It wasn’t until late in the fourth quarter of their Thursday night game against the 1-13 Colts that the Houston Texans were able to complete a conversion on third down, having gone 0-8 despite leading Indy 13-12. The Texans were finally able to nail that elusive third down conversion in pretty well the most unconventional way possible.
Facing a 3rd and 5 from the Colts’ 31-yard-line, Houston QB T.J. Yates tries hitting TE Kevin Walter across the middle with a short pass, only Indy safety Antoine Bethea gets there about the same time as the ball and jars the ball loose as he hits Walter. The ball, in midair mind you, then bounces off Bethea’s shoulder, and into the hands of Houston WR Jacoby Jones who finishes off the play by gaining 10-yards the hard way, as well as the Texans’ first first down of the game.
Exactly how they drew it up.
As incredibly lucky a play as that was, it wasn’t quite as entertaining as Peyton Manning’s reaction to Jacoby&...
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