GET DOWN INSTEAD OF TAKING HITS.
ANDREW: SECOND DOWN AND 5. RICHARDSON CHASED OUT OF THE
POCKET. THROWS ON THE RUN.
AND HE'S GOT MICHAEL PITTMAN JR. FOR A FIRST DOWN.
HE WAS DOWN AT THE 45-YARD LINE. JALEN PITRE ON THE TACKLE.
BUT FOR THE COLTS, A GAIN OF 13. YOUR OPPONENT AND HE SURE DOES
DO IT. ANDREW: THEY RUN IT WITH TAYLOR
UP THE MIDDLE. AND TAYLOR IS GOING TO BE A
COUPLE OF YARDS SHY OF A FIRST DOWN.
PITRE ON THE TACKLE. AND NOW LET'S SEE WHAT SHANE
STEICHEN WANTS TO DO AND FOR THE FOURTH AND AND A LONG 1.
RICHARDSON, THREE-STEP DROP. THROWS, INCOMPLETE.
LOOKING FOR MITCHELL OVER HIS HEAD.
AND THE TEXANS DEFENSE COMES DOWN WITH A FOURTH DOWN STAND.
SO THEY TAKE THE BALL. ANDREW: I CAN'T GET BEAT BY THE
ROOK! ACROSS MIDFIELD.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.
THAT SPOT WASN'T A GREAT ONE. TIKI: IT'S NOT A GREAT SPOT YOU.
SEE THE SIDE JUDGE OR LINE JUDGE MIXON, THE RUNNING BACK.
THEY FAKE IT TO MIXON. STROUD SLIPS.
BUT HE'S STILL ABLE TO COMPLETE IT.
BREVIN JORDAN PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN.
WHAT A PLAY BY C.J. STROUD. TIKI: YOU TALK ABOUT THAT
HEARTBEAT? SEE WHERE THEY GO HERE ON THIRD
DOWN AND 12. STROUD, UNDERNEATH.
AND HE'S GOT STEFON DIGGS. HIS FIRST CATCH AS A TEXAN AND
HE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF YARDS SHY OF A FIRST DOWN.
JULIAN BLACKMON MADE THE TACKLE. GET OFF THE FIELD.
ANDREW: A 51-YARD ATTEMPT FOR FAIRBAIRN.
AND HIS KICK IS GOOD. NOW DATING BACK TO LAST YEAR,
HE'S MADE SEVEN IN A ROW FROM 50 FIELD COMFORTABLE AS A YOUNG
PLAYER. ANDREW: FIRST AND 10.
PRESSURE'S COMING. HENRY TOO'TOO SLIPS.
DEEP DOWN THE FIELD FOR PIERCE. PIERCE, TOUCHDOWN!
WHAT A THROW BY RICHARDSON! A 60-YARD TOUCHDOWN.
TIKI: JASON, HE SLIPPED ON THAT ONE AND LET THAT GO FLAT-FOOTED.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S BUSINESS DECISION.
ANDREW: STROUD, STANDING IN THE POCKET.
NOW ON THE MOVE. THROWING TO THE SIDELINE.
HE'S GOT A MAN. AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
THAT IS TANK DELL REELING IT IN. AND A PICKUP OF 23 YARDS.
TIKI: WHEN HE SLIPPED BEFORE YOU OUTSIDE?
ANDREW: OGUNBOWALE, THE ROBE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.
STROUD, TAKEN DOWN. TYQUAN LEWIS, RUSHING THE
QUARTERBACK. IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS IN THE
BACKFIELD ALONG WITH KWITY PAYE 'S LEGS.
JUST GETTING DRIVEN BACK BY PAYE.
ANDREW: A 50-YARD ATTEMPT FROM FAIRBAIRN.
ALREADY GOOD FROM 51 AND HE'S GOT ANOTHER 50-YARDER ON THE
BOARD WITH. TREY SERMON HAS COME IN AT
RUNNING BACK. POCKET COLLAPSING AND HE'S IN
TROUBLE AND DOWN HE GOES! MARIO EDWARDS WITH THE SACK.
THE FANS ARE LOOKING FOR A FLAG. GETTING SO GOOD AT GETTING CLOSE
ENOUGH THAT THE ARM ISN'T EXTENDED.
ANDREW: STROUD TAKES A DEEP SHOT DOWN THE FIELD.
MEEKO COLLINS IS THERE. HE'S GOT IT!
WHAT A CATCH BY NICO COLLINS. A 57-YARD GAIN.
JASON: AN EXCELLENT PLAY DESIGN CINCINNATI.
