Week two of the NFL season for the Texas teams proved to be
very exciting for the Cowboys and costly for the Texans. The Cowboys did not quit when it looked like
they were heading for another loss when the often criticized Tony Romo returned
to the game to will a victory. While the
Texan once strong at running back suddenly are very thin due injuries, must
make some adjustments at that position.
Cowboys
The Cowboys found a way to play a complete game this week
and played up to expectations against the suddenly surprising San Francisco Forty-Niners. Miles Austin had a great day with 3 receiving
touchdowns on 9 receptions for 153 yards.
However Austin injured his hamstring and may be on the sidelines for the
next two weeks. Dez Bryant did not play
in the game and will be a game day decision for the Monday Night game against
Washington Redskins.
The Cowboys defense did a very good job on Alex Smith of the
Niners and held the team to 74 total rushing yards and contained them in the
most critical part of the game to stop them from scoring and allowing the
Cowboy offense to tie the score and eventually win it in overtime. The Cowboys will get a much need boost on
defense when Terrance Newman posted on his tweeter account that he will play
his first game of the season on Monday night.
Prediction: The Cowboys will
lose to the Redskins 21-17 because of all of their injuries.
Texans
Ben Tate posted his second consecutive 100 yard day to help
control the tempo of the game for the Texans and Andre Johnson, the former
University of Miami Hurricane, return home to made some clutch receptions and to
push the Texans to a 2-0 record. Matt
Schuab stated, “we were in this position last year, this is just one more
piece to the puzzle”. The victory came at a very high cost. Free agent defensive back Johnathan Joseph
was injured in the game and will be reevaluated during the week and Arian
Foster aggravated his hamstring injury and may be placed on the shelve for a
while. The diligence of the offense gave
the defense plenty rest by control the time of possession by more than six
minutes.
The Texans defense is living up to all of the hype of
becoming a top tier unit by limited the Miami Dolphins offense to one touchdown
and containing them in critical situations.
The defense was only on the
field for only five minutes in the fourth quarter. The defense had one fumble recovery, one
interception by Joseph , which led directly to a touchdown and caused two
quarterback sacks. The Texans defense
held the Dolphins to 5 drives of 5 plays of less for the game.
The Texans will be busy in the training room with many key
plays having some type of injury that will need nursing as they prepare to face
area rival the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome. The Saints defeated the Chicago Bears to move
to 1-1.
Prediction: The Texans will go
to 3-0 with a 20-17 victory over the Saints.
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