#Houston Texans at Atlanta Falcons

[ESPN Gamecast](https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401547463)

Mercedes-Benz Stadium- Atlanta, GA

Network(s): FOX

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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|

**Scoreboard**

||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|HOU|3|6|3|7|19|
|ATL|7|0|0|14|21|

**Scoring Plays**

| Team | Quarter | Type | Description |
|:–|:–|:–|:–|
| HOU | 1 | FG | Ka’imi Fairbairn Made 38 Yd Field Goal |
| ATL | 1 | TD | Desmond Ridder 7 Yd Rush Younghoe Koo Made Ex. Pt |
| HOU | 2 | FG | Ka’imi Fairbairn Made 43 Yd Field Goal |
| HOU | 2 | FG | Ka’imi Fairbairn Made 28 Yd Field Goal |
| HOU | 3 | FG | Ka’imi Fairbairn Made 42 Yd Field Goal |
| ATL | 4 | TD | Bijan Robinson Pass From Desmond Ridder for 6 Yds Desmond Ridder Pass To Tyler Allgeier For Two-Point Conversion Complete |
| ATL | 4 | FG | Younghoe Koo Made 33 Yd Field Goal |
| HOU | 4 | TD | Dalton Schultz Pass From C.J. Stroud for 18 Yds Ka’imi Fairbairn Made Ex. Pt |
| ATL | 4 | FG | Younghoe Koo Made 37 Yd Field Goal , Grayland Arnold Penalty Declined |

**Passing Leaders**

|Team|Player|C/ATT|YDS|TD|INT|SACKS|
|:–|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
| HOU | C.J. Stroud | 20/35 | 249 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 |
| ATL | Desmond Ridder | 28/37 | 329 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 |

**Rushing Leaders**

|Team|Player|CAR|YDS|AVG|TD|LONG|
|:–|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
| HOU | Dameon Pierce | 20 | 66 | 3.3 | 0 | 15 |
| ATL | Bijan Robinson | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 0 | 13 |

**Receiving Leaders**

|Team|Player|REC|YDS|AVG|TD|LONG|TGTS|
|:–|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
| HOU | Dalton Schultz | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 1 | 18 | 10 |
| ATL | Kyle Pitts | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 0 | 20 | 11 |

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31 comments

  1. I don’t wanna see anyone of you switch on Ridder keep that same energy. He’s trash right? Worst QB in the league right? Fuck all of you for giving up on a man who had started only 8 fucking games in which he was 4-4 and didn’t throw an Interception until like game 6. This is what happens when you give your young players time to develop bc if this sub was in charge of who got to play we woulda lost

  3. Defense…still legit and made some impressive 3rd down stops.

    Ridder played well today. Still some stuff to clean up, but the progress made this week is worth celebrating.

    Bijan…still nasty AF.

    Line didn’t make a lot of lanes for the run, but they played well enough to have a stable pocket at times for Ridder.

    I’ll take the W’s as they come.

  6. Weird how we can actually pass the ball effectively when we dont run playaction or fake handoff deep 5 step drop plays 90% of our pass plays. Turns out not every play has to be a LOS dumpoff or deep chuckup. Simple shotgun formation slants, ins/outs actually work when you throw to your talented receivers.

  7. Opened the playbook up today. Let the playmakers shine. I’ve been as critical as anyone but great game Ridder! This team definitely got some fight. If they can just put it all together offensively and defensively at the same time, they’ll be true contenders #RiseUp

  8. For the first time in his career, Ridder has looked comfortable on the field. I think he’s finally able to play the kind of game he wants, and it looked pretty damn good.

  10. Ridder played a good game against a very wounded defense. I hope this is symptomatic of who he really is but we will see. His best decision of the game, to me at least, was pulling the ball down and getting a 4 or 5 yard run out of bounds on the final drive. Didn’t force a bad throw, didn’t take a sack, gained yards and stopped the clock. That’s a professional quarterback choice.

  11. Excellent bounce back win lots of opportunities to lose it but iced up when needed to even after the shitty then overs or bone headed fouls

  12. Defense is legit for slowing down a hot Texans offense. Offense still leaves a lot to be desired, but Ridder earned his flowers for a good game today. Let’s see if he and the rest of the offense can build off of this.

  13. Oline played really well in pass pro today. Keep that up and Ridder can keep getting better.

  14. Defense is legit, no doubt there. Ridder played well, if the OL can give him time he does decent. Good game, good win.

  15. Not many quarterbacks in nfl history Im taking over Demond Ridder in the fourth quarter at home

  20. I don’t know if it was the pass pro was better, or he was quicker into his reads, but he seemed to have more time today.

  22. the only compliment i’ll give Ridder is that he should start next week.

    that’s it.

  24. Fake falcons fans can GET THE FUCK OFF MY FIELD. Ridder is your god now 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  25. Ridder looked decent. He is learning to look off the defense and throw his receivers open.

  26. Nobody gets to talk shit about Ridder for a week in this sub. I honestly can’t think of one play this game where he fucked up, he did fantastic and silenced us naysayers.

    If we can get this on a consistent basis, he could legit end up being a top of the league QB.

  31. We struggled to put points up on a Texans defense that only had 1 starting corner. Ridder deserves his roses, but I wouldn’t expect every game to go like this. I’ll apologize for saying Stroud was going to beat him, but I’m still not impressed. The Commanders almost beat the Eagles last week, so I think this next game will be a better judgement.

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