The 2018 season comes to an end.
Throw the ball against the Houston Texans. I’m exasperated and wheezing as my tongue seizes up in my stomach for saying the same thing so many times in so many different ways. Well here it is, like it was here the last month of the season. The Colts scored touchdowns on three of their first four drives, a redzone interception is the only thing that prevented them from going four for four. Shareece Wright was beat by a double move for a score. Eric Ebron caught another touchdown. No one could cover T.Y. Hilton in the first half. And Indy ran the ball surprisingly well too.
While all this was going on the Texans took some deep shots, both didn’t land. They tried to run the ball, it didn’t work. Houston oscillated from ineffective runs on second and ten to third dumpoffs. Deshaun Watson needed to be spectacular. He wasn’t. He missed a touchdown throw on fourth down to end the half, and missed open throws throughout this game. The best part of the passing offense was him scrambling when nothing else was open.
Things got a little interesting in the second half. Watson led a touchdown drive, mainly by running, and he hit on a few crossing routes. The Colts sat back and ran the ball to keep the clock running down, and the Texans finally got a pass rush on third down. The Colts’ defense also sat back and Watson moved the ball on check downs and curls and scrambles. 21-14 would have been a damn ball game. It never arrived. Failure on 4th and ten ended it.
With the secondary Houston has, they needed the offense to score 27 points or so. They scored 7 today, and they lost because of it. Maybe they should have tried to score points in the middle part of the season to be better prepared for games like this, but hey, that’s just me.
This is usually part where I say the Texans play someone next week and at a certain time, but that’s not happening this time. The lights are off. The season is over. It’s time to just be football fans. We’ll be back in February to talk about the upcoming offseason.
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