Deshen Watson made the very first start of his career on Thanksgiving, hitting the Houston Texans 41-25. Will Fuller showed a monster on holiday, catching six passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns – becoming only the eighth player with 170+ receiving yards on Thanksgiving. Fuller is the fourth player to receive 170+ yards and two touchdown catches on Thanksgiving.
The Texans have the most Watson games in history with a 3+ pass touchdown (13), leaving behind Matt Schub to be honored. Its 24 touchdown passes are the most passing touchdowns in the first 11 games of the season by the Texans quarterback. It is the only quarterback for 250+ yards in the last two seasons and the 10th touchdown in the first 11 games of the season.
Fuller has joined Mike Evans, Tyrick Hill and DK Metcalf as the only NFL players in the last two seasons, with at least seven touches in the first 11 games. His eight touchdown receptions are the highest of his career and sixth in the league.
Matthew Stafford, already the most passable on Thanksgiving, tied Tony Romeo for the most touchdown pass (18) on holiday with a 14-yard strike to Mohammed Sanu at the end of the fourth quarter. Stafford finished 28th in 41 of 295 yards with touchdowns and interceptions, becoming the first player to throw 3,000 career yards on Thanksgiving.
Adrian Peterson became the second player to touchdown on Thanksgiving with his 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, giving the Lions a 7-0 lead, which was a short-lived final. Peterson, who had two running touchdowns a day, is the only player over the age of 35 to score a touchdown (Marcus Allen is another) rushing on toxinggiving. He finished with 55 yards and 15 carry for two scores.
Here are the takeaways of this Thanksgiving Maine. Below are our live blog highlights.
Why the Texans won
The Texans have sailed under Colonel Romeo, whose transition to head coach is due to the play of Deshaun Watson. Texans quarterback Pudrid remained excellent against the Lions Secondary, throwing for four touchdowns – putting Will Fuller ahead of the game in the fourth quarter, including two backbreaking ones. Houston ran for only y 77 yards and y 33 yards per carry, so it was Watson’s turn to carry the offense again. All Watts threw just eight incomplete passes while averaging 12.7 yards per try and finished with a 150.4 pass rating – the fourth-highest all-time on Thanksgiving (at least 20 attempts).
This has been the year of Watson’s career, which has gone unnoticed due to Texans front office fees and coaching problems. Showing it to a national television audience is one of the best quarterbacks of the game on Thanksgiving.
Why did the lions lose
The Lions are a mess, and the main focus of the problems with this Thanksgiving bug was turnover. The first half of Detroit had three turnovers that led to 10 Texans points – one a Stafford interception that resulted in a defensive touchdown (we’ll get that a bit) and two glitches. Houston had only five gifts in 10 games all season, but the Lions had three in the first half against the team that just couldn’t come out on their own. Turnover prevented Detroit from challenging the Texans defense which allowed the most rushing yards in the league and the most yards per rush.
Detroit is also secondary, allowing 11.4 yards per pass attempt for Houston (as a team) – 7 above the season average. Watson was able to feed all the game.
Turn
JJ Watt changed the game in favor of the Texans with his hurdle return for a touchdown in the first quarter. Watt steals the Matthew Stafford pass and manages to get it to a second score of 19 yards, becoming only the third defensive lineman on Thanksgiving to get an interception return for a touchdown.
The Lions were 7-0 up when Vattt was intercepted which gave the Texans all the momentum. Stafford faced pressure from Tyrell Adams, but he reacted quickly and made an erroneous throw in the direction of W.T. Detroit turned football on three straight assets that resulted in two Texans touchdowns (13 points). Houston would not give up if it had a lead.
Play the game
With this flea-flicker and the game under their control, the Tonsons had a bit of fun on Thanksgiving. On the first play after Detroit turned the ball down, Houston dialed the trick play as Watson handed the ball to Duke Johnson – who was actually running the ball and seemed to be ticking a little. Once Johnson took a few steps, he threw the ball back to Watson – who saw Fuller wide open in the end zone for a 24-yard score.
Watson’s fourth and final touchdown pass was a beauty and put the Texans 41-17 with 10:07 to play.
Price
“I should have two more touchdowns that I missed.” – Deshaun Watson CBS Sports’ Tracy Wolfson after Texans win.
Watson had the opportunity to match Bob Grease (1977) and Payton Manning (2004) for the most passing touchdowns on Thaksin’s passing, but Jordan missed Aikins on a ball and threw a very hard at Aikins as the end pass failed to get into. Was. End zone. That was two of his eight failures that day.
Now the next
The Texans (4-7) have 10 days off before hosting the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, December 6, and the Lions (4-7) will also play in 10 days before the road game against the Chicago Bears.
