THIS YEAR'S DRAFT TAKEN OUT OF
OHIO STATE. THE SHORT DROP.
HE THROWS IT OUT TO THE SIDELINE AND A BIG HIT THERE APPLIED BY
THE RECEIVER. THEY ASK.
THE KNOWLEDGE THEY ABSORB. NOW ON THE THIRD AND ONE,
SING SINGLETARY AVOIDS AND GOOD JUMP
CUT AROUND THE PENETRATING SHANAHAN SYSTEM, COMING OVER
FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND A FIRST-TIME OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
FROM THE NINERS STAFF. 12
STROUD LOOKS TO THROW UNDER PRESSURE AND BROUGHT DOWN.
STAYING WITH IT, A SACK FOR NEW ENGLAND.
>> Scott: OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERNAL
PRESSURE. THAT'S THE WORST THING FOR A
QUARTERBACK. YOU CAN HANDLE PRESSURE OFF THE
EDGE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A GUARD THAT GETS BEAT LIKE THAT, YOU
CAN'T SET YOUR FEET AND YOU STAY WITH THE QUARTERBACK RIGHT
THERE. THAT'S A GREAT SACK.
>> Bob: THAT'S A 15-YARD LOSS FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS ON THE
SACK BY A PLAYER THE PATRIOTS PICKED UP SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SIGNED TO THE PRACTICE 1KW5UD. HE'S REALLY BEEN A FIXTURE
INSIDE FOR THEM. STROUD AGAIN BEING PRESSURED.
ESCAPES. CHASED TO THE FAR SIDE.
AGAIN IN PURSUIT ALONG WITH MILLS ON THE OUTSIDE AS A CORNER
BACK EARLIER IN HIS PATRIOTS TENURE.
12 STROUD HANGING IN.
AND ON THE RETURN FOR THE PATS, SIDE-STEPPING IS MILLS.
TAKES IT ACROSS THE MIDDLE. TRYING TO TURN THE CORNER ON THE
FAR SIDE. STILL ON HIS FEET.
TAKES THE SPILL AT THE 24. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LITTLE
COMBO ROUTE HERE ON THE BOTTOM. YOU SEE MILLS JUST HOVERING IN
THE MIDDLE. SORT OF PLAYING THAT ROBBER
TECHNIQUE. READS THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES.
SEES C.J. STROUD LOOK TO THE RIGHT.
STAIR STARES IT DOWN.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HE RECOVERED A FUMBLE FOR
PHILADELPHIA IN HIS PRESEASON DEBUT WITH THE PATRIOTS.
PLAY FAKE BY ZAPPE STEPPING UP. STRONG TO THE OPEN FIELD.
CAN'T SHAKE FREE. DRAGGED DOWN BY THE SHIRT TAIL.
>> Scott: OKAY, TAKE A LOOK AT BAILEY ZAPPE IN THE ACTION HERE.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S THE >> Bob: THEY LOST MONTGOMERY,
GOOD BALL CATCHER OUT OF THE BACKFIELD EARLY IN TRAINING
CAMP. ZAPPE BEING PRESSURED, HE GOES
DOWN. >> Scott: NO CHANCE THERE.
THIRD AND FOUR. THIRD AND FOUR.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THIS BETWEEN THE PLAY IS KICKERS.
NICK FOLLOK, THE VETERAN IS OUT THERE.
BEEN THE PATRIOTS' RELIABLE KICKER.
DOWN THE MIDDLE. PATRIOTS TAKE THE EARLY LEAD.
THE PICK BY MILLS LEADS TO THE HE'S EMERGED AS THE LEADER FROM
THE LINEBACKING LEVEL. McCOURTY HAS GONE INTO
RETIREMENT. WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM, OF COURSE,
ALONG WITH JASON LATER. >> Bob: TEXANS WITH SCHULTZ,
THE FORMER COWBOY, IN MOTION. A SPRINT-OUT BY A STUMBLING
STROUD WHO TOSSES IT BEHIND THE RECEIVER.
SIMS TAKES A HIT ON THE FAR SIDE.
