NFL Wild Card Play-offs: Brock Osweiler finally looks like a $72million-man as Houston Texans beat Oakland Raiders before Seattle Seahawks power past Detroit Lions
Under-fire quarterback throws for a touchdown and runs in another as rookie Connor Cook struggles for Raiders on debut
BROCK OSWEILER finally looked like the $72million-man Houston thought they had signed in the summer as the quarterback fired the Texans past Oakland Raiders.
Osweiler, 26, was benched by head coach Bill O'Brien last month after a string of underwhelming performances over the regular season.
But he was back for the AFC South champions in Saturday's wild-card play-0ff at NRG Stadium, with replacement Tom Savage ruled out with concussion.
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And the former Denver Bronco threw for one touchdown and ran in another in the Texans' 27-14 win.
Raiders struggled on offence with rookie third-choice quarterback Connor Cook under centre after MVP contender Derek Carr broke his leg on Christmas Eve, and back-up Matt McGloin injured his shoulder last Sunday.