INSTANT AUDIO | Vandy & Andre Ware react to a huge victory, plus Will Anderson Jr. and Brevin Jordan

that's going to do it the Texans take down Tennessee 26-3 they lock up a winning season in demo Ryan's first campaign and take another big step toward the postseason with the Horseshoe up next on the road big win for Houston 23 three-point Victory dominating performance by this Texans defense stoud came back in he was the model of consistency that he has been all year long to care the football delivered it on time no rust whatsoever and should be ready to go next week in a big way and will Anderson Jr and Drew dhy about to Converse at the 40 yd line let's go downstairs and find out what Drew's up to well look who it is htown we got Will Anderson back well you miss two weeks you come back with a vengeance backto back Stacks how important was that for you man I think it's just all about the team I got to give all glory to God man he's blessed this team tremendously with a bunch of talent a bunch of great guys a bunch of great coaches a bunch of great teammates man coach talked about it all week is just emptying the tank and I think that's exactly what we did today we emptied the tank and everybody left it on the field today everybody in the NFL this time of year is banged up the defensive line for the Texans especially so you were missing a few starters today you're banged up as well what's it say about the effort of you guys up front to do what you did all the sacks you hold them to about 50 yards rushing how important was the dline today yeah it was very important man we just show grit you know what I'm saying we talk about it all the time it starts with up up front and the fisers was up up front man and everybody came to work everybody had that mentality that we won't be denied and you know we're striving to be one of the best D lons in the league and that's the main goal and we just want to keep going and get to the playoffs you were back today Blake Cashman was back today your buddy CJ strad was back today what sort of lifted that give the team you know they did a great job you know without us but just having us back man it's just the togetherness as a team man we all one family you know everybody's together and I think that's what we did we played together we uh worked for together like all week we was talking about play for the person besides you and I think everybody did a dogo good job of doing that today and you got one week to go you head to Indianapolis you win you're in the playoffs no matter what how sweet a feeling is that for you man it's a sweet feeling for all of us man we got to reach that goal and we just got to keep chopping wood and keep going love y'all htown thank you to all the fans let's go let's hear it for Will Anderson number 51 we're live from The Mattress Firm broadcast Booth It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year when your football team has clinched a winning campaign and has a real shot to get into the playoffs but the Texans must win in next week at Indie to assure themselves of a postseason ticket and at the Jags lose next week to Tennessee go titans next week then they'll be the AFC South Champs with a victory at Indianapolis a lot of different things can happen and a lot of memorable moments have has have occurred over the course of this home regular season schedule and there's nothing like you your friends family drinking ice cold Coca-Cola watching Texans football letting the memory occur Coca-Cola together tastes better well three and half by the Texans D to start this game then a field goal drive but the Texans looking pretty sharp they stalled connected three nothing lead later in the first and then the drive extended into the second quarter Texans going a 94 yd March Titans got called for roughing the punter or just running into the punter that extended the drive later on they got it down out of the 12 yd line and the quarterback who had not been in action for 3 weeks went to work first down at the Tennessee 12 yd line CJ fakes the G dumps it off short left brev Jordan across the five walks in touchdown Houston Brevin Jordan second TD reception of the Year touchdown pass number 21 for CJ strad 10- nothing Houston after that all the points they would need on the afternoon but they would add to it because later on in the second it was a sack Fest for the Texans today while will Levis was still in the game Jerry Hughes on the repping htown afternoon would be heard from that dline went to work with some big fireworks here's a pistol set with Henry behind Levis first down Titans at their 25 yd line Levis fakes to give to Henry in the pocket Here Comes Jerry Hughes to bury the quarterback ball out and here comes a score score for the Houston Texans as rankins runs it in scoop score how about that touchdown Texans 17- nothing after Fair Bear's extra point he would add a 38- yd field goal before the break Titans before the break were driving but a sack by Will Anderson Jr pushed Ryan tanah hill now in the game for will Levis back and then on the next play Anderson again here's a second down of 19 for the Titans at the Houston 45 yd line tanah hill shotgun one back two receivers each side tanah Hill to throw more pressure on the way and will Anderson gets him again backto back sacks Will Anderson Jr seven sacks on the year now what a play there but tanah Hill came back and