HOUSTON — C.J. Stroud threw for 260 yards and a landing and Ka′imi Fairbairn kicked 4 subject objectives to assist the Houston Texans high the Chicago Bears 19-13 on Sunday evening.
Fairbairn linked from 56, 47, 59 and 53 yards, and Houston’s protection put heavy stress on Caleb Williams for a lot of the sport.
Stroud’s 28-yard scoring move to Nico Collins put Houston up 10-3 early within the second quarter, and the Texans led 16-10 at halftime.
Houston (2-0) had bother transferring the ball within the second half and managed solely a subject aim, however its protection intercepted Williams twice to safe the victory.
Williams, the No. 1 total decide within the NFL draft, was 23 of 37 for 174 yards. He was sacked seven instances.
Houston’s Cam Akers fumbled on the Chicago 4 with about 6½ minutes left, and the Bears (1-1) recovered. Cairo Santos made a 54-yard subject aim to make it 19-13 with 2:51 left.
The Texans couldn’t get something occurring their subsequent drive and punted with about 90 seconds left. However Williams was sacked by Danielle Hunter on second down and his fourth-down move fell incomplete to permit Houston to expire the clock.
Collins had 135 yards receiving for a second straight 100-yard recreation to energy the offense in a recreation the place Joe Mixon left briefly with an ankle harm. He managed simply 25 yards dashing after he led the NFL with 159 yards dashing final weekend in his Houston debut.
Neither staff scored within the second half till Houston prolonged the result in 19-10 with a 53-yard subject aim early within the fourth quarter. That rating was arrange when Williams was hit as he threw and was intercepted by Derek Stingley.
On Chicago’s second play of the subsequent drive Williams escaped a sack solely to throw one other interception. This time he was picked off by rookie Kamari Lassiter, a second-round decide from Georgia.
The Texans went in entrance for good on Collins’ TD reception on the primary play of the second quarter. That play got here after he was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct on the earlier play for pushing his hand into Tyrique Stevenson’s face after the cornerback again put his arms in Collins’ face.
The Texans made it 13-3 with a 47-yard subject aim on their subsequent possession. Stroud had a stellar throw on the drive, discovering Collins for an 18-yard acquire on the run regardless of taking successful as he threw.
A 2-yard scoring run by Khalil Herbert simply earlier than halftime reduce Houston’s result in 13-10. It was the primary landing on offense for the Bears this season after they failed to attain any final week. The rating was arrange by a move interference name on rookie Calen Bullock that gave the Bears a primary down on the 6.
A 59-yard subject aim by Fairbairn made it 16-10 at halftime.