APYep, the Texans should have deployed an onside kick to start the third quarter.
Instead, they kicked away. And Pro Bowler Matthew Slater returned it to the New England 31. And the Patriots then drove 69 yards in seven plays, with Stevan Ridley capping the effort from eight yards out.
A forty-yard catch and run by tight end Aaron Hernandez put the ball on the 12. Two runs by Ridley resulted in the score.
Making things worse for the Texans is that cornerback Kareem Jackson suffered an apparently foot injury while trying to tackle Ridley short of the end zone.
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how was that not OPI on hernandez when he push over the guy covering him?
Matt Schaub is a joke
JJ WATT ain’t no punk
Why did they even play this game? Everyone knew the outcome.
umm why?
so if they fail in a predictable situation the pats have 50 yards to a tv?
Looks like it’s going to take the 49ers to dispose of the Patriots–again.
Seems like you need an NFC team to show you how to beat Brady, SMH.
See you in the Superbowl
The Texans can thank the refs for this game being this close.
Love my Pat’s but they are giving me serious heartburn right now! Come on TB and company – show ‘em your stuff!
And the refs are determined to give this game to Houston!
Game over, unfortunately. Lets go Ravens!
Ravens-49ers Super Bowl
You heard it here first
Please don’t run up the score you bad, bad, Pats. Everyone should get a trophy.
Houston…..you are an embarrassment to the NFL
Someone please tell Kubiak the appropriate thing to do on 4th and half a yard is RUN, not pass…. Kyle Shanahan and he both have this issue….painful to watch bad decision making from guys getting paid millions to make the right calls….
Nice season for texans but NE appears to be a machine right now.
We barely beat NE earlier in the year…I don’t wanna face them in the Super Bowl in three weeks.
shaub is the worse qb in the playoffs
i can’t watch this game, so boring. go nfc!
That forward progress no fumble was the worst call
how was that not OPI on hernandez when he push over the guy covering him?
It was. As you saw it started getting called when Hernandez started using 2 hands and not hiding it very well. Receivers and D backs are, especially this year, constantly pushing it to see what they can get away with.