fired a dart to DeAndre Hopkins to enable Nick Folk to connect from 53 yards at the halftime buzzer for the only points of the afternoon for Tennessee 20-3 Texans in the second half would add a couple of field goals by Fair bear defense came up with stop after stop turnover on Downs when the Titans were in a goal to go they got a penalty too so I believe it was seven plays that the Texans stopped the Titans on inside the 10 yd line amazing stuff there and then another turnover on downs and late in the game demo Ryan was able to empty the bench a bit pulled CJ Strat a few other players Davis Mills MO up Texans win 263 and Drey what a performance today top to bottom all three phases really looking good and that's what they needed today yeah they really did I mean they needed a a a confidence boost going in the next week for it to really mean something uh against the Colts you kind of control your own destiny they wanted to take care of that and not have to depend on a bunch of different scenarios next week are hanging on by a sliver so you win today and winning convin convincing fashion you set yourself up for a big time road trip and a big game next week against the Colts and Garder menu hey let's go see let's go see what's going to happen I love it 263 the final count the Houston Texans take apart Tennessee and run their record to 9 and seven clinching a winning season playoff birth can be clinched next week with a win at the Indianapolis Colts and Andre let's have the sack report yeah knocked out a quarterback in uh with a sack our our HB sack report the Texans had six sacks in today's ball game two by Will Anderson Derek Barnett had a sack and a half Sheldon rankins had a sack also a scoop and score Jerry Hughes provided the fumble and the sack that uh scored or allowed Sheldon rankins to score Kurt hinish had a half sack all totaling to six sacks on the game and as part of sacks for Hunger HB will donate $1,000 to the Houston Food Bank every time the Texans sack the quarterback the HB sack attack it's brought to you by HB the official tailgate headquarters of the Houston Texans well we know the Titans are not an offensive Juggernaut but when you needed it most your defense came up with a huge day 187 yards allowed that's the fewest all season for an opponent and Derk Henry this one wasn't as masterful as last time but it was masterful 42 yards for Henry on 12 carries that's it that's all he got tanah Hill threw for one 68 Levis did not even hit 20 yards passing before he was knocked out of the game in the first half DeAndre Hopkins pretty nice day for him seven catches 72 yards but the Texans took control and Andre the most important thing in this game how did CJ look in his return after a 3-we absence he looked like he'd never missed a beat you know timing was there accuracy was there uh everything he looked he bounced around moved around well threw well on the run when he needed to uh I I just thought it was a solid performance by CJ across the board he checked every box for me in his return 263 final score the Houston Texans with the win over the Tennessee Titans Texans go six and3 at home they are 9 and seven on the season they are winners in 2023 but the postseason birth remains extremely possible as you go to Indianapolis next week a win over the Colts gets it done the Colts have defeated the Las Vegas Raiders today Reliant power player of the game a featured player from the matchup proud to be the official energy provider of the Houston Texans Reliant well this is going to be Brevin Jordan who caught a touchdown pass today and Andrew Beck was unavailable got injured on Friday in practice so Jordan had to do all the fullback duties he was in there for a lot of snaps Johnny Harris catches up with brev in the locker room all right down Victoria's locker room standing next to number nine which is symbolic for nine wins brev Jordan your most win since you've been in Texan how's it feel feels great man I mean when you when you experience three four win Seasons bro back toback years it's you it's there's really no words for it man I'm just so so blessed man to be on this team with these with the staff with these players man it's it's unbelievable feeling take me through your touchdown seem to get in there pretty easy this time you were able to stay in bounds a couple games where you got close to the white this time you stayed in bounds and got all the way in take me through it yeah man it was actually we ran it on the first drive bro but the first play the first time we ran it I I blocked I stayed in so we set it up the next Drive our OC you know he came back came to me and told me he trust me man and called it man he said run the slide so I ran it and it was wide open and just huge credit to My OC my my tight end Coach CJ they all believe in me man it was just a huge confidence boost for me Andrew Beck out today so you now in your role you do a lot of different things for the team there's no doubt you're kind of like the Desmond King of the offense right Dez yeah Dez sitting here listening but you play a little bit more fullback today leading on a few more runs how did you kind of take that role looked pretty good in some of those runs to pop for motor and for Daman yeah it felt good man I mean when you when you in this offense you got to be a Swiss army knife you know the fullbacks the tight ends we're we we're in the same