The Houston Texans dropped one place in the latest Touchdown Wire NFL power rankings.
Coming off of their 27-20 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 15, Mark Schofield took the Texans down a peg to No. 29 in the power rankings.
Heartbreak again for Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans. After going down early 14-0 to the Indianapolis Colts, the Texans battled back and managed to tie the game at 20 with minutes left to play. However, then the Colts hit on the first of two big plays in the closing moments when Philip Rivers hit T.Y. Hilton between the safeties for a huge gain, setting the Colts up with a 1st-and-goal. A few moments later Zach Pascal would knife into the end zone on a swing route for a go-ahead touchdown.
But Watson was not done. He drove the Texans down into the red zone and Houston faced a 4th-and-5 with under a minute to go. Watson hit wide receiver Keke Coutee on an in-breaking route to give the Texans a first down, but Coutee had the ball punched out of his hands short of the goalline and the football tumbled into the end zone, to be recovered by the Colts. Another loss from Watson and the Texans just shy of the end zone.
Last week on the Touchdown Wire Matchup Podcast Doug Farrar and I discussed whether the Texans should sit Watson down. I took the position that the team needs to save Watson and avoid an injury to their best asset, while Doug made the case that Watson’s competitive nature would prevent the team from sitting him down. Either way, I think every football fan is in agreement that Watson needs the organization to give him some help now and in the future.
The Tennessee Titans improved from No. 10 to No. 6 with their win over the Detroit Lions. The Colts did not see any change as they are locked in at No. 4. The Jacksonville Jaguars, thanks to the New York Jets finally getting a win, dropped to No. 32, down one in the power rankings.
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