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Not over yet: Most valuable takeaways from Houston Texans reality-check collapse
Dec 11, 2023, 3:15 pm
Not over yet: Most valuable takeaways from Houston Texans reality-check collapse | Texans on Tap #25
The Houston Texans knew that offense could be hard to come by after Tank Dell went down for the year against the Broncos last week. Things got even worse when Nico Collins left Sunday's game early with a calf injury, leaving CJ Stroud without his top two targets.
Houston managed only 6 points against the Jets, and lost the game 30-6, falling to 7-6 on the season. TE Brevin Jordan was the top pass catcher on offense, posting an underwhelming 3 catches for 35 yards. Noah Brown and John Metchie didn't factor into the game at all. Brown was held without a single catch, and Metchie hauled in one pass for 6 yards.
One thing is for sure, this offense has no chance without Tank Dell and/or Nico Collins.
What happened to the defense?
It's easy to blame the offense for the loss, considering how many injuries they were dealing with.
But the defense deserves their fair share of blame, allowing RB Breece Hall to easily catch 8 passes for 86 yards to go along with his 40 yards rushing. Receiver Garrett Wilson also had a big day, going over 100 receiving yards on 9 receptions.
The Texans had to come into this matchup knowing these are the two most important players to keep in check. Instead, they had no answers for Hall and Wilson, as Zach Wilson carved up DeMeco Ryans' defense all afternoon.
And just when we thought things couldn't get worse, Texans QB CJ Stroud left the game late with a concussion. His availability for their next game is at best uncertain. More often than not, players usually don't't come back the next game after entering the concussion protocol.
Which means Davis Mills or Case Keenum will likely be the starter against the Titans on Sunday.
Be sure to watch the video above as we share our top takeaways from the loss, and discuss how they can improve before next week's game.
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.