Official Texans vs. Colts Game Thread, 12/6/2020

[Arky]

Rivers and Watson both with over 200 yards passing in the 1st half.

Colts with just 27 yards rushing. Texans with 63.

Texans outgained the Colts 266-236.

No turnovers either team.

All other stats kinda even but the Texans trailing by 4.

[Arky]

Somehow the 3rd quarter ends with no scoring. Texans were driving and a pass to Cooks was reviewed and ruled an INT while both players were on the ground and the ball was wrested away from Cooks. Still:

Colts 24, Texans 20

Start of the 4th qtr.

[Arky]

Texans at the 2 yard line and a bad snap to Watson ends it. What a crappy way to end a ballgame.

Indy got a safety earlier. Final score:

Colts 26, Texans 20

Hansen and Coutee both over 100 yards receiving....

[Arky]

Helloooo, anybody home?

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Texans opened as a 3 pt road favorite over the Bears next week. That quickly moved down to 1½.

[barrett]

I wouldn't say bad snap. It wasn't perfect, but that's on Deshaun. He's trying to move before he has the ball.

[nunusguy]

That was a heart breaker but thankfully I guess the game was meaningless.
Had to settle for watching the game on my PC, never was able to get setup on the TV with U-Verse/channel 11 thru locast.org.
What a PR fiasco - the cable provider and holding company for TV channel 11 manage to time their failed contract renegotiation right during the football season in the state of Texas.

[Keith]

Watching that finish makes one think over some of the most heart-wrenching losses in franchise history. The Rosencopter. The Fail Mary against the Jags.

Watson seemed to suffer emotionally after the game, perhaps because he accepted some or all of the blame on the fumbled snap. Looking back on the season, it's not hard to see this as an 8-4 team, but clearly there are some unforgiveable weaknesses that make it easy to see why they are 4-8. It's mostly an 8-8 league where just a couple plays separate the teams in and out of the playoffs.

The success of Keke Coutee is just the latest in a line of demonstrating how poorly Bill O'Brien and the staff have squandered talent. Why did the team pay for Randall Cobb with Coutee already on the roster? How could Kenny Still be so under-utilized as well? How terrible O'Brien was at evaluating talent at all of the offensive skill positions.