Hoyer Texans pull away from Saints

NEW ORLEANS -- sounded pleased about his Austin Rivers Jersey first game as the ' designated starter., meanwhile, looked determined not to let his disappointment linger over his relegation to a backup role.Hoyer led scoring drives on two of his three series on Sunday, and the went on to a 27-13 preseason victory over the inconsistent and undisciplined ."It's good to come out and start the game and move the ball like we did," Hoyer said. "That means what we are doing is moving the team in the right direction."All three Houston quarterbacks led scoring drives. Mallett threw a 6-yard touchdown pa s to , and afterward downplayed the anger he'd expre sed at the initial news that Hoyer was named the starter over him."There was nothing to put behind me," Mallett said. "I felt like we went out there and executed our game plan and we moved the football and scored some points Bernard King Jersey on them."Houston's third-string quarterback, hit rookie for a 6-yard score in the fourth quarter.Hoyer finished 7 of 11 for 82 yards. Mallett was 9 of 17 for 77 yards, and Savage finished 5 of 7 for 58 yards.Houston took the lead for good on its first offensive series, capped by former Theo Pinson Jersey LSU running back 's 1-yard run. The score was set up by a pa s-interference call on cornerback , who was trying to prevent from hauling in Hoyer's pa s in the end zone. Hopkins had already beaten Lewis for a 29-yard catch on the drive.The (1-2) outgained the (2-1), 393 yards to 292 yards, with New Orleans reserve running back scoring on a Tim Hardaway Jr. Jersey 45-yard run.But New Orleans' first two trips inside Houston's 20 produced only 3 points. The also committed 11 penalties for 148 yards. coach Sean Payton didn't hide his annoyance at the penalties and cracked sarcastically that his defensive lineman should put on a New Orleans-style second-line parade to celebrate their first sack of the preseason, which came in the second half when rookies and brought down Savage."Penalties, obviously, jump out, right? The pa s Alec Burks Jersey rush. Those are things that stand out," Payton said while discu sing areas of concern.But Payton was happy with seventh-round draft choice , stating, "He's making this team." Murphy had 110 yards from scrimmage and would have had a long punt return if not for an illegal block by that Payton referred to as "dumb football."Copyright 2015 by The A sociated Pre s