HOUSTON (AP) â" Apparently, it's going to take some-more than injuries to star players to derail a Houston Texans.
Rookie T.J. Yates threw a touchdown pass in his initial NFL start, Arian Foster rushed for 111 yards and Houston overcame another damage to Andre Johnson to kick Atlanta 17-10 on Sunday.
The Texans (9-3) have won a franchise-record 6 true games, a conspicuous attainment deliberation they're down to their third-string quarterback and have played a bulk of their strain though their star receiver.
Johnson left in a third entertain after spiteful his left hamstring. He harmed his right hamstring in Week 4, underwent teenager medicine and sat out 6 games.
Coach Gary Kubiak pronounced after a persion that he was told a damage was not severe, though he couldn't be certain until Johnson underwent tests on Monday.
The Falcons (7-5) sputtered offensively most of a day and mislaid for only a second time in 7 games. Houston's top-ranked invulnerability knocked down dual Matt Ryan passes in a finish section in a shutting seconds.
Yates went 12-for-25 for 188 yards though an interception, an impressively staid opening after a whirlwind week. The fifth-round collect was bearing into movement final week in Jacksonville when Matt Leinart pennyless his collarbone. Leinart was starting in place of Matt Schaub, who pennyless a Lisfranc dilemma in his right feet in Houston's prior game.
After Johnson went down, Foster ably took over a descent load, carrying 10 times on Houston's wilful drive. Foster scored with 6:05 left, and afterwards it was adult to a Texans' invulnerability to finish.
Atlanta got a round behind with 59 seconds left, and Ryan threw a low pass to Julio Jones to a Texans 25. But Ryan overthrew Roddy White in one dilemma of a finish section and Kareem Jackson swatted pided a pass to Jones in a other dilemma as time expired.
Kubiak couldn't bear to watch a final play, branch his behind and walking down a sideline. When a round strike a territory and a throng erupted, ubiquitous manager Rick Smith told Kubiak what happened and patted him on a back.
Ryan finished 20 of 46 passes for 267 yards, though also threw dual interceptions. The Texans have intercepted a pass in 11 uninterrupted games.
Johnson looked like he'd be Yates' go-to man early, creation leaping catches on a quarterback's initial dual completions. Johnson atoned for an progressing dump by pulling in a ideal 50-yard pass from Yates to a Atlanta 5 in a second quarter. Yates afterwards snapped a discerning pass to Joel Dreessen for his initial career TD, and chants of "T.J.! T.J.! T.J.!" emerged from a ability crowd.
Ryan finished 3 passes to Tony Gonzalez to get a Falcons moving.
Linebacker Brian Cushing slipped perplexing to tackle Gonzalez and quickly left a game. While Atlanta gathering for Matt Bryant's 19-yard margin goal, jaunty trainers examined Cushing's knee.
Yates took a tough strike from John Abraham early in a third quarter, and a approach Houston's fitness has been going, it would've been no warn to see him stay down. But Yates was OK, and Cushing returned in a third quarter.
Neil Rackers came adult brief on a 54-yard field-goal try, and Ryan kick-started Atlanta's best expostulate of a persion with an 18-yard pass to Gonzalez. Jones done an over-the-shoulder locate to a Houston 4, and Ryan found White far-reaching open for a restraining measure with 1:46 left in a third quarter.
Johnson afterwards simply fell down chasing a low pass from Yates, a impulse eerily identical to when he harm his right hamstring though removing overwhelmed opposite Pittsburgh in Week 4. He threw off his helmet in disappointment as he hobbled to a dais to accommodate with trainers, afterwards walked off a margin with his conduct down.
Foster kept Houston on track, converting a fourth-and-1 with a 7-yard run to a Atlanta 2. The Texans took some-more than 10 mins off a time with a 19-play drive, that tied a group record.
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