Johnsburg graduate C.J. Fiedorowicz caught his third National Football League touchdown on a 14-yard pass in the first quarter of the Houston Texans’ game against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
Fuller caught a 5-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to put the Texans up 14-0, but their offense has since fizzled.
ABOUT THE TEXANS (2-1): Quarterback Brock Osweiler isn’t putting up big numbers in his first season in Houston, throwing four interceptions and just three touchdown passes despite a risky receiving corps. The Titans, despite having several decent offensive weapons, have not scored more than 16 points in any of their first three games this season.
Osweiler has three touchdown passes and four interceptions entering Sunday’s game against Tennessee at NRG Stadium. He got his day started with a five-yard touchdown off play-action and later impressed with a miracle one-handed catch in traffic.
Some things we learned from Houston’s win over the Titans on Sunday.
“It just boils down to decision-making, and that’s something I know I need to be better at”, he said.
Take away the half-asleep start and the disastrous punt-team mistakes and a bunch more penalties and maybe it happens.
The Texans struggled offensively quite a bit in 2015 as well, averaging just 21.2 points per game, ranking them tied for No. 21 in the NFL.
Tennessee had every opportunity to throw themselves into the division title race, but the offense just couldn’t muster anything when it counted. “To lose someone like that, of his caliber, it’s tough for them”, Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota told reporters. Osweiler passed for 254 yards and two touchdowns.
Fuller leads the Texans with 19 catches for 323 yards in 2016.
The Titans should have been expecting far more from him than they’ve gotten through the first quarter of the season. Lamar Miller should touch the ball early and often, setting up Osweiler on the play-action to hit star receivers DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller. Will Fuller contributed 31 yards in three receptions. They’re also winless at 0-4 versus the spread in their last four games after scoring less than 15 points in their previous game and are 12-35-5 ATS in their last 52 games versus the AFC.
The Texans sack Zach Mettenberger seven times, including 3.5 sacks by linebacker Whitney Mercilus and 2.5 sacks by J.J. Watt …