The Houston Texans lost a close one to the Cleveland Browns in Week 10, a 10-7 game that had blown opportunities for the reigning AFC South champions.
As a result, the loss took the Texans down a couple notches in the latest Touchdown Wire NFL power rankings.
Each week when it comes to the Houston Texans, I feel it necessary to just highlight how well Deshaun Watson plays the quarterback position. Perhaps, at some level in the deep recesses of my mind, I’m speaking a better situation for Watson into existence.
Consider these two throws from Houston’s 10-7 loss to the Cleveland Browns. First, this insane throw from a quarterback who is crashing to the turf while in the clutches of a would-be sacker:
Watson is making some absurd throws.pic.twitter.com/1MsE1ZrAz9
— Pro Football Network (@PFN365) November 15, 2020
Then, this throw to cap off the drive for a touchdown to Pharaoh Brown:
Right where it had to be 🎯
📺: @NFLonFOX
📱: https://t.co/Nm64mQkAPf pic.twitter.com/8JxgD9DHJL— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) November 15, 2020
Of course, none of this changes the fact that the Texans as a team are not good, their organization is in tatters as we saw last week when they fired Amy Palcic, and they have almost no draft capital in the upcoming draft. So…the situation seems dire, to say the least. Which is a shame, because we might be seeing an organization waste a tremendous talent at the quarterback position.
The Jacksonville Jaguars did not see a change in their status after a loss to the Green Bay Packers, with the only team Houston has beaten this season staying put at No. 31. The Tennessee Titans had the biggest shift of any AFC South team dropping from No. 6 to No. 14. A large part of that was due to the Indianapolis Colts beating them on Thursday Night Football 34-17. The Colts moved up from No. 10 to No. 7 in the power rankings.
Houston has the New England Patriots up next for Week 11 at NRG Stadium. The Patriots shifted from No. 23 to No. 17 this week.