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The Final Drive 2012 Wildcard Weekend

Found January 08, 2012 on NFL Football Online: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: J.J. Watt,  Arian Foster,  T.J. Yates
TEAMS: Houston Texans,  Cincinnati Bengals

Are you exhausted yet? There was TOO MUCH DRAMA! (That’s a lie. There’s never too much.) Both nights of Wildcard weekend ended in tremendous excitement, wrapping up with a dramatic overtime ending that didn’t even warrant explanation of the new rules. I’m still appalled. Let’s just get The Final Drive started.(11-6) Houston Texans 31(9-8) Cincinnati Bengals 10 The first game of the weekend started off awfully sloppy, with plenty of penalties and “jitters” as described by Nessler and Mayock. As the game drew on though, the Texans clearly established themselves as the better team by man-handling Cincy. Rookie lineman J.J Watt, who has shown an inherent talent and awareness to deflect passes at the line of scrimmage made the play of a game by boomeranging Dalton in the second quarter. Watt timed his jump perfectly and made the catch and rambled 29 yards to paydirt. Then he sacked Dalton to end the first half as the Bengals were driving. It was ...
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