The National Football League has a long regular season of sixteen games, spanning almost four full calendar months. A lot of teams go through certain phases over the duration of a season, as if the season is one elegant novel composed of eventful, but unique chapters. The roller coaster that has been the 2018 Houston Texans’ season is exactly how Mark Twain would have scripted it if he were still alive and assigned to tell the story of a football team.
The plot is simple. The overly flawed protagonist falls into a hole, becomes resilient, rides a wave of success and luck before the magic slowly dies out as the goal lies within reach.