Sunday was not a very good day for the Houston Texans. Not solely did they drop an unpleasant 30-6 determination to the New York Jets, additionally they misplaced a number of key gamers on offense. That record of gamers contains beginning quarterback C.J. Stroud.
Stroud left the sport within the fourth quarter after hitting his head on the turf and has already been placed into the concussion protocol.
Stroud was not the one key harm the Texans offense suffered on Sunday. Already taking part in with out rookie large receiver Tank Dell, the Texans additionally misplaced large receiver Nico Collins and tight finish Dalton Schultz within the loss. These three symbolize the Texans’ top-three receiving choices on the season.
With out them the Texans offense was utterly ineffective towards top-of-the-line defenses within the NFL. The Texans solely landing got here on a brief discipline following a fumble restoration, whereas they accounted for simply 135 whole yards on 52 performs.
The struggles of the offense are a minimum of considerably anticipated given who the Texans have been taking part in with out and the kind of protection they have been taking part in towards.
The larger problem within the short-term is that the protection — which has exceeded all expectations this season — gave up 30 factors to the Jets and allowed Zach Wilson to throw for 268 yards and two touchdowns.
With the loss Houston (7-6) falls again out of a playoff spot within the AFC and stays one recreation again of Jacksonville for the highest spot within the AFC South.
Houston’s 4 remaining video games embrace two video games with AFC South rival Tennessee, a house recreation towards Cleveland and a Week 18 recreation on the Indianapolis Colts.
These video games towards the Browns and Colts are additionally towards different playoff contenders within the AFC and will decide a playoff spot. The well being of the Texans offense will play a giant position of their capability to win them.