Tag: Deshaun Watson fumble

Romeo Crennel thinks if botched snap was to the right, Texans would have recovered

Houston Texans interim coach Romeo Crennel believes if the botched snap had gone right, they may have avoided a 26-20 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

One of the biggest what-ifs from the 2020 Houston Texans season will be rooted in the last offensive play of Week 13 against the Indianapolis Colts.

On Sunday afternoon at NRG Stadium, with 1:22 to go in the game, the Texans had second-and-goal from the 4-yard line. They forced the Colts to use all of their timeouts. The game was the Texans’ to win or lose.

Instead, a botched shotgun snap from center Nick Martin went to the left of quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was unable to recover. Colts linebacker Anthony Walker did, and the Texans fell to 4-8 with the loss.

“I just knew we were going to score and that we were going to win the game,” interim coach Romeo Crennel told reporters Monday. “Then, boom, that mishap occurs, and we can’t get on the ball and they do, and you lose the game. That’s a tough way to lose the game.”

Crennel believes that if the snap were to have been low and to the right, Watson would have had a chance to recover the football and give Houston two more cracks at the end zone.

“I think the difference was that it was to his left side instead of to his right side,” said Crennel. “If it had been to his right side, I think he would’ve been able to handle it. But because it was to his left side, he had to go across his body to try to handle it across his body. He couldn’t get the handle on it.”

It would have also worked because Martin’s blocking assignment stunted and went to the left of the center, coincidentally putting him in the path of the loose ball.

Said Crennel: “After he snapped the ball, he tried to get to the right and then the guy stunted to his left, which put the guy right into the backfield. If the snap was better and we handled the ball, then he would be able to get his job done that he was supposed to do on that particular play. As it turned out, the guy stunting inside, the ball being on the ground, we were unable to get to it but the guy who stunted got to the ball.”

Houston has to recover from the loss quickly and get ready for the Chicago Bears, who they face Sunday at 12:00 p.m. at Solider Field.

Texans QB Deshaun Watson blames himself for game-losing, fumbled snap against the Colts

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson believes the botched snap that sealed their 26-20 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 13 is on him.

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Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson’s standard for himself is to be legendary.

For this reason, it is why the two-time Pro Bowler puts the botched shotgun snap to seal their 26-20 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, not on center Nick Martin, but on himself.

“Like I always preach, my standard is trying to be legendary, and I’m working towards it,” said Watson, who completed 26-of-38 for 341 yards and an interception. “Even regardless. Like I said before, it’s not only on Nick, I should have caught the ball. That’s because I hold myself up to that legendary standard, so I should have made that catch on that snap.”

Watson was unable to bring the ball in for possession on the failed second-and-goal play from the 4-yard line. The ball squirted away, and linebacker Anthony Walker fell on it to give the Colts the ball back with 1:22 in the game.

For Watson, who has been a consistent winner going all the way back to his little league days, taking bizarre, creative losses throughout 2020 has been tough to handle. Furthermore, he feels he has let a large constituency down.

Said Watson: “I just felt like I’m just disappointed the whole city, I mean, honestly. That’s how I took it. Everyone might think differently, but I just took it that way. That’s why I was sitting on the bench and that was — because we’re so close, and with being so close these last four years since I’ve been here, where we just can’t for some reason haven’t got over that stepping stool.”

The Texans are 4-8 on the season. Not only will they probably not repeat as AFC South champions for the third year in a row, but their quest to qualify for the postseason is also in doubt. The Texans may be playing for next year.

When Houston does get a chance to go back to the drawing board, Watson intends to lead Houston over the hump.

“One day we will for sure,” said Watson. “I promise you that.”

Deshaun Watson goes through the Texans’ last offensive play against the Colts in the 26-20 loss

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson went through the pre-snap concepts just before their defeating fumble against the Indianapolis Colts.

The Houston Texans had a second-and-goal from the 4-yard line down 26-20 to the Indianapolis Colts Sunday afternoon at NRG Stadium.

With the Colts having called all of their timeouts and the Texans having their last one in their back pocket, Houston was in prime position to take the lead.

However, a low shotgun snap from center Nick Martin proved devastating as quarterback Deshaun Watson was unable to get on the football. Linebacker Anthony Walker did to secure a Colts victory.

What were the Texans going to do if not for the botched exchange?

“It was a zone-read play,” Watson said. “We were going back and forth if we were going to pass it or not. We didn’t want to leave too much time for the Colts’ offense, so we were trying to at least run it. If we run it in, then we run it in, but if not, the clock is going to continue to run.”

Running back David Johnson was to the right of Watson in the zone-read formation.

“I mean, I should have just caught the ball,” said Watson, who completed 26-of-38 for 341 yards and an interception. “I know it was a little low and hot, but for me, I take big pride in just catching every snap, regardless of where it is and how fast it is.”

Watson says that there was enough room for Johnson to have possibly scored given the convergence on the quarterback the Colts displayed after the snap.

Said Watson: “I was going to read it in, but they were all gunning for me, so it would have been probably a positive play hopefully, and yeah.”

Instead the Colts got the football and the victory. At 4-8, Houston has four games to go and needing tons of help from the rest of the league to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Twitter blows up that the Colts weren’t awarded Deshaun Watson’s fourth quarter fumble

NFL Twitter blew up after the Indianapolis Colts were not awarded the football after a fumble from Houston Texans’ Deshaun Watson.

Many believed the Indianapolis Colts should have received another chance to beat the Houston Texans on Thursday night. On a 6-yard second-down run with 1:48 left in the Texans 20-17, quarterback Deshaun Watson coughed up the ball. Disaster.

However, Watson brought the ball back to his body, according to the officiating crew, who, despite the Colts possessing it at the bottom of the pile, gave it to Houston.

NFL Officiating said of the play, “There was no clear visual evidence of a recovery by the defense.”

Naturally, Twitter had different reactions, with many believing Indianapolis did not get a fair call on the play.

Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk explains why the NFL did not review the call.

Then she criticizes Bill O’Brien’s questionable timeout call that followed.

As for the rest of Twitter.

There is little doubt, in the minds of the public, that the NFL officiating left viewers wondering what had happened before their eyes.