Houston Texans vs. Minnesota Vikings Game Highlights | 2025 Preseason Week 1

Houston Texans vs. Minnesota Vikings Game Highlights | 2025 Preseason Week 1

PRESEASON DEBUT, WENT FORt( 188
YARDS AGAINST THE RAIDERS. KEVINq O’CONNELL TOLD US THEY
ARE LOOKING TO RUN A LOT AND GET McCARTHY ON SOME BOOTS,
THROWS LEFT TO JORDAN ADDISON WHO CATCHES IT SHORT OF THE
FIRST DOWN, PETER. DOWN THE FIELD.
>> JALEN NAILOR, WHITE LEFT, JORDAN ADDISON AND LUCKY
JACKSON TO THE RIGHT, e1J.J. McCARTHY OUT OF THE SHOTGUN
FROM THE THIRD AT FOUR, SHORT DRE?(??
OVER THE
MIDDLE, McCARTHY DID A GREAT JOB WITH
GREAT PROTECTION. ?? >> TWO TIGHT END SET.
JORDAN ADDISON IN MOTION TO THE LEFT, HANDOFF, JORDAN MASON,
ACROSS THE 30 AND TAKEN DOWN AT THE 32 e1AFTER A GAIN OF FOUR,
BEN, DONOVAN JACKSON, ROOKIE, ABOUT LOWER BODY STRENGTH WHICH
HE EXHIBITEDi]. >> SECOND AND SIX FROM THE 32,
PLAY ACTION FROM UNDER CENTER, HE WILL THROW TO THE LEFT,
ADDISON WITH THE DIVING GRAB. PLAY.
AND NOW J.J. GOES UNDER CENTER, THE CENTER IS
BRIAN KELLYe1, HANDOFF, JORDAN MASON, JUMP CUT LEFT ACROSS THE
45, TAKEN DOWN AT THE 40, A RUN SAFETY BLITZ AND THEY WERE ON
IT. SECOND AND TWO, J.J.
McCARTHY STARTS 3-3, 38 YARDS. J.J.
McCARTHY THROWS RIGHT, CAUGHT, C.J.
HAM WHO IS TAKEN DOWN POSTHASTE BYok e1E.J.
SPEED, A LOSS OF THREE WHICH?( FOURTH AND FIVE.i]e1
FIRST POSSESSION OF PRESEASON 2025, BUT LET’Slp, SWITCH TO TH
RIGHT, HE RUNS FOR THE FIRST DOWN, WAY TO GO, J.J.
RUNS OUT OF BOUNDSrAT THE 35, McCARTHY SERIES AND THE
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR WES PHILLIPS TAKES OVER. FROM
UNDER CENTER, THROWS LEFT, SWATTED AWAY AT THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE. THAT MAKES IT SECOND AND 10.
>> q!en: BRIAN O’NEILL BACK AT Pete: SECOND AND ??10 FROM

TEXANS 35 , T.J. HOCKENSONt( THE TIGHT END TO TH
LEFT OF LEFT TACKLE, HANDOFF, JORDAN MASON SLOW ROLES OF THE
MIDDLE AND PUT THE PEDAL TO THE ?TAL
AND LUNGES FORWARD TO THE

31, A GAIN OF e1FIVE WITHe1 9:3 DOWNHILL GAME .
>> Pete: VIKINGS ?iqARE 1-2 ON THIRD DOWN.e1
RONDALE MOORE IS TO THE LEFT AS J.J.
McCARTHY GOES BACK ?PASS, OVER THE MIDDLE AND INCOMPLETE,
JORDAN MASON TRIED e1TO BRING Ii WILL TAKE TIME.
>> Pete: WILL REICHARD’S RIGHT FOOTED TO IS GOOD — RIGHT
FOOTED KICK IS GOOD, MINNESOTA VIKINGS HAVE t(TAKEN A 3-0 e1LE
AGAINST THE HOUSTON TEXANS AND 2021. FOR THE VIKINGS, JALEN
REDMOND, RODRIGUEZ, AND?ie1 ING- DAWKINS, A ROOKIE FROM GEORGIA ?
AND TURNER AND GABRIEL MURPHY. ON FIRST DOWN, THE TEXANS OPT
TO RUN WITH THE FORMER BADGER, KNOWN AS THE GREENe1 DOTS.
