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Houston Near Perfect in First Half, Lead 17-0 in Oakland
11/3/07
Sunday, November 4, 2007
4:01:00 PM MST
Ahman Green has made up for the absence of Matt Schaub and Andre Johnson with a 53-yard reception on Houston's 12-play, 7+ minute opening drive of the game, punctuating it with an eight-yard TD to start the scoring that only Houston has enjoyed to this point in the game. Green totaled 81 yards on nine touches in the first half, while Sage Rosenfels completed 7-of-13 passes for 111 yards, no touchdowns, one inteception, which is the superior effort between the game's two QBs so far. Josh McCown has struggled far worse, completing only four passes for 35 yards, throwing two picks along the way, one of which gave Houston the ball at the Oakland 16-yard line. Ron Dayne banged the ball into the endzone from 14 yards out two plays later.
On the ensuing drive, Oakland scraped close enough to give rocket-legged kicker Sebastian Janikowski a chance for an NFL record. He lined up to attempt a 64-yard field goal, and put enough distance on the kick, but it bounced off the right upright and was no good. Houston would add a field goal just before the half to increase their lead. Houston will start the second half with the football.
As the old cliche demands, Houston has executed their gameplan today. Oakland has not been able to break loose running the ball, which has eliminated Josh McCown's ability to throw against out of position defensive backs. No Oakland Raider had more than one reception in the first half.
LaMont Jordan has been essentially benched for this game, with one run and one catch for a total of 18 yards in the first half. Justin Fargas has been effective, but the explosiveness he had offered off the bench in Oakland's games against Miami and last week against Kansas City has not been there.
Well, Ron Dayne just started the second half with a bang by busting a 39-yard run, so I'll wrap it up. Houston is obviously in a great position to put this game away in the third quarter, so long as Sage Rosenfels continues to play game manager and not make any stupid throws and the Texans' offense stays on the field and eats clock. C'mon Houston, let's bring this one home.
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4:01:00 PM MST
Houston Near Perfect in First Half, Lead 17-0 in Oakland
On the ensuing drive, Oakland scraped close enough to give rocket-legged kicker Sebastian Janikowski a chance for an NFL record. He lined up to attempt a 64-yard field goal, and put enough distance on the kick, but it bounced off the right upright and was no good. Houston would add a field goal just before the half to increase their lead. Houston will start the second half with the football.
As the old cliche demands, Houston has executed their gameplan today. Oakland has not been able to break loose running the ball, which has eliminated Josh McCown's ability to throw against out of position defensive backs. No Oakland Raider had more than one reception in the first half.
LaMont Jordan has been essentially benched for this game, with one run and one catch for a total of 18 yards in the first half. Justin Fargas has been effective, but the explosiveness he had offered off the bench in Oakland's games against Miami and last week against Kansas City has not been there.
Well, Ron Dayne just started the second half with a bang by busting a 39-yard run, so I'll wrap it up. Houston is obviously in a great position to put this game away in the third quarter, so long as Sage Rosenfels continues to play game manager and not make any stupid throws and the Texans' offense stays on the field and eats clock. C'mon Houston, let's bring this one home.
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