Close But No Cigar- Texans Game Recap

                                                                           

The Houston Texans and the New England Patriots. One of them is my favorite team, and the other is my absolute back breaker! Take a guess which one is which. In a game where the Texans were expected to get run out of their own town, my upset prediction almost came true! But what happened? Lets walk through this, and believe me, I'm going to be very frustrated.

To start the game, Houston and New England would trade possessions before the Texans would punch it in with Ben Tate. The Texans would then take a field goal drive after Jonathan Joseph picked off Tom Brady, a rare mistake for the future Hall of Famer. But following the pick, Brady would find Gronkowski in the endzone to tighten things up, 10-7.

To start the second half, Houston let a 17-7 lead turn to a 21-17 deficit, it seemed like the nightmare would begin again. But Houston roared back, and showed that the Patriots won't escape that easily.

The Texans punched back in every way they could. Ben Tate scored 3 touchdowns, and after the game, declared that he believes he's "one of the best backs in the NFL". Texans quarterback Case Keenum, making his 6th career start, also ran in a score for Houston that caught all of Reliant Stadium off guard.

In the final 3 minutes Stephen Gostkowski kicked a field goal to put the Pats up 34-31. Case Keenum to lead the Texans to a victory against Tom Brady and the Patriots?!?! Unheard of.....I wonder why.

You might want to listen here, because I guarantee you won't hear this on any sports show. That on a third down play, Keenum had Deandre Hopkins 1 on 1. Kyle Arrington gets beat, but holds on to Hopkins, and even grabs inside Hopkins' helmet. NO FLAG. Who am I kidding though? It's the Patriots. The Patriots didn't have a single penalty all game! And this one was oblivious too. If that penalty is called right, nothing is stopping Houston from ending the nightmare losing streak. But I can't say that happened.

The Patriots won 34-31 in a game where Houston was a 7 point underdog and in a game I bet 3/4 of the people reading this didn't think the Texans would make a game like this. I guess now I'll leave this alone now.  But I hope Bill Belichick doesn't believe in ghosts, because I can't wait for this one to come back and haunt him.

• Side Notes:
• Andre Johnson became the second fastest receiver in NFL history to 900 career receptions.
• The Texans all time record fell to 79-109.
• Case Keenum threw his third career interception.
• The Texans matched their season high amount of points scored at 31, previously set Week 1 against San Diego.
• Houston plays Thursday night in Jacksonville to possibly determine the #1 pick in the draft.