WADE FOR THE PATRIOTS. THINGS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
AND A HANDOFF TO DAMIEN HARRIS WHO IS CHOPPED DOWN TO THE
BACKFIELD. THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY
WITH A THIRD AND LONG COMING UP. PEOPLE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE
QUARTERBACK'S PLAY AND THE BILL O'BRIEN OFFENSE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT DIDN'T WORK.
McDERMOTT GOT BEAT ON THE LEFT. >> Bob: NOW HE STANDS TO FIRE
DOWN THE NEAR SIDE FOR THORNTON AND PULLS IT DOWN.
BEAUTIFUL THROW BY ZAPPE AND A TERRIFIC CATCH BY THORNTON FOR
27. >> Scott: THIS IS A PRETTY
THROW BY ZAPPE OFF THE BACK FOOT.
HE SPINS THIS ONE. IT'S ONE-ON-ONE ON THE OUTSIDE.
A LITTLE SHAKE ROUTE. BAILEY FEELS THE PRESSURE COMING
UP THE MIDDLE. HE KNOWS HE'S GOT TO GET RID OF
THIS. YOU SEE THE SAFETY COME OFF THE
EDGE. THIS IS WHAT THORNTON HAS TO DO,
GO UP AND ELEVATE LIKE THIS. HE DID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES LAST
YEAR. HE DID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES LAST
YEAR. >> Bob: ZAPPE ON THE SHORT DROP
TURNS BACK RIGHT. NIXON ALONG THE SIDELINE, TIGHT
ROPING INTO ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR NEW ENGLAND.
AT LEAST AT FIRST GLANCE. THE MOVE AT MIDFIELD.
JAMES FERENTZ AT CENTER. AND BACKS HIS WAY TO THE FIRST
DOWN FOR THE PATRIOTS. >> Scott: THAT'S A GOOD THROW.
YOU GET EXCITING SEEING BALLS COULD BE McDERMOTT.
>> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, NUMBER 75.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY. THIRD DOWN.
>> Bob: TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SILLY PENALTIES.
>> Bob: NOW THE PATS LOOK AT THIRD DOWN AND 15.
ZAPPE FAKES IT RIGHT AND DUMPS IT DOWN TO J.J. TAYLOR.
HE'S GOT GOOD WHEELS, BUT HE'S BUMPED OUT OF BOUNDS.
NOW THE PATRIOTS WITH THEIR GLOVER
FOOTBALL GLOVES? >> Bob: NEW QUARTERBACK FOR THE
HOUSTON TEXANS. WITH A GIVE AND A RUN UP THE
GUT. A PICK UP OF FIVE FOR THE
HOUSTON RUNNING BACK, >> Bob: BRYANT AND MILLS
COMMUNICATING UP TOP. MILLS PRESSURED.
THROWS ON THE GO. DUMPS IT OFF TO THE TIGHT END.
AND SCHRECK IS KNOCKED OUT OF THE OPEN FIELD.
GOOD PLAY FOR THE PATRIOTS. >> Scott: THEY FLIPPED KEION
WHITE TO THE OTHER SIDE SO HE'S WORKING THE LEFT END POSITION.
>> Bob: FOUND A HOLE RUNNING UP THE MIDDLE.
MILLS STAYS WITH HIM. HANGING ON BY THE SHIRT TAIL.
A FIRST DOWN RUSH FOR THE TEXANS WORTH 12.
>> Scott: IT'S A BIG GAIN AND FOR MILLS.
MILLS GETS UP INTO PRESSURE, ALMOST OVERPURSUES THIS THING.
WATCH. HE GETS THROUGH THERE, GRABS THE
SHIRT, HANGS ON. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO MAKES
THAT TACKLE. LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE
CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ COMING IN DURING PRACTICE.
SO THE TEAMS WEARING THE GUARDIAN CAPS, OFF NOW IN A GAME
SITUATION. SO REAL CONTACT.
>> Bob: CHASED BY WHITE. FINDS MILLS AND THEN GONZALEZ
PUNCHES IT OUT. THAT'S A GOOD PLAY.
>> Scott: THIS IS REALLY, HE'S GOING TO COME HERE.
BUT WATCH HIM STAY WITH MILLS HERE.
