#blown-leads

#blown-leads

It wasn't just the way it all unfolded: Allowing leads of 19-0 and 26-8 to evaporate, giving up 33 points in the fourth quarter after holding the Broncos to none through the first three, and taking a two-point lead on a 65-yard touchdown drive capped by Jaxson Dart's 1-yard run with 37 seconds left - only to miss the extra point (for the second time in the game) and allow the winning field goal as time expired.

If you recall, these Texans had the same 10-7 record in 2023. But that division title came in the wake of three straight 12-plus loss seasons before. At the beginning of this decade, the Texans were an Evangelical clown show with a procession of disposable head coaches and a piece of sexual malware at quarterback. Then suddenly-HEY PRESTO!-2023 brought them an instant franchise QB, an instant franchise edge rusher, and a head coach everyone both loved and respected.