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Texans don’t contain Newton OR fight letdown

Found December 18, 2011 on Houston Diehards:
PLAYERS: T.J. Yates,  Wade Phillips,  Matt Schaub
TEAMS: Houston Texans

Well, that was totally unsurprising. I fully expected the letdown part, but did not expect that the Texans wouldn’t respond in the second half. That part was a surprise. Houston was faced with a brutal truth on Sunday. A truth that we were all expecting to be told at some point. TJ Yates played like a rookie. He completely overlooked receivers as they ran free through the secondary, he turned the ball over, and he made some bad decisions. Yates had done all these things in previous games, but this time the end result was only 13 points. Today, clearly the biggest problem was the defense. Cam Newton had an excellent game, and the Texans rarely had an answer for him. As is human nature, Texans fans this week will be looking for someone to blame. You’ll hear that Yates had a bad game. Foster had the early turnover. The defense couldn’t stop Newton. The Texans missed Wade Phillips. The Texans got a bit full of themselves as the division champions, and thou...
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