SECOND AND SIX. DAVIS MILLS HIM A SHORT DROP,
TO THE RIGHT AND CAUGHT BY THE BE ON IT TO HEAR THE NEXT PLAY
AND GET THE MESSAGE DELIVERED Z1 .
>> Pete: THEO JACKSON AND J.D. MOORE ARE THE HUDDLES AND
ANOTHER RUN FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS , NINE YARD RUN.
IN HIS SEVENTH YEAR FROM TEAM, HARRISON SMITH ARE DOWN
TODAY. SECOND AND SHORT FOR THE
TEXANS, HANDOFF ANDf? WILL HAVE , TWO OR THREE SECONDS TO GET
THE CALL BEFORE YOU SPIN IT TO THE DEFENSE, WHAT YOU CAN DO
MENTALLY TO GET PREPARED FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT AND MAKE YOU
PLAY FASTER. >> Pete: ?iON FIRST DOWN, ?r
OGUNBOWALE HEADS TO THE LEFT SIDE AND SHAKES A DALLAS e1TURN
TACKLE, A GAIN OF SIX TO MAKE GOT TOO MUCH INTO w3THE OFFENSI1
LINEMAN. >> OVER THE MIDDLE, ANOTHER
TEXANS FIRST DOWN BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS BETWEEN THE 25 YARD
LINE AND CAUGHT BY JOHN METCHIE SHARPENING A1PENCIL SO YOU DO
NOT LET TIGHT ENDS GET BEHIND YOU. e1
>> Pete: DAVIS MILLS GIVES IT TO OGUNBOWALE, PACE AND JACKSON
BRING HIM DOWN, A GAIN OF SEVEN IS TO PRESSURE AND THE PRESENCE
OF THE PURPLE JERSEYS UPFRONT MADE THEM FALSE STARTt(.
>> Pete: FIRST THIRD DOWN FROM THE TEXANS, ERIC WILSON IN THE
GAME OFF THE EDGE . e1PASS TO T RIGHT SIDE, CAUGHT AT THE 25,
FLAG, BUT LEAKING xDLOOSE IS JAYLIN NOEL, A qe1ROOKIE FROM I
STATE, THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE, RIGHT DEFENSIVE , THAT SH
HAVE BEEN A DEAD PLAY. SWIM AT FIRST DOWN, MILLS,
THROWS, e,K?lpCAUGHT, TO THE 10, HE LUNGES e1TO THE END ZONE, IT
IS A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS.
DAVIS MILLS TO BRAX4’3HBERRIOS, A t(70 YEARok — A SEVENTH YEAR
CANE. YARDS AND 21 TOUCHDOWNS AND 21
INTERCEPTIONS. e1SECOND AND EIG FROM THE VIKINGS 42.
SAM HOWELL PUTS THE TIGHT END IN MOTION TO THE LEFT, A
FASTBALL LEFT SIDE, TAI FELTON CATCHES IT AT THE 50. VERY
CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. J.J. THE THIRD DOWN TO LUCKY JACKSON.
>> I REALLY LIKE THE WAY HE PLAYED, A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF
PLATFORMS HE THREW OFF OF. DROPPING STRAIGHT BACK, HAD A
SLIDE ON THE 18 YARDER,e1t( O’CONNELL IS CHOPPING AT THE
BIT BUT YOU HAVE TO STICK WITH THE PLAN .
>> TY CHANDLER AND THE — SCREEN TO CHANDLER, BEAUTIFUL
ANGELxD, HE CROSSES THE 45 AND — THIRD AND SHORT.
>> YOU GET THESE GUYS LINED UP .
>> SAM HOWELL WILL GO TO?r SNEAKING.
HE WILL LUNGE AHEAD t(FOR A i R?
WAS A STRAIGHT SNEAK BUT I
WAS EFFECTIVE. OF THE LAST YEAR AT LEFT GUARD
AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE POSITION, WHICH MAY END UP
CREATING A r
)iMyrPLAY
ACTION FROM UNDER CENTER, THROWS A FASTBALL, xDTY
CHANDLER CAUGHT IN FRONT OF HIS HIM THAT HE EXCLUSIVELY IS NOT
WORKING AT THAT GARDEN SPOT. FOR THE GAME, YOU ARE PRETTY
ATHLETIC, LET’S?? ?iYOU RIGHT e] TACKLE.
