Los Angeles Rams vs. Houston Texans | 2024 Preseason Week 3 Game Highlights

TO FORCE THE TEXANS TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. >> Kevin: SECOND DOWN. UNDER PRESSURE, SLIDES SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN HERE AT THE 38-YARD LINE. FIRST START FOR DRESSER WINN IN ANY FOOTBALL GAME SINCE 2022, UT MARTIN. >> Kevin: MY APOLOGIES. VERY GOOD POINT. IN THE AIR. COVER JOB THERE FOR KRIS BOYD. TALKING ABOUT GUYS WHO HAVE HIS GUNNERS, BUT A DEFENSIVE BACK AND SPECIAL TEAMS, PUSHING HARD TO GET ON THAT 53. >> Kevin: THE BALL RECOVERED BY THE RAMS AT THE 12-YARD LINE. >> ND: HUGE MISTAKE. YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE IT ON ONE PLAY DETERMINING WHETHER HOLD THEM TO A FIELD GOAL HERE. IN MOTION. FORMER OLE MISS PRODUCT, AND A HOUSTON NATIVE WHO STARTED OFF TO SEE WHO IS MENTALLY TOUGH AND WHO CAN KEEP THAT MOTOR GOING. >> Kevin: ON THE ROLL. THE CATCH MADE. JOHNSON WITH THE TACKLE. GREAT JOB BY LONNIE JOHNSON. FOR THE RAMS. >> Kevin: AND THE KICK BY IS 30-YARD RUN. SILVER IN MOTION. HE'S ACROSS THE 35 TO THE 36. CASE KEENUM, WE WERE TALKING WITH OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR THE OTHER DAY BEFORE THIS GAME. CASE, BUT WITH THAT EXPERIENCE, CASE IS COOL AND CALM AND OUT THERE. >> Kevin: GOOD RUN OUT TO THE 4. IT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN, AND AKERS, HE PLAYED WELL TO START I'M TELLING YOU, I LIKE CAM AKERS, BOYS. HE HAS BEEN A STUD IN CAMP THUS FAR. >> Kevin: GETS THE CARRY AGAIN, BRANDON JACKSON, FIFTH ROUND -- GOT IT RIGHT AND KEPT RUNNING DOWN THE FIELD. THIRD AND 12. HAS TO DIVE TO GET THAT ONE. HE'S DOWN AT THE 49-YARD LINE. 6 YARDS SHORT OF A HOUSTON FIRST GIANTS DO? PICK 6. >> Kevin: TURN UP FIELD FOR BOSTON SCOTT. THIS IS INTERESTING. BOSTON SCOTT IS 5'6". WOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE HIM AS A BACKUP RUNNING BACK. >> Kevin: OVER THE MIDDLE AND IT'S CAUGHT AT THE 35-YARD LINE. GOOD THROW AND CATCH. XAVIER HUTCHISON SNAGS IT FOR THE FIRST DOWN. >> John: X MAN MAKING THE PLAY. THAT'S A RECEPTION. >> Kevin: ABSOLUTELY. SECOND AND 10 AKERS, AND THERE'S ROOM OUT THERE. CAM AKERS ON THE RUN, AND AKERS DOWN AT THE 22, A PICKUP OF 13 AND A FIRST DOWN FOR THE TEXANS. >> John: LOVE THE PATIENCE. WHAT THE PAYING. PATIENCE. >> Kevin: FIRST AND 10 LINE THIS QUARTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY VERIZON. IT'S THIRD AND 18. KEENUM TO THE AIR, INCOMPLETE. STEVEN SIMS, THE INTENDED TARGET. CAMERON MCCUTCHEON WAS IN THERE NOT, BUT ON THAT THROW, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAW. COULDN'T CONNECT. GREAT PLAY BY MCCUTCHEON. >> Kevin: FIELD GOAL TRY. GREAT SEASON FORM. