I think Bengal fans are in far more pain today because more was expected and because they literally choked away a last-minute victory. Personally, I knew the refs would win it for Pittsburgh but the Bengals made it easy for them by not getting their goons off the field (Burfict, PacMan). Stupid, stupid way to lose.
But back to the Texans. Losing this spectacularly at home (I'll bet Babs Bush was there somewhere - the Bushes are always present when Houston gets their postseason ass-kickings) might have been enough for McNair to want to demand some changes, including:
*Making a serious off-season upgrade at QB, either in the draft or FA.
*Finding a TE who can hang onto a pass.
*Finding a special teams coach who can get 11 people that run and make tackles.
*Probably waving Arian Foster to free up needed cap room.
Getting embarrassed (again) like that on national television might be enough to get some major changes done whereas if we had lost 27-20 like we did on week 1, we would have heard "stay the course" type of comments.
I think our top three draft picks all improved as the season went along and will play bigger roles next year. A repeat of that in this year's draft would be a positive development.
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