Proof of life isn’t a particularly lofty goal, but that’s about all the Texans can be reasonably expected to deliver.
So once again, we applaud the effort.
Bless their hearts. They tried.
And once again, all was for naught as the Texans came up short for the 10th time this season, giving the franchise its eighth season with double-digit losses.
That is a lot of misery for a team that has been in existence for only 19 years.
But this 2020 misery is unique.
Take Sunday’s disaster in Indianapolis.
The Texans, who blew a chance to tie or win the game against the Colts a couple weeks ago with a fumble near the goal line, blew a chance to tie or win the game with a fumble near the goal line.
It isn’t as confusing as that word order makes it sound.
A couple yards from potential victory, with precious little time left on the clock, the Texans coughed it up. Again.
Rarely does a team lose a game in such a fashion. Hardly ever does a team lose two games in such a short span this way.
The Texans can’t win for doing everything they can to lose.
This time, it was Keke Coutee who couldn’t hold on to the ball as he battled his way toward the end zone with less than 30 seconds remaining in a 27-20 loss.
He made it to the 2-yard line. There are but two games left in this dreadful campaign. That might be two too many.
After being praised for not giving up on the season, the Texans looked like they indeed gave up a week ago in Chicago.
The report of their death was not an exaggeration. Their season is dead.
But as football players, many of them are very much alive, and they showed that Sunday against Indianapolis.
They also showed why they have more than twice as many losses as wins.
This is comically macabre.
But there are reasons the Texans are losing in this fashion.
While Coutee was fumbling away the game, Sunday marked an amazing 10 times this season that the Texans failed to force a turnover. That broke the franchise record of nine last set in the 2-14 season of 2013.
Yippee.
The Texans have forced just eight turnovers this season, worst in the NFL.
Sunday made it 14 straight Texans-Colts regular-season games that have been decided by single digits, the longest head-to-head streak in NFL history.
The Colts have won nine of those games, plus a 14-point playoff victory in the teams’ only postseason matchup.
The franchise that has put more hurt on the Texans than any other brought the pain this season with these gut-wrenching wins.
Overall, Indianapolis has handed the Texans 17 percent of their all-time losses, a total of 30 defeats, 10 more than the next team on the list (Tennessee).
Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson continued his superb season, completing 33 of 41 passes for 373 yards with two touchdowns.
Two more yards from Coutee at the end would have meant a third touchdown and possibly a win.
Watson says as disappointing as this season has been, his message to teammates is to keep working and show some pride by giving their all each week.
On a certain level, it is impressive that these losses haven’t been more demoralizing.
The Texans could easily have decided the day was not there when then fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter after the Colts scored on their first two possessions.
“They kept playing and kept playing, and there they were at the end with the possibility of winning,” interim head coach Romeo Crennel said of his team.
Define “possibility,” Coach.
Is it really possible for Charlie Brown to kick the football?
I mean, even Jesse Jackson has to be wondering why the Texans strive so hard to keep hope alive when these games continue to end so poorly.
How many come-from-behind-to-almost-win losses can one team suffer in a season?
Thankfully, just two more.
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