Everything Is Bigger In Texas: A Houston Texans Dynasty

[JasonForTheWin]

NOTABLE NFL CUTS

PIT WR Eli Rogers
PIT LB Mark Barron
SEA HB CJ Posise
SEA QB Paxton Lynch
SEA HB JD McKissic
NO QB Taysom Hill
WAS QB Colt McCoy
WAS HB Samaje Perrine
GB WR Equanimenous St Brown
NYG WR Bennie Fowler III
ATL HB Devonta Freeman
PHI QB Nate Sudfeld
DAL DE Taco Charlton
DAL DE Randy Gregory
LAC QB Tyrod Taylor
BUF HB Frank Gore

HOUSTON TEXAN PRACTICE SQUAD

WR Steven Mitchell JR
LOLB Peter Kalambayi
WR Vyncint Smith
HB Buddy Howell
CB Derrick Baity Jr
CB Jermaine Kelly
TE Kahale Warring
DT Albert Huggins Jr
CB Xavier Crawford
WR Justin Watson - Spent time with Tampa




COWBOYS SIGN QB AND OTHER NOTBLE FA SIGNINGS

The Dallas Cowboys have signed QB Tyrod Taylor to helm the team as it navigates the first half of the season without franchise star Dak Prescott, who has a torn groin. Taylor has more experience than backup Cooper Rush, and for a team that has Super Bowl aspirations, Taylor makes for a good stopgap.


Other notable signings coming off the 53 man roster cutdown:

ARZ sign HB Boston Scott to practice squad
MIN sign WR Eqaunmineous St Brown to practice squad
SEA sign FB Cullen Gillaspia to practice squad
SF sign P Trevor Daniel to practice squad
PHI sign HB JD McKissic
BUF sign HB Gus Edwards
OAK sign RE Taco Charlton
NYJ sign RE Randy Gregory
PIT sign ROLB Duke Ejiofor
MIN sign RT Seantrel Henderson
GB sign WR Trent Taylor
TB sign WR Corey Coleman

[trekfan]

Surprised Dallas cut Taco and Gregory, but they probably needed the cap to sign Tyrod -- Dallas should be on the struggle bus for the first part of the season.

[JasonForTheWin]

SAINTS DOWN TEXANS 34-21 ON MONDAY NIGHT DEBUT

New Orleans - The Saints defeated The Texans 34-21 in the 2019 season opener on Monday Night Football. Despite losing RB Alvin Kamara early in the game and a relatively quiet game from Michael Thomas, the Saints, led by Drew Brees was able to navigate the field on a mismatched Texans defense.

"We have to get better defensively, and fast." Head Coach Bill O'Brien said, after giving up 158 all purpose yards to backup RB Latavius Murray.

The Saints, who were missing S Von Bell (who has been put on IR) and DE Marcus Davenport (expected to miss a month), gave up 301 passing yards to Deshaun Watson.

However, the Texans only had 70 rushing yards, 41 on which came from Deshaun Watson.

"(We)Have to do a better job setting up the run, and that's on me." O'Brien said after Texans RB's had a combined 11 attempts in the game.

D'Onta Foreman led all back with 5 attempts, ended the game with -4 yards rushing. New addition Devonta Freeman had 20 yards on 4 attempts. Lamar Miller had 13 yards on 2 attempts, but accounted for 2 costly fumbles.

DeAndre Hopkins (6/106/2 TDs) and Austin Seferian Jenkins (6/73/1 TD) led all Texans WR's.

With Keke Coutee sitting out, DeAndre Carter filled in the slot, and had a 3/69 night. Will Fuller ended the night with a stat line of 3/34.

The passing game looked promising with Deshaun Watson looking sharp and concise with his reads, but the team needs to figure out a way to take some pressure off it's young QB with a consistent rushing attack.

Defensively, the team was able to hold Michael Thomas to only 3 receptions (1 of which was a TD) but couldn't make crucial stops. TE Jared Cook ate up the LBs with an 8 catch night.

JJ Watt was held off the stat sheet for one of the only times in his stellar career.

Save for a garbage time sack by newly acquired DT Poona Ford, the team couldn't get past a stellar Saints OL and rarely ever was in Drew Brees face.

