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GREEN BAY Tramon Williams Jersey , Wis. (AP) — Matt LaFleur walked out of the tunnel Thursday at Lambeau Field and couldn’t help but to take a minute to reflect.At just 39 years old, he was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers.“There was just a brief period of time when I looked up and you just see all the greats written all, in Lambeau,” he said. “It’s a pretty cool moment. It’s something I’ll never forget.”Article continues below ...DeShone Kizer was 8 for 13 with 102 yards and a touchdown and the Packers topped the Houston Texans 28-26 in the preseason opener for both teams and the first game for LaFleur as head coach.“I told the guys, ‘Whether it’s regular season or preseason, it always feels much better to win than lose,’ so I was happy about that. And more than anything else, I thought our guys gave great effort.”Tim Boyle added two second-half touchdown passes for the Packers as Aaron Rodgers had the night off.Rodgers, though, was on a headset all night, something LaFleur thought was helpful for the two-time MVP as he continues to get comfortable with the offense and the communication within it.“I think, more or less, again, the communication between myself and the quarterbacks,” LaFleur said. “You could see when we’re at practice sometimes, I don’t know if we’re playing the music too loud or what, but they’re having a hard time hearing me with Walkie Talkies. They said tonight was crystal clear.”With Deshaun Watson not playing and A.J. McCarron sidelined with a thumb injury on his right throwing hand, Joe Webb, the only other quarterback on the Texans’ roster, played the entire game. The 10th-year veteran was 25 for 40 for 286 yards a touchdown and two interceptions.“Joe competed hard Cheap Dexter Williams Jersey ,” Houston coach Bill O’Brien said. “Joe’s really what we’re really looking for in a Houston Texan. He’s a smart, tough, dependable guy. He doesn’t get a whole lot of reps at quarterback and he went in there and competed hard.”Packers receiver Equanimeous St. Brown recovered a fumbled punt in the end zone for a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.After the Texans tied it, Kizer threw a TD pass to Darrius Shepherd to give the Packers a 14-7 lead. Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 49-yard field goal made it 14-10 at the half.Boyle added TD passes to J’Mon Moore and Allen Lazard in the third quarter to give the Packers a 28-10 lead.“More than anything else was the command,” said LaFleur of what he liked most about the play of Kizer and Boyle. “That’s what we’re looking for. I thought they commanded the huddle. It seemed to me that the communication was on point. … I just thought the operation was clean.”The Texans rallied with 16 points in the fourth quarter, but fell short.“I thought the guys played hard,” O’Brien said. “We were in the game right till the end. Guys were fighting, battling, trying to keep us in the game, and I think that’s good to see.”Defensive tackle Montravius Adams, linebacker Oren Burks and safety Darnell Savage Jr. were the only defensive first-team players who dressed for the Packers, who rested 26 players.HOMETOWN STARDefensive end J.J. Watt’s tradition of playing catch with kids in the stands before games was a little more special as the Wisconsin native did it at Lambeau Field.This time he was also able to play catch with his dad.“It was obviously a really cool experience,” he said. “I mean, we used to play catch in the backyard and pretend you’re Brett Favre. So, to be able to play catch at Lambeau with my dad on the field, it’s pretty cool.”Watt, who has typically sat out the first preseason game, did not play after tweaking his groin in practice earlier in the weak for the Texans.Watt, who was the last player out of the tunnel for the Texans, soaked up the applause from the Green Bay crowd and participated in the coin toss.ALSO FEELING AT HOMEGreen Bay native Max Scharping got in on Houston’s first offensive drive. The rookie offensive tackle was selected by the Texans in the second round out of Northern Illinois.INJURIESTexans: WR Keke Coutee carted off the field in the first quarter with a leg injury.Packers: LB Oren Burks suffered an apparent injury to his right shoulder on the first series. He had an ice bag on the shoulder and did not return.ROSTER MOVESTexans: Houston acquired running back Duke Johnson in a trade with the Browns. Johnson rushed for 201 yards on 40 carries and had 47 catches for 429 yards and three touchdowns last season with Cleveland. Johnson has to pass to physical to complete the trade. The Texans also signed rookie QB Jordan Ta’amu and waived C D.J. Coker.Packers: Green Bay signed S Ibraheim Campbell Dexter Williams Jersey Womens , waived injured LB Kendall Donnerson and released RB Corey Grant. The 5-foot-11, 210-pound Campbell had 20 tackles (16 solo), a forced fumble and a pass defensed in three games (one start) for the Packers last season.NEXT UP:Texans: play host to Lions on Aug. 17.Packers: at Baltimore to face Ravens on Thursday night. The Green Bay Packers beat the New York Jets 44-38 in overtime on Sunday, and one of the most stunning stats from the game is the number of plays run by each team. Green Bay had a whopping 91 offensive snaps in the contest, while the Jets had just 60.Some of that was probably due to the Jets taking back a kickoff for a touchdown, but even