The #Texans’ offense has lived and died by their running game, and when it falters things get ugly
The Houston Texans’ offense has lived and died by the contributions of rookie running back Dameon Pierce who has been the offense’s most impressive performer through eight weeks. With a primetime matchup against the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles on the schedule for tomorrow, quarterback Davis Mills addressed how he might ignite the team’s dormant passing game to take the load off of the young ball carrier to find more consistent success through the air.
“We even talked about it this week,” Mills explained. “I don’t want to share too much, but just finding ways to – if you can’t run the ball, take easy completions and kind of utilize, ‘Okay, hey, an efficient run on first down is four yards.’ If we can do that getting the ball out onto the edge. For the offense it’s the same thing. Just moving forward second-and-short, third-and-short and keeping the chains moving. Just finding ways to keep moving the ball down the field and scoring points. That’s what we’re focused on.”
His comments to reporters are indicative of the desperation that Houston is facing given their 1-5-1 record that has marked them as the worst team in the AFC. The Texans have struggled against even the most mediocre opponents on their schedule, and without a turnaround in short order, they may well end this season with just the one win to show for their efforts.
They stood pat at the trade deadline on Tuesday amid speculation of a potential fire sale that could’ve netted them valuable draft capital for their 2023 rebuild, which is a sign that they’re somehow content with the roster they’ve assembled despite the less-than-stellar results they’ve achieved.
While this season was always going to be a struggle after the situation with their former franchise quarterback, the Texans have managed to exceed every expectation of just how ugly it might get for them. It would take a herculean effort to serve the Eagles their first loss of the season, but if they can, it may be a feather in the cap of a Houston team that needs any momentum they can find for the middle part of their schedule.
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