1 0 0 K. Rivers 7 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Serna 2/3 3/3 9 33 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Sepulveda 3 128 42.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 3 67 22.3 0 A. Bender 2 50 25.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 3 14 4.6 0

New England Patriots PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T. Brady 24/39 408 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Forte 15 14 0.9 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Moss 7 181 25.8 1 W. Welker 7 87 12.4 0 M. Kelly 2 63 31.5 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD A. Darby 3 0 1 0 J. Stills 8 0 1 0 R. Mears 10 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Gotkowski 1/1 2/2 5 49 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 K. Larson 5 184 36.8 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Jackson 3 101 33.6 0

[edward_1385]

looks like u gonna be undefeated if u keep playing like that... Great wins and keep up the good work...

[Mike3207]

Quote: Originally Posted by edward_1385

looks like u gonna be undefeated if u keep playing like that... Great wins and keep up the good work...

Good to see you again Edward. Yes, undefeated is a real possibility in the regular season this year, even playing in the AFC South. As for the playoffs, the Giants almost beat me in the Super Bowl last year. I'll hedge my bets a little, but I think we stand a good chance to repeat as Super Bowl champions.

[Mike3207]

2011 Season-Game 11-Texans 42, Titans 28

We continued our winning ways with a hard fought win against the Titans, but this one came with a price. Darren McFadden separated his shoulder, and will miss the rest of the reg season most likely. I can't say the Titans really played that well, but they definitely managed to come up with a few big plays in this one.

CU-OC-Lrn Dev OL 4, LBC-Blitz Discipline

INJ-HB Darren McFadden, seperated shoulder, 5 weeks.

Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans
Nov 20, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Texans (11-0)	3	14	7	18	42
Tennessee Titans (4-7)	7	7	7	7	28

Team Stats Comparison
	HOU	TEN
Total Offense	481	313
Rushing Yards	116	105
Passing Yards	355	208
First Downs	27	7
Punt Return Yards	56	10
Kick Return Yards	87	69
Total Yards	624	392
Turnovers	1	0
3rd Down Converstion	6-11	2-10
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4/1	1/0
Penalties	2-14	1-1
Posession Time	37:26	22:31

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	TEN
9:41	(HOU) A. Serna-43 yd Fg good	3	0
:23	(TEN) V. Young pass to X. Hills for 15 yd TD	3	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	TEN
7:06	(HOU) D. Payne pass to J. Binger for 28 yd TD	10	7
:12	(HOU) D. Payne pass to T. Killebrew for 6 yd TD	17	7
:01	(TEN) V. Young pass to T. Holt for 70 yd TD	17	14
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOU	TEN
13:19	(TEN) Touchdown- 73 yd rush by V. Young	17	21
7:36	(HOU) Touchdown-1 yd rush by M. Mercer	24	21
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	TEN
8:34	(HOU) A. Serna-34 yd Fg good	27	21
3:21	(HOU) D. Payne pass to T. Killebrew for 6 yd TD	33	21
	(HOU) 2 point conversion, M. Mercer rush	35	21
	(HOU) Touchdown-12 yd rush by M. Mercer	42	21
:17	(HOU) V. Young pass to T. Holt for 26 yd TD	42	28

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Payne 30/40 374 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Mercer 26 106 4.0 2 D. McFadden 3 12 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Binger 10 118 11.8 1 A. Johnson 8 114 14.2 0 T. Killebrew 5 51 10.2 2 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Fordham 1 0 E. Oshinowo 1 0 B. Spitz 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G. King 5 2 0 0 C. Campbell 7 2 0 0 M. Dendy 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Serna 2/2 4/4 10 44 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Sepulveda 3 121 40.3 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD A. Bender 2 58 29.0 0 N. Clayton 1 29 29.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 6 56 9.3 0

Tennessee Titans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT V. Young 12/22 231 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD V. Young 7 80 11.4 1 L. Maroney 10 25 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Holt 2 96 48.0 2 D. Mitchell 3 51 17.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Franklin 4 2 0 0 M. Trufant 10 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Suisham 0/0 4/4 4 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 S. Lechler 8 389 48.6 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD L. Maroney 3 69 23.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD C. Finnegan 2 10 5.0 0

[edward_1385]

It's good to be back and I have faith u will win another SB...

It sucks losing Mcfadden, but its look as if Mercer didn't miss a beat with his 26 car 106 yds 2 td performance... Guess as long as Payne dosen't get hurt then u shouldn't miss Mcfadden very much...

Btw, been aiming to get old head coach down and dust it off for some time, but with all of the great games coming out it's been a pain to get back into it... Hopefully this new year I'll get a little time before DMC comes out...

