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The NSFL Texans Week 1

Posted on August 16, 2009 at 02:51 AM.

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Houston-Man, what a great game this was vs the Jets and coach The Goat 1713. It was a high scoring affair but not due to poor defense as much as it was due to 2 patient offensive coaches who let their playmakers make plays. Matt Schaub went 23-28 for 319 yards, 2 TDs and a pick 6 INT. 9 different WRs had at least 1 catch and none of them hit the 100 yard mark. Andre Johnson came closest with 98 yards and a TD on 4 receptions.

Meanwhile, the Jets Mark Sanchez went 18-21 for 258 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT. He hit 6 different receivers with Chancy Stuckey falling just short of the century mark with 99 yards receiving.

The teams went back and forth the entire game until late in the 4th with Houston up 31-28 and kicking off with 1:14 to go. The Jets moved down the field in small chunks, taking what my defense gave them and not forcing the ball into coverage. Then, with 30 seconds to go this happened:

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Defensive epic fail. I made an effort to score in the time remaining but failed to do so and lost 35-31.

one thing I'm learning is the importance of a good DT(or set of them) and a good Center. The DT/Center matchup can really affect what kind of run game you have, if any. In this game the Jets DT just whipped my C every damn play. Slaton had about 40 yards on 18 carries.

Also, this game played on 12 min quarters with 15 sec runoff. The game was maybe a tad long(sorry, I didn't time it) but it completely took the rushed feeling out of it and, imo, kept things sim late in the game when we both needed a score.

Texans 0-1.