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"I don't think I could have imagined ... scoring one touchdown anywhere," he said. "Five right now is very cool."
Hopkins caught a 58-yard touchdown pass to extend Houston's lead to 24-0 at halftime. The second score by Hopkins made it 31-14 later in the third quarter. Andre Johnson had a nifty catch in the end zone to extend Houston's lead to 38-14.
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"Our win-loss (record) is not reflective of how mentally tough we are or how hard we work," Mettenberger said. "We just make dumb mistakes that keep putting us deeper and deeper in a hole."
Mettenberger was injured on the next series when driven to the ground by Watt. He had 184 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception. Locker was intercepted by Jumal Rolle on his first play.
An interception by Johnathan Joseph on Tennessee's first offensive play set up a 7-yard catch by Arian Foster, who returned after missing two games with a groin injury, and pushed Houston's lead to 14-0.
That didn't matter much as Jason McCourty caused a fumble, recovered it and raced 62 yards for a touchdown to get Tennessee within 24-14.
Fitzpatrick threw for a franchise-record six touchdowns and DeAndre Hopkins had a career-best 238 yards receiving and two scores as the Houston Texans set a team-record for points, rolling to a 45-21 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
Watt has 11 ½ sacks and five touchdowns to make him the first player to have at least 10 sacks and three or more touchdowns in a season since 1982, when sacks became an official statistic.
But Wright apparently didn't feel the same way and pantomimed one after his score.
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"Aaron Rodgers doesn't sack quarterbacks and catch touchdowns," Hopkins said. "(Watt's) multitalented. When's the last time you've seen a defensive end with this many touchdowns and be able to make the catches he's made?"
Tennessee's Zach Mettenberger injured his right shoulder playing behind a makeshift offensive line missing three starters. He said he has a sprain and thinks he'll be able to play next week, but that he'll have an MRI on Monday.
Hopkins was asked why he thinks Watt's a better choice for MVP than someone like Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
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Watt had his third touchdown reception, two sacks, forced and recovered a fumble for Houston (6-6) and enhanced his shot to become the first defensive MVP since Lawrence Taylor in 1986.
"I didn't know if I'd ever have a chance to play again," Fitzpatrick said. "It was eye-opening for me not to take it for granted and to embrace it."
The Titans were missing rookie left tackle Taylor Lewan (ankle), center Brian Schwenke (knee), who was placed on the injured reserve Tuesday, and right tackle Michael Oher (toe), who was active but did not play.
Fitzpatrick started after being benched for two games for Ryan Mallett, who suffered a season-ending chest injury last week.
NOTES: Joseph injured his Achilles tendon in the third quarter and didn't return, but said after the game that he was OK. ... The Titans said that WR Justin Hunter has a lacerated spleen and will spend the night in a Houston hospital. |
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