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Horns in the NFL: Week 11

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Raiders' DE Lamarr Houston sacking Texans' QB Case Keenum via binaryapi.ap.org

I usually start the Horns in the NFL weekly review with the offensive side of the ball, but this time I want to make an exception. Last weekend 5 of our former Longhorns recorded at least one sack, making a big argument for the DLU argument I brought after week 1 of the season!

Roy Miller recorded his first sack this season by tackling Carson Palmer for a loss of six yards on the last play of the third quarter. Cory Redding also had a sack, his fourth of the season, after tackling Ryan Fitzpatrick for a one yard loss on the first play of the Thursday Night Football Game. Lamarr Houston recorded his 5th sack of the season against the Texans last Sunday. The Raiders DE, who is in a one-year contract, sacked Case Keenum for a loss of 15 yards in the 1st quarter of the game and drove the Texans out of Field Goal range, forcing them to punt.

Brian Robison also had a sack, his 4th of the season, last Sunday when he tackled Russell Wilson 6 yards behind the line of scrimmage in the first quarter. Lastly, Brian Orakpo recorded 1.5 sacks against the Eagles, with one solo for a loss of 5 yards.

The veteran Broncos CB, Quentin Jammer had his first turnover of the season after recovering a fumble during the game against the Chiefs, giving Jamaal Charles, DJ Johnson and company their first loss of the season.

In fact, the Broncos held Jamaal Charles to 72 yards and no TD, his worst statistical performance of the year. Curiously, JC25 was the former Longhorn tailback with the least total yards last weekend after both Browns' backs, Chris Ogbonnaya and Fozzy Whittaker gained 99 and 78 yards (including returns) respectively against the Bengals.

The only TD was scored by Marquise Goodwin who had his best game of the season catching 8 passes for 81 yards. The TD came on a 43 yd pass from EJ Manuel, who took advantage of Goodwin's speed. Antonio Cromartie could do little to contain our favourite Olympian (no disrespect for Sanya Richards-Ross).

Ravens' kicker Justin Tucker played a big role for his team again last week against the Bears. The clutch kicker forced the game into overtime with a FG in the last second of the game. Unfortunately, Tucker wasn't able to do the same in overtime as the Flacco offense fell short on the first drive of the OT, and the Bears won the game in the terrible weather.

We have both bad and good news for the off-the-field section. Kheeston Randall was released by the Bengals after only two weeks in Cincy. On the bright side, Michael Huff finally found a new home as he signed with the Denver Broncos last Monday, joining Quentin Jammer. Maybe he can turn his season around and win a Super Bowl ring. Who knows.

NFL.com has released a note about the leaders in the ProBowl votes.Peyton Manning is the player with the most votes. Jamaal Charles stands in third position with 453.761 votes. He is 200.000 behind Peyton and 90.000 behind Saints' QB Drew Brees. Earl Thomas, with 195.586 votes is the FS with the most votes and Chris Ogonnaya is the second FB behind Panthers' Mike Tolbert, with 135.692 votes total.

You can still support our former Longhorns until the 26th of next month, by including them on your ballot. The players eligible to receive votes are:

RB Jamaal Charles, FB Chris Ogbonnaya, OG Justin Blalock, OC Lyle Sendlein, DT Roy Miller, DEs Lamarr Houston, Cory Redding and Brian Robison, LBs Derrick Johnson and Brian Orakpo, DBs Aaron Williams, Kenny Vaccaro, Earl Thomas, Michael Griffin and Tarell Brown and kickers Phil Dawson and Justin Tucker.


QB (1):

#2 Colt McCoy (San Francisco 49ers): QB#2

Status: Backup (Colin Kaepernick).
Next game: @ Washington (Monnday at 7:40 CT PM).
Stats last game: Didn't play.
Stats season: Hasn't played yet.

  • RBs (3):

#25 Jamaal Charles (Kansas City Chiefs): RB#1

Status: Starter.
Next game: vs Chargers (Sunday at Noon).
Stats last game: 16 rushes, 78 yards. 2 catches, -6 yards.
Stats season: 186 rushes, 803 yards, 6 TDs. 49 catches, 383 yards, 2 TDs.

#35 Fozzy Whittaker (Cleveland Browns): Backup & KR

Status: Backup (Wills McGahee) - Returner.
Next game: vs Steelers (Sunday at Noon).
Stats last game: 4 rushes, 20 yards. 5 carries, 41 yards 1KR, 17 yards.
Stats season: 2 rushes, 11 yards. 5 catches, 35, 1 TD. 8 KRs for 209 yards.

#25 Chris Ogbonnaya (Cleveland Browns): FB #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: vs Steelers (Sunday at Noon).
Stats last game: 8 rushes, 69 yards, 6 carries, 30 yards. 1 FL.
Stats season: 19 carries for 101 yards. 28 catches, 207 yards, 2 TDs.

  • WR (1):

#88 Marquise Goodwin (Buffalo Bills): RWR #2
Status: Backup (behind TJ Graham).
Next game: Bye.
Stats last game: 8 catches, 81 yards, 1 TD. 1 KR, 26 yards.
Stats season: 18 catches, 261 yards, 3 TDs. 1 rush, -1 yards. 1 fumble lost. 6 KRs, 193 yards.

  • TE (1):

#88 Jermichael Finley (Green Bay Packers): IR
Status: Out for the year (head injury).
Stats season: 25 catches, 300 yards, 3 TDs.

  • OLs (3):

#72 Jonathan Scott (Chicago Bears): LT #2
Status: Backup (Jermon Busrhod).
Next game:@ St Louis (Sunday at Noon CT).

#63 Justin Blalock (Atlanta Falcons): LG #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: vs Saints (Thursday at 7:25 PM CT).

#63 Lyle Sendlein (Arizona Cardinals): C #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: vs Colts (Sunday at 3:05 PM CT).

  • DLs (8):

#90 Kheeston Randall: FA

Status: Free Agent (released by Bengals)
Stats season: No stats.

#91 Cory Redding (Indianapolis Colts): LDE #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: @ Arizona (Sunday at 3:05 PM CT).
Stats last game: 1 sack.
Stats season: 19.5 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 PBU.

#97 Roy Miller (Jacksonville Jaguars): NT #1

Status: Starter.
Next game:@ Houston (Sunday at Noon CT).
Stats last game: 2 tackles, 1 sack.
Stats season: 14.5 tackles, 1 sack.

#99 Lamarr Houston (Oakland Raiders): RE #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: vs Titans (Sunday at 3:25 PM CT).
Stats last game: 2 tackles, 1 sack.
Stats season: 38 tackles, 5 sacks, 2 FFs, 1 FR.

#73 Brandon Moore (San Diego Chargers): Practice Squad

#95 Shaun Rogers (New York Giants): RDT #2

Status: Backup.
Next game: vs Cowboys (Sunday at 3:25 PM CT).
Stats last game: Didn't play.
Stats season: 8 tackles.

#69 Henry Melton (Chicago Bears): IR

Status: IR (torn ACL).
Stats season: 4 tackles.

#90 Brian Robison (Minnesota Vikings): LDE #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: @ Green Bay (Sunday at Noon).
Stats last game: 1 sack.
Stats season: 18 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 FR, 1 TD, 2 PBUs.

  • LBs (6):

# 56 Derrick Johnson (Kansas City Chiefs): RILB #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: vs Chargers (Sunday at Noon).
Stats last game: 5 tackles.
Stats season: 69 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 3 PBUs, 1 FR.

#98 Brian Orakpo (Washington Redskins): ROLB #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: vs 49ers (Monday at 7:40 PM CT).
Stats last game: 3 tackles, 1.5 sacks.
Stats season: 27.5 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 4 PBUs, 1 INT, 1 TD, 1 FR.
#52 Keenan Robinson (Washington Redskins): IR
#53 Emmanuel Acho (Philadelphia Eagles): #3 LILB
Status: Depth.
Next game: Bye.
Stats last game: No stats.
Stats season: 1.5 tackles.