On the other side of the coin, the Saints managed to sack Deshaun Watson 3 times, with Cameron Jordan bringing down the QB twice.

Next week the Texans open up their home slate of games against a tough divisional rival in Jacksonville.

Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints
Sep 9, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Texans (0-0)	7	7	0	7	21
New Orleans Saints (0-0)	7	10	7	10	34

Team Stats Comparison
	HOU	NOR
Total Offense	354	389
Rushing Yards	70	117
Passing Yards	284	272
First Downs	14	17
Punt Return Yards	7	17
Kick Return Yards	167	0
Total Yards	528	406
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Conversion	5-10	1-4
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-4	5-5
Penalties	0	15
Posession Time	17.05	22.43

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NOR
	(NOR) Michael Thomas 7 yd pass from Brees (Lutz XP GOOD)	0	7
	(HOU) DeAndre Hopkins 6 yd pass from Watson (Fairbarn XP GOOD)	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NOR
	(NOR) Latavius Murray 2 yd Run (Lutz XP GOOD)	7	14
	(NOR) Will Lutz 34 yd FG	7	17
	(HOU) Austin Seferian Jenkins 15 yd pass from Watson (Fairbarn XP GOOD)	14	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NOR
	(NOR) Buck Allen 10 yd Run (Lutz XP GOOD)	14	24
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	NOR
	(NOR) Jared Cook 17 yd pass from Brees (Lutz XP GOOD)	14	31
	(NOR) Will Lutz 47 yd FG	14	34
	(HOU) DeAndre Hopkins 12 yd pass from Wtason (Fairbarn XP GOOD)	21	34

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Deshaun Watson 21-29 301 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Deshaun Watson 4 41 10.2 0 Devonta Freeman 4 20 5.0 0 Lamar Miller 2 13 6.5 0 D'Onta Foreman 5 -4 -0.8 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD DeAndre Hopkins 6 106 17.6 2 Austin Seferian Jenkins 6 73 12.1 1 DeAndre Carter 3 69 23.0 0 Will Fuller IV 3 34 11.3 0 Taiwan Jones 2 9 4.5 0 Devonta Freeman 1 10 10 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tashaun Gipson 10 0 0 0 Justin Reid 9 0 1 0 Johnathan Jospeh 6 0 0 0 Bendarick McKinney 6 0 0 0 Poona Ford 1 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Ka'imi Fairbarn 0-0 3-3 3 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Bryan Anger 3 178 46.6 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Taiwan Jones 7 167 23.8 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Taiwan Jones 1 7 7.0 0

New Orleans Saints PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Drew Brees 24-28 272 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Latavius Murray 16 71 4.4 1 Buck Allen 3 23 7.6 1 Michael Thomas 1 18 18.0 0 Alvin Kamara 3 6 2.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jared Cook 8 56 7.0 1 Latavius Murray 4 87 21.7 0 Camron Meredith 4 48 12.0 0 Michael Thomas 3 48 16.0 1 Ted Ginn Jr 3 27 9.0 0 Buck Alled 1 8 8.0 0 Alvin Kamara 1 -2 -2.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Demario Davis 8 0 0 0 Marshon Lattimore 8 0 0 0 PJ Williams 6 0 0 0 Cameron Jordan 3 2.0 0 0 Sheldon Rankins 3 1.0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Will Lutz 2-2 4-4 10 48 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Thomas Morstead 1 61 55.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Ted Ginn Jr 2 17 8.5 0

[JasonForTheWin]