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, AND THE TEXANS KNOT IT UP AT 3 APIECE. FILL IN HAVE A CHANCE TO SHOW SOMETHING ON FILM. >> Kevin: BOSTON SCOTT TRYING TO PIVOT OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, NOWHERE TO GO. THAT PENETRATION, GOT INTO THE BACKFIELD. A KEY POINT ABOUT DEFENSIVE BACK CHART. TEXAN DEFENSE THREE 3 AND OUTS. FIRST AND 10 FOR BOIL, TARGETING METCHIE. A LITTLE SPIN WITH YARDAGE AND A FIRST DOWN, AND THAT WILL GET THEM EXCITED ON THE HOUSTON SIDELINE. MAYBE ABOUT A HALF YARD SHORT, BUT AN EXCELLENT PLAY. >> ND: ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE THAT MOVE, NASTY. THAT DEFENSIVE END BRENNAN JACKSON BEING OUT THERE IN SPACE. >> Kevin: HERE IS THE GUY A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT EARLY IN THE PRESEASON, SIXTH ROUND PICK IN THE DRAFT OUT OF LOUISVILLE IN THAT DEEP RUNNING BACK ROOM. THAT. HIS IS A LITTLE BIT SLIPPERIER. BUT HE'S GOT THAT SLIPPERINESS THAT MAKES HIM FUN TO WATCH. >> Kevin: TO THE SIDELINE, TARTING BRITISH BROOKS, AND BROOKS -- >> ND: 5'11", 230 POUNDS, AND HE WITH CAM AKERS. I LIKE THIS LOOK FOR THE TEXANS. >> Kevin: AKERS, CAM AKERS, FIRST DOWN, HOUSTON AT THE 14 OF LOS ANGELES. >> ND: AND YOU TALK ABOUT -- WHATEVER YOU WANT HIM TO DO TO MAKE THIS ROSTER. >> Kevin: SECOND AND 8 TO THE SIDELINE, CONNECTS WITH HUTCHISON. JARRED VIOLENTLY BY CAM LAMPKIN AT THE 8-YARD LINE. >> Kevin: THIRD AND 4 COMING UP UP. >> Kevin: 4th DOWN AND 1. IN MOTION. PLAY FAKE. THE TOSS. IT'S A TEXAN TOUCHDOWN! >> ND: YOUTELL THAT GUY THIS GAE DOESN'T MATTER. >> Kevin: FROM THE 30-YARD LINE, RAMS WILL GO TO WORK. AND ON FIRST DOWN, TEXANS RUSH 4. OVER THE MIDDLE, SMITH. A BATTLE WITH THE RAMS WITH SCOUTED. IF THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE, AS THEY SAY, ON THE STREET, YOU REMEMBER WHAT THEY DID, AND YOU SAY LET'S BRING THEM IN FOR THAT TUESDAY WORKOUT. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, EVERY TUESDAY IN THE NFL IS WHERE FREE AGENTS WANTING TO ATTACH TO A JUST SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. THIRD DOWN AND 1 FOR THE RAMS. HANDOFF UP THE GUT. EVANS WITH A FIRST DOWN TO THE 44. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HOMECOMING. MOVES THE CHAINS TO THE RAMS. >> John: A FEW TIMES IN THE BUILDING WITH THE MUSTANGS. NO WONDER HE'S A FIVE STAR. >> John: THAT WAS WAS ZACH EVAN. >> Kevin: DRIVES DOWN AT THE 30 AFTER A 14-YARD SCRAMBLE, DRESSER WINN HAS A FIRST DOWN FOR LOS ANGELES. >> ND: DEFENSIVE LINE COACHES PREACH THIS ALL THE TIME, RUN HOW TOUGH IS THAT? >> ND: VERY TOUGH. AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE OPENING, AND YOU JUMP AND THE QUARTERBACK SEES HIS OPENING. >> Kevin: A GOOD TURN UPFIELD, THIS TIME AT THE 26-YARD LINE. 12-YARD GAIN ON THE PLAY. LONNIE JOHNSON THERE ON THE STOP FOR HOUSTON. IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING COOL. >> Kevin: SMITH IN MOTION. GETS THE HANDOFF. SMITH WORKS HIS WAS DOWN TO THE 26-YARD LINE. THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT DRIVE, THIRD DOWN AND 6. FIVE RECEIVERS FOR DRESSER WINN. OVER THE MIDDLE. CATCH IS MADE, AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN. XAVIER SMITH ON THE GRAB, PICK UP OF 11. >> John: IT'S TOUGH MYLES BRYANT >> ND: THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT THEY WILL DO, 94, YOU'RE OFF SIDES, THE GOOD ONES. >> Kevin: EVANS UP THE MIDDLE OF THE ENDZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. ZACH EVANS COMING BACK HOME TO HOUSTON FINDS THE ENDZONE TO BRING THE RAMS WITHIN ONE. THEY HAVE A SPOT TO GO INSIDE TO COOL THEM OFF AND TAKE THEIR BODY BACK TO BASIC TEMPERATURE. RYANS SAID I DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW HOW HOT IT IS OUTSIDE OR HOW HUMID IT IS. I WANT OUR PLAYERS TO BE AS TOUGH AS POSSIBLE FOR GAME TIME. MAKE A PLAY FOR THE OFFENSE. >> Kevin: XAVIER SMITH, THE OTHER 19, DEEP FOR THE RAMS TO FIELD THIS PUNT. THE TEXANS HAVE GOT IT INSIDE THE 2. DDEANGELO ROSS TO GET IT. SPECIAL TEAMS WORKS TO THAT POINT. >> Kevin: 22-YARD PENALTY AND A FIRST DOWN. THE RAMS ARE SAYING THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HORSE COLLAR. SOME SAYING HE GRABBED >> Kevin: JUST GOT HERE AND MECH JUST METWITH METCHIE TODAY. >> Kevin: SECURE THAT THROUGH CONTACT AT THE 48th YARD LINE, SO 4th DOWN AND 12 AND TOMMY TOWNSEND ON TO PUNT IT AWAY. THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING AGAINST THE COLTS. >> Kevin: (INAUDIBLE). TURNS THE CORNER AND RUN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 34-YARD LINE BY JJ TAYLOR. 24-YARD RETURN AND A TIMEOUT IN HOUSTON. REST -- (INAUDIBLE). >> ND: 16 SPOTS, 16 GUYS THERE TO HAVE A JOB. >> Kevin: GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY >> FOR SURE ANDRE JOHNSON, ONE OF THE BEST WIDE RECEIVERS TO EVER PLAY IN THE LEAGUE AND DEFINITELY BEST WIDE RECEIVER TO PLAY FOR TEXAS, AND I WAS A HUGE FAN OF -- (INAUDIBLE). >> Shelby: PLAYING ALONGSIDE NFL VET JIMMIE WARD, WHAT ARE SOME MATTRESS FIRM. THIRD AND 10 AT THE 46. CAUGHT BY JOHNNY JOHNSON. HE PICKS UP 18 AND A FIRST DOWN. >> ND: NICE THROW, NICE PASS, VERY COMFORTABLE IN THAT POCKET, FOURTH DOWN, WHAT DO YOU DO? >> Kevin: FOURTH AND 3. PASS MADE. FIRST DOWN, HOUSTON. TO WANT HIM TO JUST DO W WHAT HE DID LAST YEAR? >> Kevin: LOOKING. THROWS. A TEXAS TOUCHDOWN! >> ND: (INAUDIBLE). BUT THEN WHEN THE BALL IS SNAPPED, HE CAN GO. >> Kevin: THIRD STRAIGHT -- (INAUDIBLE) THOMPSON. FORD IN THE BACKFIELD TO UP END THOMPSON. A LOT OF PLAYERS OUT THERE. >> Kevin: SIMS -- (INAUDIBLE). DOWN THE SIDELINE, FINALLY CHASED DOWN BY TANNER INGLE. OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE RAMS 38-YARD LINE. GAME. >> Shelby: (INAUDIBLE). YOU SAID YOU LIKE GETTING HIT EARLY IN THE GAME TO GET YOUR BLOOD FLOWING. WHO IS SOMEONE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO GET HIT BY? >> SOMEONE I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET HIT BY I WOULD SAY LIKE PASS, (INAUDIBLE) -- RAY LEWIS. THE 3-YARD LINE. SMITH THE MOTION MAN. THIS TIME, THE HANDOFF TO EVANS. UP THE MIDDLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN. ZACH EVANS IN FOR A SECOND TIME TODAY. HOUSTON NATIVE REALLY ENJOYING HIS RETURN TO HIS HOMETOWN, AND THE SITUATION RIGHT HERE, KEVIN, THAT I THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT. INTO THE SECONDARY AT THE 46-YARD LINE. 15-YARD RUN FOR BROOKS BEFORE MCCUTCHEON COULD BRING HIM DOWN. THIS IS WHAT I DON'T THINK THE TEXANS COULD DO LAST YEAR, GET