Atlanta Falcons Top Houston Texans 21-19 on Clutch FG

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00:00 The Houston Texans have reasons and week five was evidence of that to believe that they

00:06 are getting closer.

00:08 But the Atlanta Falcons evidenced in week five that they are closer to getting closer.

00:14 Mike Fisher reporting on 21-19, the Falcons clutch win over the Houston Texans.

00:20 They get that as time expires.

00:22 Back in the win column, Atlanta is over a Texans program that of course has been down

00:27 for years and years during and then after the Deshaun Watson era.

00:33 Falcons here trailed with less than two minutes to go after the Texans sensational rookie

00:37 quarterback CJ Stroud threw a touchdown pass to Dalton Schultz, the former Cowboy tight

00:41 end giving Houston a one point lead.

00:45 But then here comes Desmond Ritter with maybe his best game of his young career.

00:50 Looking sharp throughout, career high 329 passing yards, a touchdown 28 of 37.

00:56 Also ran a touchdown in.

00:58 Defense did its job by forcing Houston into field goals instead of touchdowns throughout

01:02 the day.

01:04 And then in the fourth quarter, Ritter finds Deshaun Robinson for a flip pass one handed

01:08 touchdown.

01:10 It was strange and wonderful.

01:13 And it proved to be a big part of the difference for the Atlanta Falcons.

01:18 Stroud again also played well for the Texans completing 20 of 35 passes, 249 yards and

01:24 a touchdown.

01:26 These are two programs that do look like they are heading in the right direction at this

01:30 moment based on week five.

01:32 Maybe the Atlanta Falcons are getting there and on the way to getting there a little bit

01:36 faster than the Houston Texans.

01:39 Fish out.