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HOUSTON -- The huge offseason investment the Houston Texans made in Brock Osweiler paid immediate dividends in the season opener.Osweiler threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns in his debut with Houston to lead the Texans and their revamped offense to a 23-14 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.I think hes everything that we thought he would be, Texans owner Bob McNair said.Osweiler, who signed to a $72 million contract from Denver in the offseason, was helped by an offense filled with playmakers.There was nothing about the game that was perfect but we just kept playing ... and we made the big plays when we needed to, Osweiler said.He completed passes to eight different receivers, led by rookie first-round pick Will Fuller, who became the first player in franchise history to have 100 yards receiving in a debut with 107 and a touchdown. DeAndre Hopkins added 54 yards and a score and running back Lamar Miller had 106 yards rushing in his first game with the Texans.Osweilers day started with a hiccup when he threw an interception on the first drive, but soon got going and looked comfortable after that.Houston trailed by 1 point entering the fourth quarter before Osweiler found Fuller on a short pass and he scampered 18 yards for a touchdown to make it 20-14.The Texans added a 38-yard field goal later in the quarter to make it 23-14.Chicagos Jay Cutler threw for 216 yards with a touchdown and an interception, but was also sacked five times and hurried several others on a day when linebackers Whitney Mercilus and 2014 top overall pick Jadeveon Clowney led the pass rush.Those struggles occurred a little bit more in the second half when we had to play backyard football where we had to throw it to catch up, Chicago coach John Fox said. Theyre a talented front and when you get too one-dimensional like that, it becomes problematic for everyone.J.J. Watt didnt seem to be limited in his return after sitting out all of the preseason after back surgery. But last years Defensive Player of the Year wasnt as effective as he normally is, and seemed to have a tough time dealing with three-time Pro Bowl left guard Josh Sitton.WHATS NEXTChicago: The Bears have a Monday night matchup with the Eagles on Sept. 19.Texans: Houston hosts Kansas City next Sunday, looking for a win to erase the memory of last seasons 30-0 Wild-Card loss to the Chiefs.CUSHING INJUREDHouston middle linebacker Brian Cushing, who had 110 tackles last season, injured his knee in the first quarter and did not return. Cushing started every game last season and 14 in 2014 after playing just 12 games combined in the previous two seasons because of two significant injuries to his left knee. Coach Bill OBrien didnt specify exactly what the injury was after the game, but said he would miss some time and theyd have more details on Monday.THEY SAID ITI love everything about him, Osweiler said of Fuller.WHITE MAKES DEBUTBears receiver Kevin White, the seventh overall pick in the 2015 draft, made his debut on Sunday after missing all of last season with a stress fracture in his left shin. He showed of flashes of the game-breaking ability that made him a top-10 pick and finished with 34 yards receiving. But his inexperience cost the Bears when he appeared to run a wrong route that led to an interception early in the third quarter.Ill talk to Kevin about it and that was his first game out there, Cutler said. But it left my hands and its my responsibility.Alshon Jeffery led Chicagos receivers with 105 yards.IS IT THE SHOES?Hopkins became the first to wear low-top Kanye West-designed Yeezy Boost 350 cleats on Sunday.He and two other Adidas players received the 350s on Friday, a day after Von Miller wore the high-top Yeezy Boost 750s in Denvers game against Carolina.They were great, Hopkins said of the shoes in the popular turtle dove colorway. It was just Adidas cleats with the Yeezy design on them. It wasnt anything different than what Ive already been wearing. 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Cheap Stars Jerseys . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU quarterback Danny Etling is challenging the 19th-ranked Tigers to get some perspective and control over their emotions.Any type of hangover from a deflating 10-0 loss to top-ranked Alabama this past weekend will damage interim coach Ed Orgerons chances of keeping his job long-term and put bowl eligibility at risk for LSU (5-3, 3-2 Southeastern Conference). The Tigers still need at least one more victory out of three remaining conference games to qualify for the postseason.Its time to move on and get ready for Arkansas, Etling said, referring to this Saturday nights opponent. Whats more fun than playing college football? Theres only so much time to put into it. I realize football is a game, but I love this game.Maybe if you dont love the game like you should, you shouldnt be on the team, Etling added sternly. If youre the right kind of person, youre competitive. Im very competitive.Only days ago, LSU was realistically in position to take control of the SEC West Division. Now, for the fifth consecutive year, there will be no appearance in the Southeastern Conference championship game for LSU, which has dropped six straight to the Crimson Tide, starting with the January 2012 BCS national championship game.But in its previous five losses to Alabama, LSU already had reached the six victory threshold for bowl eligibility. If the Tigers cant win at least one of their final three games, theyll fail to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 1999 -- the year before current Alabama coach Nick Saban began his previous college coaching job at LSU.LSUs remaining schedule is challenging, with road games against Arkansas and No. 10 Texas A&M sandwiched around a home game against No. 22 Florida.Getting to a bowl is a motivation, junior fullback John David Moore said. But, that may not be the first thing. The first thing we say may not be `we have to win to be bowl eligible. We need to win for the brothers on our team, for `coach O and for our fans.LSU has strugggled the past two seasons when facing Arkansas the week after being beaten by Alabama.dddddddddddd The Razorbacks have posted back-to-back 17-point victories against the Tigers -- 17-0 in 2014 and 31-14 in 2015. Last season, LSU dropped games to Arkansas and Ole Miss after losing to Alabama.Orgeron asserted that he bears primary responsibility for getting his players in the proper frame of mind for Saturdays game against the Hogs in Fayetteville.My job as the football coach is to have the players put (the Alabama loss) away, said Orgeron, who coached LSU to lopsided victories in its first three games following Les Miles firing in late September. All of us felt the loss (Sunday). You have to deal with the emotional letdown. We were all sick to our belly. We must respond to the first loss in our new season.Tigers senior center Ethan Pocic expects a different mindset from his teammates this week than in the past two years following losses to Alabama.There will be a lot of energy this week, Pocic said. In the past, it was not as alive. It was a little bit mopey. Coach O is big on energy, going fast and having fun. It was a hard loss, but we still have a lot to play for and he has a lot to coach for.The LSU offense gained just 125 yards and picked up six first downs while getting blanked by Alabama, which did not allow the Tigers one offensive snap inside the Crimson Tide 30-yard line. Etling remains confident that his unit will rebound in Arkansas in what is also LSUs first road game under Orgeron.I thought we were going to go in there and move the ball against Alabama, Etling said. It was a mixture of them being really talented and us not executing the game plan. We dont need to freak out. It was one game where we didnt execute. We just have to grind away and get better.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '