J.J. Watt after Texans’ win: That’s why you take the risk
J.J. Watt’s sack of Josh Allen in the third quarter ignited the Texans to their largest postseason comeback in team history. The sack was the defensive end’s first since Week Five, three games before he tore a pectoral muscle. “That was a big play in the game because the crowd really helped us in the fourth quarter there,” Texans coach Bill O’Brien said, via NFL.com.
Mike Pereira, Terry McAulay disagree with blindside block penalty on Bills
Josh Allen scrambled for 4 yards to the Houston 38 on third-and-nine, which would have given Sean McDermott a big decision: Go for it, give Stephen Hauschka a chance for a long field goal or punt. “The player is blocking toward his own end line, but the very subjective question would be does he make forcible contact with the shoulder?” NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay, a former NFL referee, tweeted. Mike Pereira, the NFL’s former supervisor of officials, also questioned the penalty.
Patriots likely to have league’s best haul of compensatory picks
The Patriots pick near the bottom of the draft order every year, but one of the ways they manage to replenish their roster season after season is by acquiring compensatory picks. Although the NFL has not yet announced the compensatory picks for the 202…