I’ll be honest with you, reader. After seeing my Houston Texans lose the first three games of the season, I thought our playoff chances were finished. I thought there was no way we would ever come back to not just improve our general play, but take back the AFC South division lead as well.
Our general discipline was laughable. The offensive line gets too excited at times that they couldn’t even wait a couple of seconds before starting a play in synchronization. The false start penalties exhumed comedic mediocrity. They acted like children waiting on the side of the road for the ice cream truck to arrive at any moment. I only cowered in shame each time a flag was thrown on their mistakes. Our defense was so bad they couldn’t stop a player like Blaine Gabbert if their lives depended on it. The offense was average but it wasn’t at the same level as it was from last year when they took the NFL by storm. DeShaun Watson at times looked like an eyesore as he tried to elongate plays that had no substance. Such is the life of a second-year player who’s still finding his footing in professional football. Simply put, all hope had been lost.
But then, the Texans started winning.
It started in Week 4 where they defeated the Indianapolis Colts in overtime at their rival’s home turf. The team was able to ward off a great showing by Andrew Luck to take the game at the death. After the drubbing they suffered at the hands of Eli “I beat Tom Brady in a Super Bowl twice so that makes me elite” Manning the week before, I was worried as to how they were going to handle another equally talented quarterback in Luck. Though they allowed four touchdown passes in the midst of a late Colts comeback, they ultimately didn’t give in. And after being aided by the coaching decision of Frank Reich in the tail-end of overtime through the execution of a quick throw to the right which prompted the commentators to scratch their heads in confusion, the Texans were left with suitable field goal position for them to take the three points and triumphantly return home to Houston. You know, both teams could’ve gone unscathed with a tie but I guess the Colts coach didn’t want that. Oh well. I understand his aggressiveness but I’m grateful for the W.
