MATT WESTON:
This decade the Texans have lost to New England in every way a normal franchise—one that isn’t the Los Angeles Chargers--can. We’ve greeted death in all its forms. Turnovers and bad breaks. An inability to capitalize in the redzone. Shootout. Defensive struggles. Horrendous quarterback play. Offensive stagnation. End of game heartbreak. This time the scythe remained sheathed.
Houston spent its first two possessions establishing the run. They punted both times. Opportunity struck on the third. Birdshot popped the ground. Concentrated and compressed dinosaur remains boiled out from it.