2019 WEEK 1
Thursday's Games	Hi Passing	Hi Rushing	Hi Receiving
CHI 16 - GB 14	Trubisky 24-36 274 1 TD	Cohen 55 yards	Anthony Miller 6-82-1
Sunday's Games	Hi Passing	Hi Rushing	Hi Receiving
CAR 20 - LAR 14	Newton 20-28 251 2 TD	Gurley 99 yards 2 TD	Curtis Samuel 8-87-2
PHI 28 - WAS 21	Keenum 21-36 254 3 TD	Peterson 77 yards	Alshon Jeffery 4-67
BUF 37 - NYJ 31	Darnold 29-41 386 4 TD	Lesean McCoy 61 yards 1 TD	Le'Veon Bell 4-120-1
ATL 35 - MIN 7	Ryan 22-29 291 4 TD	Ito Smith 67 yards	Julio Jones 3-96-1
BAL 24 - MIA 20	Jackson 20-31 228 1 TD	Ingram 79 yards	Albert Wilson 4-88-1
KC 36 - JAX 28	Mahomes 23-31 249 2 TD 1 INT	Fournette 69 yards 1 TD	Sammy Watkins 8-84-0
CLE 31 - TEN 20	Mayfield 25-31 276 2 TD	Chubb 79 yards 1 TD	Beckham Jr 9-102-2
IND 28 - LAC 24	Luck 28-40 343 3 TD 2 INT	Gordon 80yards 2 TD	Eric Ebron 7-93-1
CIN 28 - SEA 28 TIE	Dalton 28-38 275 1 TD 1 INT	Rodney Anderson 52 yards 3 TD	Nick Vannett 6-84-1
SF 22 - TB 20	Winston 18-31 228 1 TD 2 INT	Tevin Coleman 70 yards	OJ Howard 6-93-0
DAL 27 NYG 24	Tyrod Taylor 22-32 250 2 TD	Barkley 135 yards 1 TD	Golden Tate 5-91-1
ARI 21 DET 17	Kyler Murray 18-24 208 2 TD	David Johnson 65 yards 1 TD	Marvin Jones Jr 9-130-1
NE 17 - PIT 14	Brady 24-36 312 1 TD	Conner 88 yards 1 TD	Ben Watson 5-77-0
Monday's Games	Hi Passing	Hi Rushing	Hi Receiving
NO 34 - HOU 21	Watson 21-29 301 3 TD	Latavius Murray 71 yards 1 TD	DeAndre Hopkins 6-106-2
DEN 14 - OAK 10	Flacco 23-39 274 2 TD 1 INT	Doug Martin 58 yards	DaeSean Hamilton 7-87-2

NFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
ATL Matt Ryan: 22/29 291 yards 4 TD

NFC DEFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
SF Fred Warner: 9 tackles 1 INT


AFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
NYJ Sam Darnold: 29/41 386 yards 4 TD 2 INT

AFC DEFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
CLE Demarious Randall: 9 tackles 1 INT









CHARGERS TRADE VIRGIL GREEN TO SAINTS

New Orleans - In a rather surprising move, the Saints have acquired TE Virgil Green from the San Diego Chargers. Green will combine with Jared Cook, who led the Saints in receiving in a Week 1 victory over the Texans, to form a formidable TE duo and adds another threat for QB Drew Brees.

Green, who apparently fell out of favor in San Diego, was dealt for New Orleans 4th, 5th, and 6th round picks in the 2020 draft.

[JasonForTheWin]

TEXANS BOLSTER DEFENSE; SIGN DE MARIO ADDISON

Houston - A day after being waived by the Carolina Panthers, the Houston Texans have signed DE Mario Addison to help bolster it's defensive line.

Addison, out of Troy, has 45.5 career sacks. Over the past 3 seasons with the Panthers, he has averaged almost 10 sacks a year.

"High motor guy. He brings an undeniable energy." said Head Coach Bill O'Brien, who also said they plan to play him on passing downs.

The Texans waived DE Joel Heath in a corresponding move.

[trekfan]

Yeah, Addison! Dude's an underrated pass rusher, he should thrive playing in a defense with JJ Watt -- he's gonna eat.



Tough loss against the Saints, but NO does that consistently to many teams, no time to panic yet.

[JasonForTheWin]

Quote: Originally Posted by trekfan

Yeah, Addison! Dude's an underrated pass rusher, he should thrive playing in a defense with JJ Watt -- he's gonna eat. Tough loss against the Saints, but NO does that consistently to many teams, no time to panic yet.

Yeah, I figure if I can at least have a winning record in the division and win a few of the others, I have a good shot at a wildcard at least.

When I saw Carolina waive Addison, I had to pounce lol.

[JasonForTheWin]

TEXANS DOWN JAGUARS 24-10

Houston - In their home opener, the Houston Texans defeated division rival Jacksonville Jaguars.

QB Deshaun Watson threw for 3 TDs for the second consecutive game, and ended the day 20-24. However, 2 of his for misses were intercepted by Jalen Ramsey and Ronnie Harrison, respectively.

