R.I.P. The Texans lose to the Giants. Any playoff hopes have already been extinguished.
The Giants went up 20-3 thanks to the secondary playing soft zone coverage and giving up yards on quick easy crossing routes that didn’t allow the pass rush to get there in time to getting beat in man coverage and the pass rush not getting there at all. From there, J.J. Watt tried to save the season on his own. He forcing field goals with pressures, made tackles for a loss, strip sacked Eli Manning, and worked replacement tackle Chad Weeler with a flurry of inside moves.
The offense kicked a bunch of field goals, and even scored a touchdown while the Giants went Bill O’Brien conservative and sat on the rest of the game. Houston managed to get back within a score with some actual downfield throwing. Once the Giants had to try and score again, they did, and did so immediately making the game 27-15, and effectively over.
At 0-3 the season is pretty much over. 183 teams have started 0-3. Only 2.7% of all teams who start 0-3 make the playoffs. Of those four teams, the best record they finished with was 11-5. In a tougher AFC South this feat looks impossible at the moment.
At least J.J. Watt’s back. I don’t know. I’m going to go for a walk. I’ll have more to say tomorrow.
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