The Houston Texans had an opportunity and they blew it.
Entering Week 5 with a two-game winning streak, the Texans had a chance to win three games in a row for the first time since 2018 and also have a winning record after five games for the first time since 2019 — which, weirdly, was after playing the Atlanta Falcons.
Buy Texans TicketsInstead the Falcons got the better of Houston 21-19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
There were positives, such as C.J. Stroud extending his pass attempts without an interception streak. There were some negatives, such as the Texans’ defense failing to protect the lead.
Naturally Twitter was full of takes. Here are some of the best.
You would think since DeMeco Ryans is a defensive guy he would know not to play prevent D on the last drive
— Bobo (@Bobo_thegambler) October 8, 2023
DeMeco Ryans should be embarrassed with how easy that FG drive was
— Daryl Jeannetti (@DarylJeannetti) October 8, 2023
Arthur Smith has DeMeco Ryans' number. Had just enough this year. Worked him last year. Rough loss for the #Texans.
— Cody Stoots (@Cody_Stoots) October 8, 2023
Demeco Ryans just lost the Texans this game
I’m not trying to hear any excuses just awful
— Jacob (@Stroud4ROTY) October 8, 2023
What a disasterclass from DeMeco Ryans on this drive
— Sports Expert (Max) 🔥 ARIAS AGENDA (@sportsexpert101) October 8, 2023
Bruh what is Demeco Ryans doing dawg literally
— B1 (@b1gotfans) October 8, 2023
C.J Stroud must’ve been playing against Nico Collins this week in fantasy… bc ain’t no way bruh only had 4 targets after what he did last week
— ROB DID 🏁 (@MrRedMartian) October 8, 2023
Y’all were sweating the C.J. Stroud wonderlic test score now look at y’all. Test scores not everything even in the NFL
— Joel Devariste (@JoelDevariste) October 8, 2023
C.J Stroud just can’t win in Atlanta
— Devin Knotts (@devinknottsfbg) October 8, 2023
C.J. Stroud loses his second game by 1 or 2 points in Atlanta — decided on a last-play field goal — in the past 10 months.
— Matt Zemek (@MattZemek) October 8, 2023
College C.J. stroud NFL C.J. Stroud
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Never having a good defense— Evan Hartmann (@evan_hartmann) October 8, 2023
The 20 carries for 3 yards per carry shall hence forth be known as the Dameon Pierce
— Jeff Shull – SENGUN SZN (@Jeff_Shull) October 8, 2023
To me this loss on:
Bobby Slowik
Dameon Pierce
Will Anderson— Dr. Barrett (@TheCoreyBarrett) October 8, 2023
In my opinion, the most underrated stat for the Falcons offense today?
4
That’s the amount of times Desmond Ridder was able to draw the Texans offsides using a hard count. That’s what leads to an offensive line giving up 0 sacks.
— Mike Johnson (@MPJohnson79) October 8, 2023
Things that stand out today.
OFFSIDES!!!!
Time in possession of the ball
Lack of imagination
Defense swarming is great but cannot do it all game when they get no rest.Few other things that seriously need addressing.
— Scottish Texans (@ScottishTexans) October 8, 2023
Meanwhile Nick Caserio is building a damn good team
All the common denominator for all the Pats problems is Belichick
— David Patrick (@KingDave956) October 8, 2023