Despite the huge win, Watson was not happy with his play.

"Any time you get a win in the division, it's huge. But, I need to do a better job of seeing my reads, and keeping the ball out of the other teams hands." Deshaun Watson said after the game.

The offensive line did it's job, keeping Watson upright, allowing only one sack to Calais Campbell. They also lead the way as Lamar Miller ran for 116 yards. Jacksonville was playing without their star DE Yannick Ngokue who has a broken wrist, and didn't dress for the game.

"As a group, we are not happy about the perception about us." Lamar Miller said. "Maybe after today, we can quiet the noise around us."

Jalen Ramsey took DeAndre Hopkins out of the game, allowing him only 3 catches for 35 yards. However, that allowed Will Fuller IV more looks, and he took advantage by leading the team with 6 catches, 83 yards, and a touchdown.

The Texans held the Jaguars offense in check, keeping Leonard Fournette to only 42 yards rushing.

If it weren't for a late game 50 yard pass and catch to Dede Westbrook, they would've held the Jags to under 200 yards of offense.

"We were amped to play to foe, and get a W in the South." said Whitney Mercilus, who had one of two QB sacks (Benardrick McKinney had the other."

Next week, the Texans travel out west to play the high powered Los Angeles Chargers.

Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
Sep 15, 2019	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1)	0	3	0	7	10
Houston Texans (0-1)	7	3	7	7	24

Team Stats Comparison
	JAC	HOU
Total Offense	212	395
Rushing Yards	43	188
Passing Yards	169	207
First Downs	8	21
Punt Return Yards	0	26
Kick Return Yards	0	24
Total Yards	212	445
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Conversion	2-10	4-8
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1-4	4-5
Penalties	5	10
Posession Time	15.07	24.53

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		JAC	HOU
	(HOU) Will Fuller IV 14 yd pass from Watson (Fairbarn XP GOOD)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		JAC	HOU
	(HOU) Ka'imi Fairbarn 19 yd FG	0	10
	(JAC) Josh Lambo 20 yd FG	3	10
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		JAC	HOU
	(HOU) Taiwan Jones 10 yd pass from Watson (Fairbarn XP GOOD)	3	17
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		JAC	HOU
	(HOU) Jordan Thomas 14 yd pass from Watson (Fairbarn XP GOOD)	3	24
	(JAC) Dede Westbrook 50 pass from Foles (Lambo XP GOOD)	10	24

Jacksonville Jaguars PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Nick Foles 16-25 191 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Leonard Fournette 13 42 3.2 0 Dede Westbrook 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Leonard Fournette 6 32 5.3 0 Dede Westbrook 3 86 28.6 1 Cameron Brate 3 27 9.0 0 Marquise Lee 3 32 16.0 0 Keelan Cole 1 10 10.0 0 Chris Conley 1 4 4.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Jalen Ramsey 10 0 1 0 Cody Davis 9 0 0 0 Clais Campbell 7 1.0 0 0 AJ Bouye 7 0 0 0 Ronnie Harrison 7 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Josh Lambo 1-1 1-1 4 20 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Logan Cooke 6 330 43.8 1

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Deshaun Watson 20-24 213 3 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Lamar Miller 16 116 6.8 0 Deshaun Watson 5 53 10.6 0 Devonta Freeman 6 17 2.8 0 D'Onta Foreman 6 2 0.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Will Fuller IV 6 83 13.8 1 DeAndre Hopkins 3 35 11.6 0 DeAndre Carter 3 34 11.3 0 Taiwan Jones 2 21 10.5 1 Jordan Thomas 2 19 9.5 1 Austin Seferian Jemkins 2 15 7.5 0 Devonta Freeman 1 3 3 0 Lamar Miller 1 3 3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Benardrick McKinney 11 1.0 0 0 Justin Reid 5 0 0 0 Whitney Mercilus 3 1.0 0 0 Johnathan Joseph 3 0 0 0 JJ Watt 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Ka'imi Fairbarn 1-1 3-3 6 20 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Bryan Anger 2 106 53.0 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Taiwan Jones 1 24 24.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Taiwan Jones 4 26 6.5 0