BUT MISCOMMUNICATION BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN.
ANDREW: STROUD ON THE SLANT. HE'S GOT DIGGS.
HE'S GOT A TOUCHDOWN! STEFON DIGGS, HIS FIRST
TOUCHDOWN AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON TEXANS.
JASON: THEY LOVE THE COVER 2 TWO.
MIXON. BOTTLED UP.
NOWHERE TO GO AND HE'S NOT GOING TO GET IT.
SO IT REMAINS A 12-7 BALLGAME. THEN GOES INTO THE END ZONE,
IT'S DOWN AT THE 20 OR SHORT OF THE LANDING ZONE, COMES OUT TO
THE 40-YARD LINE. RICHARDSON CROSS IT IS 40 AND
PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN FOR INDIANAPOLIS.
AT 13-YARD RUN FOR RICHARDSON. IT CAN PUT YOU IN A VULNERABLE
POSITION. ANDREW: THIRD DOWN AND 8.
A FLAG DOWN. FREE PLAY FOR THE COLTS.
RICHARDSON FIRES. WHAT A CATCH BY PITTMAN BUT THEN
THE BALL COMES OUT. PETRIE KNOCKED IT FREE BUT THERE
IS A FLAG DOWN BACK AT THE LINE ANDREW: THIRD AND 7.
OGUNBOWALE, THE RUNNING BACK. STROUD, PRESSURE COMING, HE IS
SACKED! DEFOREST BUCKNER BRINGS HIM DOWN
AND SWEEPS HIM OFF THE FIELD. IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
TIKI: ANOTHER GAME THAT THE CONVERT ON THIRD DOWN.
THEY'RE 0-3. RICHARDSON STEPS UP.
ROOM TO RUN AND THE FIRST DOWN AND MORE!
INTO HOUSTON TERRITORY AND DRAGGED DOWN AT THE 40-YARD
LINE. STINGLEY ON THE TACKLE BUT NOT
BEFORE RICHARDSON GOES FOR 24. THE NFL.
ANDREW: ALL THE PLAYS ON THIS DRIVE HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND.
THEY MAKE IT SIX IN A ROW WITH TAYLOR AND HE PICKS UP THE FIRST
DOWN. BEGINNING THE YEAR ON I.R.
MAKE IT SECOND AND 12. 11TH PLAY OF THE DRIVE FOR THE
COLTS. RICHARDSON FIRES AND IT'S
INTERCEPTED! PICKED OFF ON THE PLAY BY
BULLOCK, THE ROOKIE THIRD-ROUND PICK OUT OF U.S.C.
JASON: WHAT A CATCH BY BULLOCK. PLAY WITH.
HERE'S MIXON. HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN AND
MORE. JOE MIXON BULLDOZES HIS WAY TO
THE 29-YARD LINE, A GAIN OF 13. JASON: AND THE TEXANS STILL
RUNNING THE BALL. NOW THEY'RE TICKING IT DOWN AND
PICKING UP POSITIVE YARDAGE. ANDREW: STROUD TO THROW ON THE
SLANT. NICO COLLINS AND HE'S GOT A
FIRST DOWN. JONES ON THE TACKLE AFTER A GAIN
OF EIGHT. ANDREW: THIRD AND 5.
STROUD OVER THE MIDDLE. CAUGHT BY COLLINS FOR A FIRST
DOWN. HE GETS TO THE 38-YARD LINE
WHERE JAYLON JONES MAKES THE TRY TO STOP THE CLOCK PICKING UP
YARDS. ANDREW: STROUD OVER THE MIDDLE.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HURRY.
THEY'RE CALLING THAT A CATCH AND ANDREW: GENE, THANK YOU.
THE CLOCK IS RUNNING, WHICH I'M SURPRISED BY NOW BECAUSE -- THIS
IS ALL MESSED UP. IF THE CLOCK WAS RUNNING THEN
WHY WOULDN'T THE TEXANS HAVE THEY WERE TRYING TRYING TO COME
OUT OF THE BREAK. IT PROHIBITED HIM FROM WHERE HE
NEEDED TO BE. ANDREW: STROUD THROWS.
COMPLETES IT. AND DIGGS AT THE 40-YARD LINE.
CLOSE TO A HOUSTON FIRST LINE. KENNY MOORE II ON THE TACKLE.
JASON: AGAINST THIS ZONE SCHEME GOOD JOB EXPEDITING THE REVIEW.
ANDREW: THE CLOCK RUNNING WHICH THAT'S WHEN YOU GO TO C.J.
STROUD AND LET HIM KNOW THAT. AT LEAST GIVE HIM THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO SPIKE THE BALL IN THAT SITUATION.