[Mike3207]

2011 Season-Game 12-Texans 73, Falcons 0

It didn't feel this bad of a loss when I played it. The strange thing is that the Falcons had a huge advantage in time of possession, they simply didn't do anything with the opportunities the way I did.

The one play that stood out to me, the defensive TD by DT Duane Russell. I can't believe no offensive players could catch up to a DT with 50 speed, but he did have a big head start.

CU-DC-Improved Block Shedding, GM-Pot Eval K 4

INJ-DT Amobi Okoye-broken fibula-5 weeks

OPOW-HB Marcus Mercer-13-153-3 rush TDs, 11.8 avg.

Atlanta Falcons at Houston Texans
Nov 27, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Atlanta Falcons (5-7)	0	0	0	0	0
Houston Texans (12-0)	14	14	17	28	73

Team Stats Comparison
	ATL	HOU
Total Offense	327	502
Rushing Yards	55	153
Passing Yards	272	344
First Downs	17	14
Punt Return Yards	0	32
Kick Return Yards	128	33
Total Yards	455	567
Turnovers	4	2
3rd Down Converstion	6-17	4-7
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/0	5/1
Penalties	5-46	1-10
Posession Time	38:38	21:14

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		ATL	HOU
11:09	(HOU) D. Payne pass to A. Johnson for 19 yd TD	0	7
4:52	(HOU) Fumble, rec by E. Moss for a TD	0	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		ATL	HOU
8:33	(HOU) Touchdown-5 yd rush by M. Mercer	0	21
1:33	(HOU) D. Payne pass to A. Johnson for 15 yd TD	0	28
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		ATL	HOU
13:54	(HOU) D. Payne pass to A. Bender for 36 yd TD	0	35
7:30	(HOU) Touchdown-50 yd rush by M. Mercer	0	42
5:29	(HOU) A. Serna-19 yd FG good	0	45
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		ATL	HOU
14:09	(HOU) Fumble, rec by D. Russell for a TD	0	52
7:10	(HOU) Touchdown-59 yd rush by M. Mercer	0	59
4:35	(HOU) D. Payne pass to J. Brandt for 17 yd TD	0	66
2:37	(HOU) D. Payne pass to C. Stewart for 1 yd YD	0	73

Atlanta Falcons PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K. Warner 22/36 295 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J. Norwood 27 73 2.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Dockett 8 163 20.3 0 D. Clark 4 65 16.2 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Dorgan 3 1 0 0 M. Boley 2 1 0 0 A. Cromartie 3 0 1 0 R. Gay 8 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Hall 0/2 0/0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Maynard 8 255 31.8 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD D. Cromartie 4 83 20.7 0 A. Cromartie 2 45 22.5 0

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Payne 20/27 357 5 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Mercer 13 153 11.7 3 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Johnson 8 137 17.1 2 A. Bender 3 85 28.3 1 J. Binger 3 58 19.3 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Fordham 1 0 J. Staley 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G. King 12 2 0 0 C. Campbell 6 2 0 0 A. Boyd 3 1 0 0 D. Ponder 8 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Serna 1/1 10/10 13 19 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 1 33 33.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 6 32 5.3 0

[Mike3207]

2011 Season-Game 13-Texans 48, Broncos 7

The Broncos started things off with a INT TD on the 1st play of the game, and that was it for their offense the rest of the game. We suffered another injury in this game however, Bender got injured but might be back for the last game of the regular season. We also clinched the division after the game.

CU-WRC-Lrn Dev TE 4, DLC-Perf 4

Inj-WR Aundray Bender-dislocated elbow-3 weeks.

Denver Broncos at Houston Texans
Dec 4, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Denver Broncos (10-3)	7	0	0	0	7
Houston Texans (13-0)	14	10	0	24	48

Team Stats Comparison
	DEN	HOU
Total Offense	240	528
Rushing Yards	27	126
Passing Yards	213	402
First Downs	14	19
Punt Return Yards	0	26
Kick Return Yards	116	47
Total Yards	356	601
Turnovers	4	3
3rd Down Converstion	3-13	6-10
4th Down Conversion	0-2	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/0	4/0
Penalties	1-9	1-10
Posession Time	30:48	29:11

