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SEAN GARZA'S TEXANS TUESDAY REPORT - SEAN GARZA - AUGUST 31, 2010
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SEAN GARZA'S TEXANS TUESDAY REPORTWritten By: Sean GarzaDate Posted: 08/31/2010
I don’t think I can describe to you how large the smile on my face is. After the Texans returned home after the clinic the Saints ran on them a week ago, the questions went from “How good can we really be?” to “What ISN’T wrong with this team right now?”. The Saints exploited the Texans in every phase of the game. The Texans got pushed around like a geeky freshman just starting high school. The saddest thing was not the fact that they got beat by the world-champion Saints, but how quickly people abandoned this team after that loss. Folks, let’s not overreact here. It was a pre-season game. Whether they won or lost doesn’t matter. What matters is was there an improvement in the areas that were not already solid. My initial answer was "no". They looked as if they were not ready to play. I can’t understand the disappointment in the team that night and Coach Gary Kubiak pretty much echoed that feeling in his post-game press conference. With the Dallas Cowboys on the horizon for their third pre-season game, the Texans appeared to be in trouble. Then comes Saturday night. Finally, some home cooking! The Texans needed to do one thing and one thing only. They needed to show their teammates, their coaches, and most importantly their fans that they were ready to play like a real team and show it to the next-hated thing in Houston (sorry Bud Adams, you're always first), the Dallas Cowboys. The first-string played three quarters of full and complete football. Their offense dominated the Cowboys' defensive line. Arian Foster rushed for 110 yards on 18 carries for an average of a cowboy whoopin’ 6.1 yards per carry. Jeremiah Johnson also had a great night rushing with 53 yards on 9 carries. Matt Schaub looked sharp for the most part, although he did have a few “where were those going” throws. He did, however, run a bootleg to find a wide open Jacoby Jones in the end zone for a 24 yard TD. The offensive line was the one doing the pushing. They were the ones showing the cowboys defensive line who was boss and showed some swagger. With that kind of running production, this offense will thrive and will need to be recognized as a top powerhouse in the NFL. Also, TE Owen Daniels has been cleared to practice and is expected to be ready to line up against the Colts on September 12th.
On defense, the Texans showed the what they “can” be. They were aggressive, hard hitting and completely shut down the run. Felix Jones led the cowboys in rushing 6 yards on 3 carries. According to few, Andre Johnson’s equal, Miles Austin, had two receptions for 35 yards. Tony Romo, besides throwing for 146 yards and one interception, was sacked three times by Glover Quinn, Conner Barwin, and Amobi Okoye. Yes! Like a UFO sighting, I can’t confirm or deny that what I saw was actually Amobi Okoye, but it sure did look like him or at least was wearing his number. He split the offensive line and gave Romo another reason to fear the defensive line. If the Texans see even half of that kind of effort, the defensive line will also be fierce. Kudos to Kareem Jackson for getting his first, and hopefully not only interception, in his short career as a Texan on a tip from a pass that was broken up by Bernard Pollard.
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