martedì 22 novembre 2016

NFL Mexico Game: Oakland Raiders 27 Houston Texans 20 recap and analysis

The eleventh monda night has been a special game because it has been played at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City between the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans, both driving solo in their division. Houston started the game with possession of the ball and choosing a conservative approach without risking choosing short passes and Lamar Miller ran that in total have produced 61 yards and three points arising from the 32-yard field goal by Nick Novak who confirmed himself precise from the short distance. The Oakland answer came with a drive in between the first and second quarters, using very heavy formations to run the ball with Murray but the biggest gain yards came from a penalty for pass interference of Jonathan Joseph Michael Crabtree, after which the runningback Richard received the TD pass from Derek Carr on a halfback option from the slot. The Texans on the kickoff return lost a fumble recovered by McGill who delivered the ball to the Raiders just 8 yards from the end zone, luckily their defense has managed to stop the attack of Oakland conceding only three points due to field goal Janikowski. THE next drive Texans found offensive rhythm thanks to a large reception of CJ Federowicz and a power run to Miller that he brought a few meters dall'endozne where Osweiler on third and goal launched his first TD pass of the evening to Braxton Miller has tied the game.
The second half of a game started a Derek Carr mistake under pressure launched without seeing the ball well, and where the result was an interception of cornerback AJ Bouye on their own 35 yard line, the Houston attack gave a very good balance between runs and passes that along to the continuous change of the training on offer has made it difficult to work in the defense of Oakland that eventually succumbed to allowing a touchdown in Lamar Miller on a run on the weak side following the guard left block. Derek Carr was immediately made amends for the mistake made earlier guiding his team into field goal range with a series of good jumps including one that led to the second pass interference Bouye of Crabtree, Janikowski later kicked and realized the field goal that risotto the deficit to just four points. To bring back the deficit to a full possession Osweiler was that thanks to its excellent drive, the best so far in Houston evening was able to get into field goal range, where Novak has made a field goal from 38 yards. With 11 minutes left to play in the game the Raiders have grabbed the equalizer through a passage received from Fullback Olawale left completely alone by the defense of the Texans resulting in a 75 yards touchdown. The Raiders have continued the trend of big plays in the next drive after stopping the Texans on the fourth down before Carr passed the ball back to runnign Latavius ​​Murray for the first of the two big play then once on the 35 yards of Houston Amari Cooper received the ball on a flat route and, thanks to great blocks was able to score the touchdown that gave 7-point lead in Oakland. The Texans with 2:30 left on the clock have decided to take a punt on fourth down, a decision that paid seen that with reception from first down Jalen Richard and only timeout remained and Houston has not been able to stop the time and regain possession of the ball to tie the game.

Final Score: Raiders 27, Texans 20

MVP: Derek Carr



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