Cochran Screws up; Texans lose in closing minutes

Well, not much can be said about the first preseason game.

Kris Brown showed us he can be consistant, much unlike he's been in the past two years. He nailed all of this four of his field goals, and was voted the MVP by fans in the Verizon sponsored vote.

Jacoby Jones is definitely someone to watch for in the games to come. He's a explosive returnman, and can have the chance to become the number 2 reciever in the future. He caught all but one balls thrown to him, but I'm not entirely sure about the exact number because NFL.com doesn't have the official stats yet. I also don't know because at the game, its hard to keep track of that.

Matt Schaub didn't show much today, he was in there for 2 series and went 3-5 for 25 yards. I honestly think Gary Kubiak should have kept him in there longer to give the fans more of a taste. He should be playing for about a half next week, however.

Jerome Mathis, who's under the fire after a talk with Gary Kubiak, show good hands and that he still should be the kick returner. He almost broke one midway through the game, but alas, he was tackled by the slowest man, Robbie Gould. It was about 80 yards, give or take some, and it gave the Texans life after a Bears TD in the 2nd quarter.

Von Hutchins pick was a refreshing thing to see, especially because we don't see many of them. :P

Our 3rd string quarterback, Bradlee Van Pelt, sucks majorly. I want to see Jared Zabransky in there, and maybe do a fancy Statue of Liberty. Haha.

We were winning 19-17 in the final minutes, but a bonehead decision by Earl Cochran screwed up the projectory of the entire game. Cochran was penalized on 4th and 6, by a running into the kicker penalty. Trying to standout and block a kick is good, but don't try it if we get the ball back anyway. If this penalty wouldn't have occured, I'd be in a good mood.

Robbie Gould kicked a 47 yard FG with 0:36 seconds left to put the Bears up 20-19. And meh, we lost.

But at least we know one good thing about this team.

Our 2nd string can kick any 2nd string team's ass.

EDIT: I said this as a comment on one of my favorite blogs, and I thought it was funny, so I thought I'd share.
"Hey, wasn't that 1 completion by Van Pelt a beauty?! LOL."