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		DEN	HOU
14:55	(HOU) Int-D. Payne pass INT'd by C. Bailey for TD	0	7
9:15	(DEN) D. Payne pass to A. Johnson for 18 yd TD	7	7
:20	(DEN) D. Payne pass to J. Binger for 58 yd TD	7	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		DEN	HOU
4:01	(DEN) Touchdown-39 yd rush by M. Mercer	7	21
1:21	(DEN) A. Serna-48 yd FG good	7	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		DEN	HOU
10:26	(DEN) Touchdown-7 yd rush by M. mercer	7	31
9:26	(DEN) Touchdown-8 yd rush by N. Clayton	7	38
7:15	(DEN) D. Payne pass to J. Brandt for 10 yd TD	7	45
:38	(DEN) A. Serna-45 yd FG good	7	48

Denver Broncos PASSING C/A YDS TD INT J. Cutler 21/37 226 0 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD S. Alexander 17 36 2.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M. McGuire 3 54 18.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Bailey 12 0 2 1 R. Marshall 3 0 1 0 E. Golden 3 1 0 0 J. McCray 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG D. Yankowski 0/2 1/1 1 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 R. Plackemeier 6 244 40.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Holliday 4 93 23.2 0 C. Bailey 1 23 23.0 0

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Payne 24/38 410 3 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Mercer 19 118 6.2 2 N. Clayton 1 8 8.0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Johnson 11 162 14.7 1 J. Binger 5 96 19.2 1 B. Murphy 1 51 25.5 0 C. Stills 3 50 16.6 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK R. Owens 1 0 E. Oshinowo 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Ponder 4 0 2 0 E. Moss 5 0 1 0 C. Beck 4 1 0 0 C. Campbell 3 1 0 0 K. Rivers 8 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Serna 2/4 6/6 12 48 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 2 47 23.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 2 26 13.0 0

[Mike3207]

2011 Season-Game 14-Texans 44, Saints 13

The Saints played such good defense the 1st Half, but not so much in the 2nd half. Some of it was my pass rush really taking a big step forward in the 2nd Half. Unfortunately, Andre Johnson got hurt during the week, but we have clinched homefield throughout the playoffs.

CU-OC-Phys Dev WR 4, DBC-Strength Training

INJ-WR Andre Johnson-triceps strain-2 weeks.

Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints
Dec 11, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Texans (14-0)	7	3	14	20	44
New Orleans Saints (8-6)	3	3	0	7	13

Team Stats Comparison
	HOU	NOR
Total Offense	510	265
Rushing Yards	191	31
Passing Yards	319	234
First Downs	23	14
Punt Return Yards	74	4
Kick Return Yards	89	74
Total Yards	673	343
Turnovers	2	3
3rd Down Converstion	3-8	4-14
4th Down Conversion	0-0	1-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/3	1/0
Penalties	4-57	5-58
Posession Time	29:02	30:54

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NOR
5:25	(NOR) R. Bironas-42 yd FG good	0	3
2:21	(HOU) D. Payne pass to J. Binger for 20 yd TD	7	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NOR
8:57	(HOU) A. Serna-30 yd FG good	10	3
:09	(NOR) R. Bironas-37 yd FG good	10	6
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NOR
10:06	(HOU) D. Payne pass to J. Brandt for 10 yd TD	17	6
7:16	(HOU) Touchdown-49 yd rush by M. Mercer	24	6
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NOR
13:51	(HOU) D. Payne pass to B. Murphy for 6 yd TD	31	6
6:21	(NOR) Touchdown-1 yd rush by R. Bush	31	13
3:07	(HOU) A. Serna-29 yd FG good	34	13
:16	(HOU) A. Serna-23 yd FG good	37	13
:10	(HOU) INT-D. Brees pass INT'd by S. Raines for TD	44	13

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Payne 22/41 322 3 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Mercer 16 176 11.0 1 N. Clayton 1 15 15.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Johnson 9 157 17.4 0 J. Binger 4 57 14.2 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK B. Spitz 2 0 R. Owens 1 0 E. Oshinowo 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G. King 11 4 0 0 C. Campbell 3 2 0 0 D. Russell 2 1 0 0 A. Boyd 1 1 0 0 C. Beck 5 1 1 0 S. Raines 6 0 1 1 K. Rivers 2 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Serna 3/5 5/5 14 31 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Sepulveda 1 41 41.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Brandt 2 56 28.0 0 N. Clayton 1 33 33.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 5 74 14.8 0

New Orleans Saints PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Brees 22/44 284 0 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R. Bush 10 31 3.1 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D. Thomas 7 127 18.1 0 B. Walton 5 50 10.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD D. Hobson 5 1 0 0 J. Thomas 7 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG R. Bironas 2/2 1/1 7 42 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 P. Sizebecker 7 283 40.4 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Washington 2 48 24.0 0 J. Miller 1 26 26.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Miller 1 4 4.0 0