In that Texans 45-14 victory, Watt caught a one-yard touchdown pass from QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. On defense, he finished with three solo tackles, 2.0 sacks (for a loss of 24 yards), one tackle for loss, six quarterback hits, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. Just a typical day for prime J.J. Watt…
Following this year’s victory in Tennessee on Christmas Eve, the Texans got some love in Peter King’s “Football Morning in America” column this week:
“Much admiration for the Texans, who lost one-score games to Dallas and Kansas City and then went to Nashville and held the paper-tiger Titans to 14 points.”
King also named punter Cameron Johnston his special teams player of the week. Johnston, who earned a nod as Pro Bowl alternate this year, had five punts for 220 yards (averaging 44.2 yards per punt). Tremon Smith downed Johnston’s final punt at the Houston four-yard line on what would be the Titans final offensive series. King wrote:
“Needing to pin Tennessee back with 75 seconds left and nursing a 19-14 lead in Nashville, Johnston, the ex-Eagle, placed the ball at the Tennessee four-yard line with a 34-yard nine-iron shot. That was crucial, particularly with the struggling Malik Willis unable to move the Titans. The perfect punt was key in Houston breaking its nine-game losing streak.”
Who doesn’t love nostalgia? Going back even before the Watt era, this color was all over Houston.
It’s now back for Fan Appreciation Day…
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