The Houston Texans' first preseason game of the 2022 season, the first game of any sort with Lovie Smith as the new head coach, was a perfect microcosm of the preseason as a whole, thus far. The quality of play was a melange of sloppiness, youthful mistakes, but with just enough good stuff sprinkled in to keep the good vibes moving in a positive direction.
In the end, it was third string quarterback Jeff Driskel engineering a late comeback drive, capped off by a short touchdown pass to Johnny Johnson III, to steal a win from the New Orleans Saints, 17-13. Look, if Jeff Driskel and Johnny Johnson III are anywhere close to the field late in games in the regular season, it's probably a disastrous campaign happening for the Texans. However, for one night, it was fun to see Texan uniforms beat Saints uniforms.
The results for individuals players and position groups are far more important than the final score of a preseason game, so let's hit some winners and losers from Saturday night, shall we?I actually went into this game feeling sorry for any receivers trying to make this roster, because with second string QB Kyle Allen down with COVID, that meant the wildly inaccurate Jeff Driskel was going to skipper at least three quarters of this game.
Of all the rookies in camp, Pitre has made the biggest impression, thus far, with not only his skill and level of play, but with his leadership and football IQ. You never know if that will translate onto the field from practice to an actual game. For Pitre on Saturday, it absolutely did. Playing a handful of series in the first half, Pitre had four tackles, including a tackle for loss where he darted into the backfield to take down a Saints ball carrier.
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