3. first quarter points
Heading into Week 17, the Texans scored a total of six first quarter points. With an offense that features Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins, and Carlos Hyde having a career year, that total through 15 games is putrid. It is partly why they got into the trouble they did in some of their games. How would the tenor of the Carolina, first Colts, Baltimore, and Broncos games have turned out if the Texans were posting anywhere from seven to 14 points on the board? Houston’s offense took a long time to get going in games, and sometimes the contests got out of hand to where they couldn’t claw their way back in.