Brian Cushing's game changing interception (Video)

Mercilus came free. Rivers either didn't recognize the blitz or just tried to throw where it came from. But no TEs or backs to protect against a blitz can be bad news...and it was there because Cushing saw the all out pressure and knew Rivers had to throw to his first look b/c of the time

 

Not trying to bring off topic but I'm really starting to grow a man crush on Joe Mays. Guy lays people out.

 

This play happened because Cush was watching Rivers eyes, and made a great diving catch.

Very happy for Cush as he worked his @$$ to get back on the field.
All the talk has been on how Peterson came back from the injury, and finally today I heard Cushing getting some praise as well.

 

yea he does..

 

He was all over the field last night; very impressive.

 

Is he young with a chance to improve?

 

Sorry if this is obvious, but was this interception more on:

A. Cushing's ability to recognize that that the blitz was unblocked and thus commit to who he believed was Rivers' safety valve (Woodhead)

or

B. Rivers' unwisely choosing to throw it to Woodhead when he could have dumped it to Ladarius Green, the TE who lined up across from Mercilus, and thus sprang free because Mercilus blitzed

Watching the clip, as soon as Cushing sees Mercilus blitz unblocked, he immediately moves towards Woodhead rather than the undefended Green. Either Cushing knew that Woodhead would be the safety valve or he saw that Rivers' eyes were always locked onto the Left side of the field.

 

Great play in an otherwise subpar game by Cushing... granted he hasn't played in a while, plus coming off injury.

 

not that young.

he's 28. he'll be with us for only 1 year unless he blows up and sign another contract.

 

He had a great game.

 

Guess you missed it but they already gave him a 6 year deal.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9631514/brian-cushing-signs-6-year-extension-houston-texans-source

 

nevermind just realized you were talking about joe mays, just ignore me.

 

Nah... he wasn't his usual self.

 

I thought Cushing looked "slow" for most of the game. Takes awhile to get up to "game" speed.

 

I think Cush is ready whenever the whistle blows. It's great to have him back, and locked up every Sunday for awhile is good news.

Go Texans!!

 

Cushing was terrible in the first half.

 

To be fair, I don't think there's a single player on the team that had a good first half outside of maybe Andre Johnson. I'm giving Cushing a free pass because it was his first half of real football in close to a year, so it's natural for him to favor his knee, and be tentative. In that second half though, he was freaking NAILS. Great show by the whole team.

 

I saw that too. Early in the half he was the only one that show up on team wade

 

Just listening to that pro-Houston crowd is incredible. I flew to the New England Monday Night game last year, and that was a great experience getting to hang out with Houstonians, and taking over Boston for the weekend. However, I can't help but feel like the trip was marred by that abysmal performance by the team. This time though, I'm so happy for the fans that went to the game, because that will be an experience they will never, ever forget. I daresay we are becoming one of the best traveling fan bases in the country. I'm willing to bet that we are going to see a huge number of Texans fans at every road game this season, which is just plain awesome.