so, the Packers’ drives seemed to be longer and more consistent, particularly from the second quarter on. In one stretch of 35 snaps from scrimmage going from the second quarter to the first drive of the third, the Packers ran 32 plays to the Jets’ three.Still, the Packers’ time of possession edge was just a five-minute advantage, holding the football for 34:19 to the Jets’ 29:18.Here’s a look at how the individual playing time broke down.OFFENSE (91 plays)QuarterbacksAaron Rodgers 91Rodgers had a top-five game in his career in terms of his passing numbers on Sunday, completing 37 passes (second-most of his career) for 442 yards (tied for second) and a pair of passing touchdowns. It was the seventh 400-yard game of Rodgers’ career, and it put him at 4,416 yards, just 227 yards short of his career-high 4,643 set in 2011.It was some clutch running by Rodgers that got the Packers back in the game late, however. He ran the ball five times for 32 yards, but took in both of the team’s fourth-quarter touchdowns on the ground and added a two-point conversion late as well.Running BacksJamaal Williams 86, Danny Vitale 8Williams looks like a different player than he was last year or even earlier this season. He is running with conviction and looks much better at finding cutback lanes than he was previously. Williams had an excellent game overall, with 15 carries for 95 yards and a score plus six receptions for 61 yards.Wide ReceiversDavante Adams 87 Dexter Williams Green Bay Packers Jersey , Marquez Valdes-Scantling 72, Jake Kumerow 57, Equanimeous St. Brown 39The Packers got significant contributions from all of their four wide receivers in this game. Adams caught 11 passes, bringing him one catch away from tying Sterling Sharpe’s Packers record for receptions in a single season. His last catch was the 16-yard touchdown in overtime that gave the Packers the victory.MVS had a couple of drops in this game, but he still caught five of nine targets for 75 yards. St. Brown was a force as a secondary option as well, with five receptions on five targets for 94 yards. Kumerow had a 49-yard touchdown to get the Packers on the board early and finished with three receptions for 68 yards.Tight EndsJimmy Graham 64, Lance Kendricks 16, Robert Tonyan 15, Marcedes Lewis 11With three catches for 34 yards, Graham crossed over the 50-catch and 600-yard marks on the season. He now has a better catch rate and yards-per-reception average than he did a year ago (plus he has more yardage) but he has just two touchdown receptions on the season compared to ten last season.Meanwhile, Kendricks caught two passes for 26 yards while Tonyan had one for 11 yards.Offensive LinemenDavid Bakhtiari 91, Corey Linsley 91, Lucas Patrick 91, Bryan Bulaga 91, Justin McCray 84, Lane Taylor 7The Packers lost left guard Lane Taylor early in the game, sending McCray into the game for the remainder of the afternoon. Rodgers took four sacks in the game, but three of them came before halftime; after the break, the line was able to keep him upright long enough to get the football out, though Rodgers did take a lot of hits throughout the game.DEFENSE (60 plays)Defensive LinemenDean Lowry 52 Dexter Williams Jersey 2019 , Tyler Lancaster 47, Montravius Adams 25, Fadol Brown 11, James Looney 1Once again, Lancaster got a heavy workload next to Lowry; the two former Northwestern Wildcats had five and four tackles respectively. Adams had a pair of stops as well.Outside LinebackersKyler Fackrell 55, Reggie Gilbert 47, Clay Matthews 27Fackrell had a one-handed sack of Sam Darnold, the only sack from the edge rushers on this contest. The decision to deactivate Kendall Donnerson remains puzzling however, as the young athletic rusher seems a perfect candidate to get some snaps in these final meaningless games. Gilbert had a single tackle while Matthews was kept off the stat sheet entirely.Inside LinebackersBlake Martinez 60, Antonio Morrison 13, Oren Burks 3As usual, Martinez was in on every play, and he recorded the Packers’ other sack on Darnold on a blitz. Once again Eddie Pleasant played a lot of Nitro linebacker, with Josh Jones getting some work there as well.Martinez finished with seven tackles including that sack, while Morrison had a pair of tackles.SafetiesJosh Jones 60, Tramon Williams 60, Eddie Pleasant 30, Kentrell Brice 5Jones, not Martinez, led the team in tackles in this game Dexter Williams Jersey Mens , picking up 12 total tackles and adding a pass breakup. Pleasant had a pair of tackles and Williams had one plus a pass breakup of his own.It seems now that the Packers do not think very highly of Brice any longer, given his extremely brief playing time in this game. That plus his nagging ankle injury are the only reasonable explanations for him playing just five snaps.CornerbacksTony Brown 60, Bashaud Breeland 44, Josh Jackson 40, Jaire Alexander 20The Packers seem to have found a nice player in Brown, whose competitiveness and tenacity show through in his play. He recorded six tackles, including one for a loss, as well as a pass defense while not missing a snap.Alexander left the game due to injury, but he made four tackles in his early playing time. It seemed that the Packers’ plan was to roll with Alexander, Brown, and Breeland as the primary corners, but that injury forced Jackson into the game. He did not record a tackle, but did break up one pass. Meanwhile, Breeland had three tackles to his name.