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less than triumphant.
Domanick Davis ran for two quick touch
downs early in the third quarter and David Carr
made his own unplanned appearance Sunday, ral
lying the Texans to a 17-13 victory Sunday over
the Falcons.
It was Vick’s first game since fracturing his
right leg in the second week of preseason.
“I think I’ve got my elusiveness back,” Vick
said. “I have to take my hat off to their defense.
They gave me some looks I hadn’t seen in a long
time. They did their homework and it was just
their day.”
Vick, the top overall draft choice
in 2001 who set an NFL rushing
mark for quarterbacks with 1,066
yards over his first two seasons,
made his debut with 2:14 remaining
in the third quarter. He completed a
9-yard pass to Justin Griffith on his
first play, though the drive ended
with a punt.
Vick relieved Doug Johnson, who
started eight times in Vick’s absence.
Johnson was 12-of-27 for 116 yards
and an interception that cost the
Falcons (2-10), who have lost three
straight and 10 of 11.
At the start we
thought he was hurt,
then we could see he
was throwing on the
sidelines and wasnt
hurt.
Texans linebacker Jay Foreman was miffed the
Falcons didn’t start their best quarterback.
‘‘At the start we thought he was hurt, then we
could see he was throwing on the sidelines and
wasn’t hurt,” Foreman said. “They took the
Texans like it was a warmup game, and we took
it personal.”
Comerback Marcus Coleman had a slightly
different take.
“Apparently he could have started. We’re just
glad he didn’t,” Coleman said.
Vick was 8-of-ll for 60 yards and ran three
times for 16 yards in just over a quarter of action.
Before Vick came back, it was last year's top
draft pick making the first unscheduled appear
ance. Carr was supposed to miss the game after
spraining his right shoulder two weeks ago. But he
was pressed into action when Tony Banks broke
his right hand on another player’s helmet near the
end of the first half.
Carr, playing in obvious pain, led a 63-yard
drive on the Texans’ first possession of the second
half, getting 36 yards himself with a Vick-like run
to the Atlanta 22. Davis ran untouched for a 7-yard
touchdown and a 10-7 lead for the Texans (5-7).
Johnson’s next play was an interception
thrown right to Coleman, who ran it back 22
yards to the Atlanta 13. Davis took it from there,
punching it in from 2 yards for his second score
in less than three minutes.
Davis, the Texans’ standout rookie, ran for
101 yards on 24 carries. It was his fourth 100-
yard performance.
Carr, who slumped in discomfort after some of
his five pass attempts, completed two for 25 yards
and an interception. Vick also showed he wasn’t
himself when linebacker Shantee Orr caught him
and forced an intentional grounding penalty that
led to Jay Feely’s 42-yard field goal
with 1:24 left.
Coleman covered the ensuing
onside kickoff and the Texans
exhausted the clock.
“We knew we had to raise the
level of our play, because we know
what type of player he is,” said Orr,
promoted from the practice squad
three games ago. "When he rolled
out on the second or third play, you
could see he was ready to play. It
was an awesome accomplishment
to stop him.”
Carr downplayed his injury,
which appeared worse when he
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difficult to throw," Carr said.
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got to his feet.
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was tackled after the long run.
“I don’t think I reinjured it, just aggravated it,
so it made it a little difficult to throw," Carr said.
Texans ofTensive coordinator Chris Palmer said
the Texans considered substituting rookie Dave
Ragone, who has not played yet, had the situation
called for more passing.
T.J. Duckett, getting the start after Warrick
Dunn suffered a season-ending left foot injury last
week, had a 1-yard TD run in the second quarter.
He finished with just 31 yards on 12 carries
against a notoriously soft Houston run defense.
Kris Brown hit a 40-yard field goal later in the
quarter for Houston. The Falcons, who led 7-3 at
halftime, fell to 0-6 when leading at the break.
NOTES: Duckett has scored touchdowns in
five straight games. ... The Texans’ Kris Brown
has made 15 straight field goals of 40 yards or
less. He missed a 52-yard try toward the end of the
first half when he banged it off the right upright....
Texans reserve safety Ramon Walker, who
blocked a punt and a field goal try last week
against New England, tore a ligament in his left
knee and is out for the season.
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