ANDREW: THE TEXANS CONVERT TO HIS BODY LEAN IS 60% FORWARD.
ANDREW: TEXANS SCORED THEIR LAST FIVE ON THIRD DOWN.
LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ONE HERE. OGUNBOWALE IS GOING TO BE
TACKLED SHORT OF THE STICK AND NOW A DECISION FOR DEMECO RYANS.
GO FOR IT ON FOURTH AND SHORT OR AND THE HOLD TO LAREMY TUNSIL.
AND FAIRBAIRN IS GOOD AGAIN. ALL THREE FROM 50 OR LONGER.
AND IT'S AN EIGHT-POINT GAME. AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCRAMBLE OR A
SHORT PASS TO GET TO FIRST DOWN. ANDREW: RICHARDSON ON THIRD
DOWN. PRESSURE COMING AND DOWN HE
GOES. AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT TEXANS
STRONG THIS TIME LED BY PENALTY OF THE DAY.
MIXON HAS FIRST DOWN AND MORE. AS CROSS AND BRENTS COMBINE ON
THE TACKLE AND ONE MORE LAST PERIOD ON THE END OF THE FIRST
HALF BECAUSE I KNOW TEXANS FANS PRETTY WELL TODAY.
ANDREW: THIRD DOWN AND 7. STROUD IN TROUBLE AND DOWN HE
GOES! BEARING DOWN ON C.J. STROUD.
A GREAT THIRD DOWN SNAP BY GUS BRADLEY AND THE COLTS DEFENSE.
ANDREW: BIG PLAY AND NOW A BLOCK!
THE PUNT WAS BLOCKED BY ALUBI. HE CAME IN AND BLOCKED THE PUNT
BY TOWNSEND AND TREVOR DEN BOW KEEP THE INSIDE GUY EVEN THOUGH
OLUBI HAD SUCH A CLEAR SHOT. ANDREW: TAYLOR UP THE MIDDLE,
TAYLOR, TOUCHDOWN! A MASSIVE MOMENTUM SWING HERE AT
INDIANAPOLIS AND THE COLTS ARE GOING TO GO FOR TWO AND TRY TO
TIE THE GAME AT 15. TAYLOR TO WORK.
ANDREW: UNIQUE FORMATION FOR THE COLTS ON THE TWO-POINT ATTEMPT.
RICHARDSON TO TAYLOR. TAYLOR WITH SOME BLOCKERS.
DOESN'T GET THERE! WHAT A TACKLE MADE BY ERIC
MURRAY, THE VETERAN SAFETY SAVES MISSED TRAINING CAMP.
DIDN'T HURT HIM. ANDREW: THE LOUDEST WE'VE HEARD
THE COLTS CROWD TODAY. ON SECOND AND 10.
MIXON TRYING THE LEFT SIDE. TURNS THE CORNER AND PICKS UP
THE FIRST DOWN. THIS SEASON.
ANDREW: SECOND AND 6. STROUD.
NICE ADJUSTMENT ON THE OUTSIDE. COLLINS BRINGING IT IN FOR A
FIRST DOWN. THE WORDS AFTER EXCHANGED
BETWEEN JONES AND COLLINS. ANDREW: HOUSTON 5-10 ON THIRD
DOWN BUT A THIRD AND 14 HERE. STROUD, CHASED OUT OF THE
POCKET. KEEPING THE PLAY ALIVE.
THROWS ACROSS HIS BODY. COLLINS!
MIDDLE OF THE FIELD FAR FIRST DOWN.
SOMEHOW NICO COLLINS LOST THE FUTURE AFTER A BLOCKED PUNT,
MAYBE THE TOUCHDOWN. MIXON UP THE MIDDLE.
HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN AND STILL GOING, INSIDE THE 15.
A LATE FLAG COMES IN AS THE CLOCK GOES TO ZERO HERE IN THE
THIRD QUARTER. LET'S SEE WHAT THE PENALTY
MARKER IS. THE GAME.
NOW TWO ON THE LAST THREE PLAYS AND IT GIVES HOUSTON AN
AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. MIXON HEAD OF STEAM.
IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN! JOE MIXON HAVING A BIG DAY HERE
ON OPENING SUNDAYS OF THE 2024 SEASON.
TIKI: AGAIN, THE TOSS ACTION HAS BECAUSE THEY'RE SUB.500 IN THIRD
DOWN CONVERSIONS. ANDREW: THIRD AND 2.
