Salute to T.J. Yates - Winner of the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week

by Rip Jersey on Dec 17, 2011 12:23 PM CST

Houston Texans rookie QB, T.J. Yates was voted in by fans as the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week last week for his outstanding performance in the Texans-Bengals game at Cincy. We all remember that game for Yate's
last drive heroics, now known in the annals of history as "80 for 80," that won the game, propelling the Texans to their seventh straight victory and their first outright AFC South Division championship in club history. Pinch yourselves Texans fans, when you read that, because you aren't dreaming! What a week! What a season!

T. J. Yates isn't just the Pepsi Rookie of the Week to Texans fans, he is also one of the Texans in the growing list of Next Man Up!, substituting in for the injured Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart. And, the Texans picked a good week to lean on their young QB as he led the offense from the 20 to the TD, which included a 17 yard scramble on 3rd and 15 to keep the drive going. Yates remained poised every play on that drive. The "80 for 80" drive culminated with a memorable dart thrown to Kevin Walter on a crossing pattern at the goal line for the score with 2 seconds remaining that was finished with the winning extra point kick, as the Texans won 20-19. Also, not lost in the euphoria of this epic game was the repeated scanning by TV cameras during the game of the stadium's upper deck, where Yates' family had their visiting players seating. Many Texans watching from their living rooms shed a tear when the cameras went back to an upper deck shot of TJ's parents hugging in celebration after the victory was in the books.

Congratulations TJ, TJ's family, the Texans and all Texans fans everywhere!

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really glad he got the recognition he deserves.

btw how you annal history?

- Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.

"It's either gonna make you a man or a coward. One of the two. I'm a be a man. I ain't never seen a coward, heard a coward, coward not in ma vocabulary." - Lawrence Vickers

by NoSafetiesNeeded on Dec 17, 2011 2:02 PM CST reply actions

annals is another word for chronicles

You don’t have to be an English major to read BRB, but if you got here, you should be able to look words up.

"All our lives we're taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover." - Undrafted Free Agent and NFL Rushing Leader Arian Foster

by Rip Jersey on Dec 17, 2011 3:26 PM CST up reply actions

lol

I guess it’s better than analing history.

A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving

by Foster Child on Dec 17, 2011 10:47 PM CST up reply actions

hahahaaaaa

gratz TJ from all of TEXAS )

redskins- bought by Snyder, OWNED by THE Cowboys !
Ryan- If only i could get that kind of aggression from my. Hey! You gonna eat that ?
Texans .....stand tall and REP !

by IRONRAVEN on Dec 22, 2011 5:03 PM CST up reply actions

I was listening to one of our sports stations earlier, can't remember which..

They said people were tweeting during halftime for Delhomme? Ugh, wow, what game were they watching? Our problem in the first half didn’t really involve the QB that much.

Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.

"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.

by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 17, 2011 6:36 PM CST reply actions

That was just the Dehomme Family

"The greatest danger in planning for tomorrow is using yesterdays logic."
Marc Kahlberg

"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell

I think we will learn that the Bo$$man was right

by Barryfromtexas on Dec 17, 2011 6:46 PM CST up reply actions

Delhomme

Should not see the field in anything less then victory formation, or hand off duty in a mob up.

Division Champion Houston Texans
Wade Aid Is the Best Drink in the League.
The next time I read about our 3rd string QB, I might just Choke a Bitch.
2-0 Starting Rookie QB, get it right.

by WreckNTexan on Dec 17, 2011 7:31 PM CST up reply actions

Mob=Mop

I suppose either works

Division Champion Houston Texans
Wade Aid Is the Best Drink in the League.
The next time I read about our 3rd string QB, I might just Choke a Bitch.
2-0 Starting Rookie QB, get it right.

by WreckNTexan on Dec 17, 2011 7:31 PM CST up reply actions