Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud completed 23 of 36 passes for 260 yards with one TD, no turnovers and a 94.7 passer rating. Nico Collins led Houston in receiving with eight catches for 135 yards and his team’s only TD on a 28-yard reception.<\/p>\n
The Texans took a 3-0 lead on the game’s opening possession on Fairbairn’s 56-yard field goal. The drive was sustained by Stroud’s 8-yard pass to running back Joe Mixon on third-and-6.<\/p>\n
The Bears answered, tying the score 3-3 on Santos’ 53-yard field goal. Williams completed 5 of 5 passes for 55 yards on the possession, including a 14-yard laser beam to receiver DeAndre Carter<\/a> on the right sideline on third-and-12.<\/p>\n The Texans retook a 10-3 lead on Stroud’s TD pass to Collins on second-and-24 on the first play of the second quarter. It came one snap after Collins had drawn a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for hitting cornerback Tyrique Stevenson<\/a> in the facemask.<\/p>\n Stroud was 4 of 4 for 70 yards on the drive, including an 18-yard completion to tight end Cade Stover on a play-action pass on fourth-and-1 from the 50.<\/p>\n After the Bears went three-and-out, the Texans increased their lead to 13-3 on Fairbairn’s 47-yard field goal. The drive was sustained by Stroud’s 21-yard pass to receiver Stefon Diggs on third-and-10 from the Houston 23.<\/p>\n The Bears later scored their first offensive touchdown of the season on Herbert’s 2-yard run, cutting the deficit to 13-10 with :32 left in the half. The TD came after receiver Carter drew a pass interference penalty on safety Calen Bullock at the Texans’ 6 on a third-and-14 play from the 30.<\/p>\n Fairbairn’s 59-yard field goal widened the margin to 16-10 with :01 left in the half. The kick was set up by Stroud’s 16-yard pass to Collins along the sideline.<\/p>\n Both teams punted on their first three possessions of the second half before Williams committed the first turnover of the game when his long pass intended for DJ Moore<\/a> was intercepted by cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. at the Houston 34.<\/p>\n The Texans converted the takeaway into Fairbairn’s 53-yard field goal, widening the margin to 19-10 with 13:39 left in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n Williams was then intercepted on a second straight drive when his pass intended for Cole Kmet<\/a> was picked off by cornerback Kamari Lassiter.<\/p>\n The Texans reached the Bears’ 4. But on first-and-goal, Andrew Billings<\/a> forced running back Cam Akers to fumble, and Kevin Byard III<\/a> recovered at the 3.<\/p>\n Converting the takeaway, Santos made it a one-score game at 19-13 with a 54-yard field goal with 2:51 remaining. But the Bears were unable to complete the rally.<\/p>\n “We didn’t execute the way we needed to,” Williams said. “We’re going to keep getting better. Everything is about the response. It’s Week 2. I’m a young guy, but I understand it’s a long season. I understand that it’s Week 2, understanding that we’re going to respond and get better every day.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud completed 23 of 36 passes for 260 yards with one TD, no turnovers and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2056],"tags":[37719,443,7,221,253,2368,6,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-169717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-article-rapid-recap","9":"tag-centerpiece","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-houstontexans","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114770958331742825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}