TAYLOR FIGHTING HIS WAY AND WITH THAT SPOT HE'S GOING TO HAVE
JUST ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN. AL-SHAAIR ON THE TACKLE FOR THE
TEXANS. GAME AT RUNNING BACK.
RICHARDSON OVER THE MIDDLE. CAUGHT BY ASHTON DULIN!
HE'S GOT ROOM TO RUN. DULIN AT THE 10, 5, TOUCHDOWN!
A 54-YARD TOUCHDOWN! BECAUSE IF THAT LINEMAN GETS UP
ON HIM, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE PLAY.
ANDREW: MIXON AGAIN. SOME HARD RUNNING FROM JOE MIXON
TODAY. IT CONTINUES.
BLACKMON ON THE TACKLE BUT MIXON QUARTER.
TIKI: AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW WE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE HIM
20 TO 25 TOUCHES. THAT'S HIS 22ND CARRY.
ANDREW: ROOM TO RUN FOR TANK DELL.
FIRST DOWN FOR THE TEXANS AS HE AROUND AND NOTHING BUT GREEN
TURF IN FRONT OF HIM FOR A BIG PICKUP.
ANDREW: DAMEON PIERCE ON FIRST AND 10.
HANDOFF, RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. BIG HIT AND HE GETS TO THE
25-YARD LINE. NICK CROSS MAKES THE TACKLE.
IS A DAMEON PIERCE WHO BURST SECONDARY COMING UP BEING ABLE
TO GET MIXON ON THE GROUNDS TIME AFTER TIME.
TIKI: THAT ONE LOOKED A LITTLE LESS WILLING BY JONES THERE.
ANDREW: MIXON AT THE 5 AND DOWN AT THE 3.
THIS IS A TEXANS OFFENSE THAT IS ALSO THE PASS ON THIS ONE?
ANDREW: STROUD HAS TIME. SEES AN OPENING.
TAKES OFF. DOESN'T GET THERE.
GROVER STEWART AND ZAIRE FRANKLIN CLOSED QUICKLY AND IT'S
FOURTH AND GOAL AND SO FAR NO FOR IT HERE.
ANDREW: A -- TIKI: AND IN THEY DON'T MAKE IT
HERE, THEY HAVE TO GO 98 YARDS TO GET IN THE END ZONE.
ANDREW: CAUGHT, THROW, TOUCHDOWN!
STEFON DIGGS, HIS SECONDS OF THE GAME AND RINES ROLLS THE DICE
AND IT PAYS OFF FOR THE TEXANS. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GET HIM ON
THAT ONE. ANDREW: THIRD AND 15.
RICHARDSON HAS TIME. LOADS UP.
GOING DEEP. PIERCE IS DOWN THERE AND IT IS
CAUGHT BY PIERCE! AGAIN, RICHARDSON DEEP TO ALEC
PIERCE. A 58-YARD COMPLETION.
JASON: WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT DEEP BALLS, ANOTHER ONE.
ANDREW: RICHARDSON OUT OF THE POCKET, GOING TO KEEP IT AND
RUNS IT. INSIDE THE 10 AND OUT OF BOUNDS
AT THE 5-YARD LINE. RICHARDSON.
TAYLOR AGAIN IS NOT GOING TO GET THERE!
AND IF YOU'RE SHANE STEICHEN YOU THREE POINTS.
ANDREW: PLAY CLOCK AT THREE. RICHARDSON TAKES OFF.
FIGHTING HIS WAY AND HE'S IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN!
BUT THERE'S ONLY 2:14 LEFT. TIKI: SIM LATED BLITZ.
THEY WERE PLAYING ZONE BEHIND IT SO IT CONFUSES WHAT'S HAPPENING
UP FRONT. ANDREW: THIRD AND 11.
STROUD FIRES AND BROKEN UP BY JONES BUT ON THE SIDELINE
COLLINS MAY HAVE CAUGHT IT. UNBELIEVABLE!
TIKI: UNREAL CATCH BY NICO COLLINS.
ANDREW: JONES WAS ALL OVER HIM THEY COULD JUST KNEEL DOWN THE
REST OF THE TIME. MIXON, RIGHT SIDE.
MIXON, FIRST DOWN! AND A FITTING END TO THIS ONE
FOR THE TEXANS. JOE MIXON, ACQUIRED IN A TRADE
WITH THE CINCINNATI BENGALS AND THE TEXANS RETURN HOME FOR THEIR
HOME OPENER NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT AGAINST CHICAGO BEARS WHILE THE
COLTS WILL TAKE THE ROAD NEXT WEEK TO GREEN BAY AGAINST A
JORDAN LOVE-LESS PACKERS TEAM.