>> MICHAEL JURGENS IS THE CENTER, BOTCHED STAFF BUT SAM
HOWELL GETS IT AND HE SAVED A FUMBLE. i]NEVERTHELESS, THEY LO1
A COUPLE OF YARDS AND THAT IS ABILITY, HE MAY MAKE A MISTAKE,
HE WILL MAKE A CORRECTION AND DOES NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE
AGAIN, HE UNDERSTANDS THE GAME AT A HIGH LEVEL.
>> SAM HOWELL, THROWS RIGHT,e1 CAUGHT, JALEN NAILOR WITH THE
RECEPTION AT THE 28 AND THAT IS HAVING TO MAKE THEM HERE, TO
SEE HIM DO IT, THAT IS FANTASTIC.
>> SAM HOWELL,e1 4-4, 31 YARDS. TO??wSQ#T TO TY CHANDLER ANDf?e
SNIFFED OUT BY THE TEXANS.e1 >> A GREAT TEST FOR THE
OFFENSE, FIRST OR SECOND TEAM, THE TEXANS DEFENSE GET
VERTICAL, IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS THE DEFENSIVE FRONT OR
THE LINEBACKERS, MAKING LIFE TOUGH FOR THE RUNNING GAME . ?i
>> WEAVES TO THE LEFT, RIGHT, IN THE FIRST HALF THAT IN CAMP.
>> e1WALTER ROUSE, SECOND-YEAR, LEFT TACKLE. VIKINGS ARE THREE
OF FIVE ON THIRD DOWN TO THE xD RIGHT SIDE, CAUGHT, JACKSON,
SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKER, IT TO THE END ZONE.
>> FIELD GOAL IS UP AND GOOD. WILL REICHARD ISr
TEXANS ON THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS MORE ABOUT HIM IN A MINUTE WITH
A BIG OPPORTUNITY HERE FIRST AND 15 FOR THE TEXANS FROM
THEIR OWN 30, DAVIS MILLS GOES BACK TO PASS, CAUGHT, GAIN OF
FIVE, MAYBE SIX THOMAS SECOND WHAT THEY LOVE , HE IS BIG
ENOUGH TO HU’i >> HE IS SACKED!
HE GOT POPPED FROM BEHIND. THAT WAS GABRIEL MURPHY WITH
THE FIRST SACK OF THE THINGS ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD.
>> A YEAR AGO WITH THE FALCONSe] THEY WERE qHAVING A JOINT
PRACTICE WITH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS AND HE LEFT THAT
PRACTICE WITH HIS RIGHT LEG IN AN AIR CAST.
THAT ISxD TOO BAD FOR MOORE. >> EXCELLENTf?. I WONDER IF SCO
WAS ONE OF THE r THROWING RIGHT, CAUGHT,?ixD LUC
JACKSON LEFT HIS FEET AND FIRST AND GOAL FOR THE
MINNESOTA VIKINGS LED BY SAM HOWELL WITH 13 PLAYS AND 93
YARDS AND THEY WILL HUSTLE TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
HOWELL UNDER CENTER. SNEAKING UP THE MIDDLE.
AND — TOUCHDOWN! THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS FIRST
PRESEASON TOUCHDOWN COMES FROM THE LEGS OF BACKUP QUARTERBACK,
SAM HOWELL. >> SAM HOWELL HAD FIVE RUSHING C
TOUCHDOWNS TWO SEASONS AGO, WE up that exact question. He
paused. He gave a very
thoughtful like consideration to all the other positions, like,
yeah, I think you’re right.
>> Clovis. Trouble hit down, throws it away. Might be a sack
for Eric Wilson and Rick Wilson.
That’d be super cool if they had to run four times. And here
come the Houston Texans. Kedon
Slovis still at quarterback. First and ten. Woody marks the
USC rookie. He gets the call and
down to the turf he goes. It’s a loss of one on the tackle is
Brian Asamoah.
>> Well Pete was talking about him in the first half. He didn’t
have a really good camp. He
comes out on a blitz right down of vibe today.
>> Let’s see if we get a sack or
a tackle for loss. >> Woody Marks.
>> Tackle for loss. That’s what
you do. >> There we go.
>> I mean, you jump on the mic.
It’s a tackle for loss. So now it’s going to be second and 11.
Let me let me get the business
out of the way. How’s the hamstring. How are you doing.
>> It’s coming along. You know
just every single day. Just a tough offense. You know, we
asked we ask a lot from him. And
to be a quarterback in this league and to have all of the
pressure on him. I feel like
he’s doing a phenomenal job with it.
