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Browns' errors open door for Texans' win

Cleveland Browns
01/01/2007 8:13 AM
AP reports the Texans had to deal with two losses just before Sunday's game. Fortunately for them, they didn't let those lead to a much bigger one. Houston lost both RB Ron Dayne and TE Jeb Putzier to injuries in pregame warmups, but shook off the shock from that to beat Cleveland 14-6 for its second straight win. Dayne aggravated the ankle he injured against the Colts and Putzier, a tight end, fractured his foot before the game. "I've been doing this a long time and I ain't never seen what I saw in warmups," said Texans HC Gary Kubiak. "We lost two very important pieces of our puzzle and I think that showed in the first half. I think the guys were stunned at what happened. Thank God the defense and special teams just really took on an extra load." Read more