4 reasons the Texans underachieved in 2019

The Houston Texans won the AFC South and will host a home playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, but they could have achieved so much more.

2. points per game

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The Texans entered Week 17 as the 11th-highest scoring offense in the NFL with 24.3 points per game.

How much higher could that average have been if the Texans were better in the red zone?

The Texans weren’t 50% in the red zone as they were in 2018, tied with the New York Giants for the fifth-lowest conversion rate in the league. However, as previously mentioned with the Carolina game, there were missed opportunities. Just take the Panthers’ game alone. If they converted those two missed trips, they would be tied with the Green Bay Packers for the third-highest red zone conversion rate in the league at 66.7%. Guess who has a bye for the wild-card round. Those two missing touchdowns would have put the Texans at No. 10 in points per game with 376 points scored heading into Week 17. The only teams in the top-10 in points per game who aren’t going to the playoffs are the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.