Andrew Beck’s first touchdown in four years started with a near disaster.
The Houston Texans fullback mishandled a kickoff at his own 9-yard line last Sunday when he backpedaled to position himself to catch the ball and collided with his team’s return specialist.
When Beck secured the bouncing football, the 6-foot-3, 255-pounder dodged the first onrushing would-be tackler like he was Devin Hester in his prime. Then he nimbly eluded two more. Soon, he was rumbling down the sideline for an 86-yard touchdown return that left the Texans bench jumping up and down in disbelief and veteran play-by-play announcer Chris Myers gasping on the Fox broadcast, “Did we just see what we just saw?