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The Texans Show That They Aren’t Contenders With Mistake-Riddled Loss to Seattle Seahawks
(By Jonathan M. Alexander)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/spo...e-21109579.php
SEATTLE — The crowd at Lumen Field needed something to cheer for Monday night, especially after what happened just hours earlier.
Around 8 p.m. Pacific time — or 10 p.m. Central — the Seattle Mariners lost the most important game in franchise history to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.
They forfeited their best opportunity to make their first World Series appearance.
However, fortunately for them, the Houston Texans helped ease the pain.
After returning from an off week, the Texans crumbled in prime time on Monday Night Football, and lost 27-19 to the Seahawks in one of their most embarrassing performances of the season.
Among the most humiliating moments Monday night included two near-safeties; two failed attempts to score within the Seahawks’ 1-yard line; a first quarter unnecessary-roughness penalty on third down that led to a Seahawks touchdown; and a fourth quarter unnecessary-roughness penalty that helped secure Seattle’s win.
“Today wasn’t a good day for our entire team,” coach DeMeco Ryans said. “We didn’t play winning football, so you can’t expect to come out with a win when you don’t do the things that winning teams do.”
The Texans had a chance to show where they stood among the NFL’s elite, and how far they had come after a 0-3 start. They dominated the 1-6 Titans and the severely depleted 1-5 Ravens in back-to-back games, outscoring them 70-10.
But in golf, they call it “playing with a handicap.” In pickup basketball, they call that “being spotted points.”
The reality of the situation is that the Texans are currently not a contending team. They fall somewhere on the lower end of the spectrum, in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in three seasons under Ryans if they can’t turn things around.
The dynamic offense Houston showed in its previous two wins was nowhere to be found. Running backs Woody Marks and Nick Chubb combined for 31 yards on 15 carries. Quarterback C.J. Stroud threw for 229 yards, and a touchdown, but completed less than 50% of his passes.
“I just think we didn’t get a rhythm,” Stroud said. “They did a good job keeping the shell in some of the third-and-shorts. Plays like that, we just got to execute.
“But I think it starts with me and I got to do a better job of distributing the ball better. When I have good pockets, working them and making sure I’m getting the ball out on time and to the right guy.”
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