>> All right. Bear. Bear hits a
field goal from 43 1310 Vikings last year. How many have been in
the top seven? Oh, Xavier. Nice.
Look at him go. Left side, 2530. Shook a tackle, dude. Xavier’s
got big and strong. Well done.
How many of your seasons in your when there was a little scuffle
with Aaron Jones and all this
stuff, and he’s like, I just have the hockey player
mentality.
>> Go get it. Go get it. >> Are.
>> Come on JJ.
>> Rippin deep right. Jayshawn. Jay. Sean. Yeah that was Jay
Sean. And they couldn’t bring.
>> It in. >> Incomplete.
>> Okay okay. You want to talk
to the people who you got to coverages, asking him how he
likes, you know, our defense
versus the Philly defense. And how is it different. How is it
better. You know so there we go.
Good play. So it’s been a learning it’s been a learning
stage for him. But I’m excited
to see what he has. You know anyone come out here and get
hurt, especially on their first
opportunity of the season. So that’s that’s definitely going
to be a tough loss for us. But
you know we’re going to be praying for him. We’re going to
be having his back the whole
entire way for him to get right back on his feet.
>> And Justin, we.
>> We were just. of fun. 1310 Minnesota into the
fourth quarter. Mertz, rookie
fade left. Incomplete. Nice play at the 42 yard line. That indeed
was an excellent play by Rhett
Stewart. First full year from Troy. Reggie Stewart fourth
down. And that’s it’s for a
cornerback. Yeah. You got to Lakes. Visit vikings.com to
learn more and purchase tickets.
Welcome back Brett Rypien is sacked. That’s what Jonathan
Greenard does. All he does is
sack the quarterback. And Tatum managed to run him down. Tatum.
>> Yeah it’s funny that you
mentioned all he does is sack in game the same way you do in
practice. So it’s just a simple
thing of just keeping the same things basic and watching these
boys fly around make plays.
>> All right, well, can’t wait to see you walk. Moving around,
flying around, making plays real
soon. >> Very very very very soon. So.
Can’t wait.
>> All right. Thanks, Jonathan. We’ll send it back to you in the
booth.
>> Thank you. Tatum. Oscar Chapman, the Aussie. Oh, it’s a
fumble. And the Texans fell on
the muff. Hard to catch the who he was from Houston. Blake
Cashman, stuff like that. I had
no idea how good. Look at look at Graham. Go on the boot left.
Interception. Yes, I knew he was
in trouble. I knew he got himself in some trouble rolling
out the wrong way. Ambry Thomas,
fifth year from Michigan with Leading 1310 with ten minutes to
go in preseason game one. Max
Brosmer. He of the lanky variety stands tall in the shotgun,
fires to the right and it is
caught for a Minnesota Vikings touchdown. Dante Felton with the
touchdown and Minnesota leads
1910. thing Josh McCown in.
>> 2000.
>> Three Brosmer takes the snap. He steps up fires to the end
zone. Touchdown. Vikings. The
price was right on that play. all we’re all having fun. Some
of the boys are showing out. So
it’s exciting. >> Who are some of the boys that
have shown out today that have
impressed you the most? >> You know, I mean, I got to go
with the tight ends, you know,
our boy Ben, he was blocking And to watch him learn the game,
understand the offense has been
fun to be around. You know, I’ve tried to try to give him some
nuggets here and there. You
know, whether it’s after meetings or at snack, you know.
So he’s he’s he’s performed
really well and he’s a guy I look forward to. You know,
playing on this team and making
an impact. Mertz goes out of the shotgun.
He’s going to pass Mertz dump
left. Caught Brooks. Oh, he shook on Kobe King first down
for the Houston Texans. Trailing
20 to 10. For more on Levi Drake gives them autonomy to call
games in the preseason.
Interception by the Minnesota Vikings. The ball was tipped and
its picked off. And that’s Caleb
Halasi who has two interceptions. And Paul you take
a look at this team last year in
the turnover ratio 2520 I’m quarterback. When J.J. McCarthy
says the feet and eyes tell the
story. What blue brosmer. Fleming court. We’ll get into
that after the two minute
warning. It’s going to be first and goal for the Vikings. I
mean, Brosmer is just looping
things left and right and statistician here into his 19th
year. As the numbers pointer in
the statistician for the vast and ever expanding Minnesota
Vikings audio network. And also
one of my very best friends. And I love you very much, buddy. And
finally, we have another
luminary taking in the

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