#94 Sam Acho (Arizona Cardinals): Injured Reserve.

Status: IR (broken leg).
Stats season: 4.5 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF.

#57 Alex Okafor (Arizona Cardinals): Injured Reseve.

Status: IR (biceps).
Stats season: 1 tackle.

  • DBs (10):

#23 Aaron Williams (Buffalo Bills): SS #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: Bye.
Stats last game: 8 tackles.
Stats season: 59 tackles, 9 PBUs, 3 INTs.

#23 Chykie Brown (Baltimore Ravens): RCB #2

Status: Rotation (behind Corey Graham).
Next game: vs Jets (Sunday at Noon CT).
Stats last game: No stats.
Stats season: 6 tackles.

#29 Michael Huff: FA

Status: Free Agent.
Stats season: 5.5 tackles.

#31 Curtis Brown (Pittsburgh Steelers): LCB #2

Status: Backup (Cortez Allen).
Next game: vs Cleveland (Sunday at Noon CT).
Stats last game: 1.5 tackles
Stats season: 6 tackles.
#33 Michael Griffin (Tennessee Titans): FS #1
Status: Starter.
Next game: @ Oakland (Sunday at 3:05 PM CT).
Stats last game: 6.5 tackles.
Stats season: 44.5 tackles, 2 PBUs, 2 FFs.
#34 Quentin Jammer (Denver Broncos): FS #3
Status: Depth.
Next game: @ New England (Sunday at 7:30 CT PM).
Stats last game: 1 tackle, 1 FR.
Stats season: 5 tackles, 1 PBU, 1 FR.

#31 Aaron Ross (New York Giants): Injured Reserve

Status: Out for the season.
Stats season: 4 tackles, 4 PBU, 1 INT.
#32 Kenny Vaccaro (New Orleans Saints): SS #2
Status: Starter.
Next game: @ Atlanta (Thursday at 7:25 CT PM).
Stats last game: Didn't play.
Stats season: 41.5 tackles, 6 PBUs, 1 INT.

#25 Tarell Brown (San Francisco 49ers): RCB #1
Status: Starter.
Next game: @ Washington (Monday at 7:40 CT PM).
Stats last game: 2 tackles.
Stats season: 28.5 tackles, 1 FR, 9 PBUs.

#29 Earl Thomas (Seattle Seahawks): FS #1

Status: Starter.
Next game: Bye.
Stats last game: 4.5 tackles.
Stats season: 67 tackles, 7 PBUs, 4 INTs, 2 FFs.

  • STs (3):

#9 Justin Tucker (Baltimore Ravens): K #1
Status: Special Teams.
Next game: vs Jets (Sunday at Noon CT).
Stats last game: 2/2 FGs. 2/2 XPs.
Stats season: 20/22 FGs and 20/20 XPs.

#9 Phil Dawson (San Francisco 49ers): K #1
Status: Special Teams.
Next game: @ Washington (Monday at 7:40 CT PM).
Stats last game: 2/2 FGs. 2/2 XPs.
tats season: 12/15 FGs, 27/27 XPs.
#46 Cullen Loeffler (Minnesota Vikings): LS #1
Status: Special Teams.
Next game: @ Green Bay (Sunday at Noon).
Stats season: 2 tackles.

PS: Gracias a mi amigo horndude, who is helping me with my grammar, and proofreads this for me (I am not a native English speaker).

PS2: Don't forget to support the former Longhorns adding them in your Pro Bowl ballot:

RB Jamaal Charles, FB Chris Ogbonnaya, OG Justin Blalock, OC Lyle Sendlein, DT Roy Miller, DEs Lamarr Houston, Cory Redding and Brian Robison, LBs Derrick Johnson and Brian Orakpo, DBs Aaron Williams, Kenny Vaccaro, Earl Thomas, Michael Griffin and Tarell Brown and kickers Phil Dawson and Justin Tucker.

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