EXCUSE ME. YEAH, WATCH THE PRESSURE.
DOESN'T GET SUCKED DOWN INSIDE. GETS THERE.
THERE'S THE CATCH. THERE'S THE GOOD PUNCH-OUT WITH
THAT QUICK LEFT HAND. GONZALEZ FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
A LITTLE BIT OF MAN COVERAGE HERE.
BOOM, KNOCKS THAT BALL OUT WITH THE LEFT HAND.
GOOD BALL SKILLS. THE BALL SEEM LIKE TO WAS
STARTING TO COME OUT, THOUGH, TOO.
>> Bob: I THINK THEY'RE GOING >> Bob: GOOD SHOT OF JEROD
MAYO. DROPPED BY OGUNBOWALE AS WHITE
COMES IN TO GIVE THE PATRIOTS THE CHANCE FOR RECOVERY.
ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE THE LINEBACKER MUNSON COMES AWAY
WITH THE LOOSE FOOTBALL, AND INDEED, THE PATRIOTS HAVE THE
TURNOVER. BUT IT WAS KEION WHITE WITH A
BIG HIT. COLLINS, FORMER SECOND-ROUND
PICK. BALL'S ON THE GROUND.
WATCH KEION WHITE COME IN RIGHT THERE WITH THE BIG LEFT
SHOULDER. THERE IS YOUR HIT.
BALL'S OUT. PATRIOTS TAKE OVER. OFF THE EDGE.
I KIND OF THOUGHT WHEN THEY DRAFTED HIM HE LOOKED MORE LIKE
A DEATRICH WISE, THAT KIND OF MOLD.
I THINK HE CAN DO MORE THAN THAT.
WE'VE SEEN HIM USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS TOO DURING THE TRAINING
CAMP PRACTICES AS A DOWN GUY CARDINALS.
DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK IN HIS CAREER.
FOUR-YEAR STARTER. ZAPPE ON THE THIRD AND FIVE.
TRIED TO ESCAPE UP THE MIDDLE BUT UNABLE TO DO SO.
>> Scott: NO CHANCE THERE. LEAD.
MILLS QUICK THROW ACROSS, GOES DELL WITH A SPRINT INTO THE OPEN
FIELD. A BIG GAIN FOR HOUSTON AS A
DRIVE-STARTER. >> Scott: MAN, THAT SHOWED SOME
QUICKNESS RIGHT THERE. AS QUICK AS YOU CAN.
>> Bob: THAT IS A 24-YARD CATCH AND RUN FOR A BIT OF A MISNOMER,
TANK DELL. GREAT WHEELS.
>> Scott: KNEW RIGHT WHERE HE WAS GOING WITH THE FOOTBALL AND
GOT RID OF IT. IN TRAINING CAMP.
COMING UP HERE WITH THE STOP AT FIRST AND GOAL.
MILLS LOOKING END ZONE. BACK SHOULDER FOR DELL.
>> Scott: HE GOT IT. HE GOT IT.
>> Bob: BOBBLING AND MAINTAINING.
TOUCHDOWN, HOUSTON. >> Scott: HE WAS A FOOT
TUANOUT OF BOUNDS, THOUGH.
YOU GOT TO SEE THE END. THIS IS A HECK OF A THROW BY
MILLS. HOUSTON.
THEY COMPLETE A TERRIFIC DRIVE. IN TEN DAM.
>> Scott: HE SETS THE FEET. HE TURNS AND TRYING TO SECURE
THE CATCH AND COMES AROUND. STAYS WITH IT.
IF YOU BROUGHT THE BALL BACK IN HIS BODY, I THINK IT'S NOT A
CATCH. HE KEPT THE BALL AWAY SQUEEZING
IT. THAT'S A NICE JOB BY DELL.
THAT'S A CATCH. HOUSTON.
LOW LINER. GOT IT ON A HOP.
DELAYED START FOR STRONG. OUT ACROSS THE 25.
>> Scott: YOU KNOW WHAT? 11th SEASON IN THE NFL.
FAKES THE SNAP. SLINGS IT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
AND THE CATCH FOR ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR HOUSTON IN THE NEW
ENGLAND TERRITORY. TO THE 31 YARD LINE.
