Turns out the Texans weren't any better with a different QB.
When the Houston Texans' coaching staff made the decision to swap out Davis Mills and insert Kyle Allen as the team's starting quarterback, the hope was that change at the most important position would equate to change in the Texans' quality of play. Sure, the outcomes of the games might not change, the losses might pile up, but at least the offense might be watchable.
That was the hope, at least. Turns out that Kyle Allen, in terms of output and game flow, is just an older, shorter version of Davis Mills. Stop me if you've heard this story before — the Texans put up near record low offensive numbers in the first half, fall way behind, then pile up meaningless numbers against a disinterested opponent in the second half, only to still lose by double digits.
That was the formula in Week 11 against Washington, in a 23-10 loss where the Texans trailed 20-2 at halftime. This time, the first half numbers looked like this:The Texans trailed Miami 30-0 at the half, and wound up losing 30-15, in a game where the final score wasn't even remotely indicative of the difference between these two teams.
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