Texans overcome jitters, take Bengals best shots early

T. J. Yates ... not a QB name you'd have expected to stand between the Ravens and the next advancing round in the playoffs... But there he is, the 6-3, 195 rookie out of North Carolina, calling the shots for the red-hot Houston Texans...The Houston Texans are coming back to Baltimore. The AFC South champions took down the Cincinnati Bengals, 31-10, Saturday in Houston, setting...

Who would have thought that TJ Yates would be the quarterback to lead the Houston Texans to their first playoff victory, but it happened. The most impressive part of his debut in the playoffs was having no turnovers and minimizing mistakes. Mistakes and turnovers often translates to awful outcomes, case in point, with the prior performances of Mark Sanchez in the playoffs. If this...

Houston Texans quarterback T.J. Yates can't Tim Tebow the Ravens.

The first game of the NFL playoffs features two teams who are coming into the playoffs following losses. The Bengals are coming off of a loss to the Ravens that could have eliminated them from the playoffs, while the Texans are losers of three straight following their clinching of the AFC South. The game features two rookie quarterbacks, who both have great threats at the receiver...

The Texans were dominant in their first Playoff win in franchise history as they took down the Bengals 31-10 at Reliant Stadium on Wild Card Weekend. Fantasy Spin: Rookie quarterback T.J. Yates was efficient as he completed 11 of 20 passes for 159 yards, with one touchdown and no interceptions. Running back Arian Foster once again turned heads as he bruised his way to 153 yards and...

It Looked good when it started for the Cincinnati Bengals in Houston this afternoon. The game against the Texans looked like it was going to become a defensive struggle.  Then the Bengals would score and the Texans looked as though they were going to have a hard time beating the Bengals. Yates had a couple of 3 and outs then as time was running out in the first half, JJ Watt intercepted...

Everyone knows that T.J. Yates is a rookie quarterback and that Arian Foster is going to have to carry the load. Everyone knows that Johnathan Joseph has to match up with A.J. Green and that Connor Barwin has to pressure Andy Dalton. Those are all pretty well established story lines but what about the players that make that happen. The Texans first ever playoff game should be a...

It is good to be back. The holidays are always crazy. We finished the year strong going 2-0 in week 16 and hitting our top pick in the Falcons in week 17. We are ready to roll into the playoffs with more juice in our pockets. It is wild card weekend and four games are on tap. The playoffs are extremely tough to pick against the spread. In the last two years, the wild card dogs went...

So after 10 years the Houston Texans, are to play their first ever playoff game at home against the Cincinnati Bengals. This is the first ever playoff game in which both teams are starting rookie quarterbacks. QB T.J. Yates was thrust into an unlikely situation, while QB Andy Dalton was drafted to be the new face of a franchise. The Texans have experienced quite the emotional roller...

Warren Moon faced Joe Montana the last time Houston had a home playoff game. Now, T.J. Yates leads the Texans against Andy Dalton's Bengals to kickoff wild-card weekend. Follow here.

Join Sun writers and editors to discuss the Ravens upcoming game against Houston at 1:30 Sunday in Baltimore. Matt Vensel of Sports Blitz will answer questions you have on the Texans, who the Ravens beat, 29-14, way back when Houston's starting QB, Matt Schaub, was still healthy. But now rookie T.J. Yates has been forced into a starting role, while the Texans' defense has...