>> Scott: TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR >> Scott: TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR
SLOT MATCH-UP HERE. OUTSIDE LEVERAGE, THAT'S A GREAT
ROUTE. HE STEMS IT, CREATES SOME SPACE
THERE TO ALLOW KEENUM TO STICK IT IN THERE.
A LOT OF REPS FOR SHAUN WADE AT TRAILING 7-3.
QUICK OUT OF THE ARM. AND THE GIVE TO THE FULLBACK.
THE PLUNGE STRAIGHT AHEAD. DESPITE THE HIT BY DaMARCUS
MITCHELL, HOUSTON ADDING TO ITS LEAD.
>> Scott: YEAH, WE USED TO CALL >> Scott: YEAH, WE USED TO CALL
THIS P12. GET TO THE FULLBACK, 2 HOLE,
LOWERS THE SHOULDER. SEE?
THAT'S THE PUSH. THE TEXANS GET THE PUSH ON THE
SHORT YARDAGE, YOU DIDN'T. [SPEAKING GERMAN] ]
>> Bob: ZO, DID YOU GET ALL THAT?
>> Scott: WELL, THE PROBLEM WAS, AS WE WATCH TRACE McSORLEY
IN AS QUARTERBACK GO DOWN. WHEN THE SCHEDULE RELEASE CAME
OUT, YOU AND I SAT IN FOR MANY NOW PICKED UP BY HOUSTON.
THAT IS A GOOD PLAY BY J.J. TAYLOR.
THE SPIN OFF THE HIT TO AVOID A SAFETY.
SOME BIG HITS UP THE MIDDLE FOR THE TEXANS' DEFENSE ON THIS
SERIES. SERIES.
>> Scott: I MEAN, IT'S A JAILBREAK IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT
THERE. THAT'S NOT -- OH, NICE JOB
KEEPING YOUR FEET AND NOT GETTING THE KNEE DOWN WITH THE
ONE HAND DOWN ON THE GROUND. YOU WILL, FOR THE TEXANS.
WITH THE TEN-POINT LEAD. KEENUM.
ROLLOUT. GOOD THROW.
LEADS HIM TO THE PYLON FOR ANOTHER HOUSTON TOUCHDOWN.
>> Scott: ALL RIGHT. CREDIT TO THE TEXANS.
THE ROUTE WAS THERE TO THE RIGHT LEFT SIDE.
CLEAR OUT WITH THE BOUNDARY GUY. THERE IS THE QUICK MOVE RIGHT
THERE. WE SAW JULIAN EDELMAN AND WES
WELKER, TROY BROWN, DANNY PASS.
HE WASN'T JUST BAILING AND RUNNING.
>> Scott: RIGHT. >> Bob: AND ON THE RUN THERE
FOR THE PATRIOTS. GOOD WORK ON THE RUSH UP THE
MIDDLE OFF THE READ. PIERRE STRONG.
>> Scott: NICE CALL. NICE CALL BY BILLY HERE ON THE
DRAW, FOURTH AND FOUR. SOME JUICE ON THIS DRIVE.
MALIK CUNNINGHAM OUT OF THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING.
DROPPING BACK -- AND WHAT A MOVE.
GOES INTO THE END ZONE. AS HE BREAKS THE GOAL LINE FOR A
TOUCHDOWN, NEW ENGLAND. >> Scott: I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU
DON'T WATCH THIS -- I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WATCH THIS AND JUST
DON'T GO MM. EVERYBODY HERE IN THE MIDDLE, HE
KNOWS IT. HE STILL HAS TO MAKE TWO GUYS
MISS. HE DOES IT, AND THEN HE LOWERS
THE SHOULDER BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER SAFETY COMING IN FROM
THE OTHER SIDE. CUNNINGHAM DOES IT.
NICE DRIVE HE PUT TOGETHER. ZAPPE, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
TONIGHT. INCLUDING THAT LONG STRIKE TO
TYQUAN THORNTON. >> Scott: THORNTON MADE A PLAY
TONIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING TO BUILD ON FOR
HIM. WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE
PREGAME.