room together so we're we're we're we got to be able to know both positions at all times we got to be able to be ready and honestly it was fun I had a little fun out there man there was a couple plays I wish I could go back and you know like that four four four-minute drive we ran a power I kind of missed the DN but other than that man I actually had a lot of fun out there blocking you know it was really a good time for me a lot of fun is the playoffs I know you guys are very aware it takes one win in a place where the Texans haven't won a lot and that's up in Indianapolis how's that feel with one game you get in the playoffs how's that feel how's the team kind of respond yeah we got a victory Monday man but we lost to the Colts week two you know the season you know it's it's one of those games where it's been cired on on the on the schedule for us for a long time we got to get back to work and we got to just you know be ready to go four quarters that's all we got four quarters and we're going to empty the tank and we're gonna you know try go out here and try to get the win BR ask you one more question just about the other side of the ball the defense seven plays inside the three yard line they hold them after a terrible call in Dez what about your defense today unbelievable man that's a guy that's a team full of full of guys that are resilient that love the game that that are are passionate about the game passionate about one another man I the the that defense is the sky is limit for them man whatever they want to achieve man they can achieve it and I honestly I feel like the same as with the offense whatever we want to achieve if all 11 guys are on their p and qes we can get anything done we can do anything we want to accomplish re I appreciate it man congratulations thank you appreciate you so much fun to hear those guys speak with confidence uh you just know every time you come to the stadium on a whatever day Saturday Sunday Monday or Thursday you got a chance to win with guys like that and the confidence in which they speak with you you know they mean exactly what they're saying and they leave it right out on the field it's a it's awesome it all trickles down from the top no yeah way from up here from the broadcast Booth all the way down I'm talking about Deo I know what you mean I know exactly what you mean but yeah from with Deo it uh he came in it's been a breath of fresh air uh since he got the job since he started to introduce his staff the draft was remarkable the trade back into the first round uh or down into the first round to get Will Anderson Jr right behind uh CJ stra I mean it started that night for me and then it just it's just continued on it's been one good thing after another to make it a magical season stad returning today was huge and Will Anderson coming back with two sacks huge as well among other plays of course at NRG Stadium the Houston Texans have knocked off the Titans 26-3 and they are 9 and seven they have a winning season and they have a playoff possibility if they beat the Colts next week there are other ways to possibly get in but let's not get into that right now 23- 20 the Colts defeating the Raiders today as we check them out primesport tale of the primesport.com for your VIP experienced needs Dre Gardner muu 224 yards today one touchdown no picks Jonathan Taylor 21 carries 96 yards 4 and a half per pop he had a touchdown here are the Colts they've got Taylor and muu has been the biggest blessing in disguise you can imagine after Anthony Richardson went out in week two here because they have nine wins and let's get on next week in inded yeah he proved it to everyone what he felt in his own right was that he was still a starting quarterback in this league and he's played that way you mentioned the 224 Jonathan Taylor I I'd throw in Alec Pierce who had a big reception for a touchdown a 58 yard touchdown catch Josh DS Michael Pitman is a a number one receiver in this league he had five receptions for 46 yards today so they've got a complete set on offense defensively they can get after you as well uh EJ speed Z Franklin Nick cross all those guys up front they can get after you so it'll it's no tall order I'd rather have them here MH but if you got to go there and do it it's inside it'll be perfect conditions to get it done let's just go there and get a win and get out of there get the 10 wins we've seen it happen before big win in Indie late in the season 2015 2016 last year different story of course but here it is the Tex have played the Colts 44 times in their history they've only won 10 of them next week a chance to win another and for the postseason ticket and we can't wait noon kick maybe we don't know we're going to know later on as the schedule will come out following all the week 17 results so the league can set up the slate in week 18 properly that's going to do it from n RG Stadium we want to thank everyone who worked on the broadcast today our producer and halftime host Robert Hensley our engineer Aaron Rael back at the studio at Network control doing a masterful job as always Ryan rocket Chris Santiago with the Highlight work John Harris with the sideline reporting duties Andre wear with game analysis I'm Mark Vander thanking you all for listening once again the final score from NRG Stadium on ripping htown day the Houston Texans 26 the Tennessee Titans 3 this is Texans radio