What we learned from Saints' win vs. Texans

SmashMouth · 09-10-2019, 04:52 AM

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There wasn’t much argument that the matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans would be tough.

And throughout two halves, the two teams were involved in a tight contest before New Orleans emerged with a 30-28 win on a Wil Lutz 58-yard field goal as time expired to give the Saints their first season opening win since 2013.

Here are three-and-out takes:

TEXANS JUMP ON MISTAKES

In an up-and-down game, the Saints were their worst enemy at times Monday night.

Brees threw a costly interception with the Saints in the red zone, and the Texans made him pay. On the ensuing possession, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson engineered a seven-play, 94-yard drive, which Watson capped off with a 21-yard touchdown run to put the Texans on the board first.

Defensive lineman Mitchell Loewen jumped offsides early in the third quarter to negate a Marshon Lattimore interception. On the next play, Watson fired a 16-yard scoring pass to wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.

The Saints also inexplicably allowed the Texans to score a game-tying touchdown with less than a minute in the game. The Texans missed the extra point, but a questionable roughing the kicker penalty allowed the Texans to redo the kick and make it to take a 28-27 lead.

Meanwhile, the Texans appeared to have a bend, but don’t break mentality on defense early in the game by keeping the Saints out of the end zone.

The Saints got in scoring position on two of their first three possessions but only had the turnover and a field goal to show for it.

This shouldn’t surprise too much, though. Houston defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel was once called “Peyton Manning’s Kryptonite” for his ability to scheme against the future Hall of Famer.

It took until the second half, but the Saints offense finally woke up to overcome a 14-3 deficit and start the season at 1-0.

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,475 Blog Entries: 29	What we learned from Saints' win vs. Texans Ramczyk shines, running game is fine, more There wasn’t much argument that the matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans would be tough. And throughout two halves, the two teams were involved in a tight contest before New Orleans emerged with a 30-28 win on a Wil Lutz 58-yard field goal as time expired to give the Saints their first season opening win since 2013. Here are three-and-out takes: TEXANS JUMP ON MISTAKES In an up-and-down game, the Saints were their worst enemy at times Monday night. Brees threw a costly interception with the Saints in the red zone, and the Texans made him pay. On the ensuing possession, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson engineered a seven-play, 94-yard drive, which Watson capped off with a 21-yard touchdown run to put the Texans on the board first. Defensive lineman Mitchell Loewen jumped offsides early in the third quarter to negate a Marshon Lattimore interception. On the next play, Watson fired a 16-yard scoring pass to wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. The Saints also inexplicably allowed the Texans to score a game-tying touchdown with less than a minute in the game. The Texans missed the extra point, but a questionable roughing the kicker penalty allowed the Texans to redo the kick and make it to take a 28-27 lead. Meanwhile, the Texans appeared to have a bend, but don’t break mentality on defense early in the game by keeping the Saints out of the end zone. The Saints got in scoring position on two of their first three possessions but only had the turnover and a field goal to show for it. This shouldn’t surprise too much, though. Houston defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel was once called “Peyton Manning’s Kryptonite” for his ability to scheme against the future Hall of Famer. It took until the second half, but the Saints offense finally woke up to overcome a 14-3 deficit and start the season at 1-0. more on NOLA Attached Thumbnails jeanpierre likes this.