Texans-Colts live updates: Last chance for Houston in overtime
Follow along here for breaking news, live updates and analysis from our team of writers at Sunday's Texans season opener against the Colts at NRG Stadium.Well, you can call this one for the history books. Texans 20, Colts 20. The first tie in Texans history. On to Denver.On fourth and 3 at the Indianapolis 49 with 26 seconds left in overtime, the Texans punted. Yes, you read that right.
The game has changed since Indy's horrible fourth-down call that left the Colts without points after an extended drive.Mills has taken hits, shaken them off, and kept the Texans moving forward.O.J. Howard has struck again, this time catching a 22-yard touchdown pass from Davis Mills to put the Texans ahead 20-3 with 7:16 left in the third quarter. Guessing few people saw this coming. —Another Colts turnover has ended a drive in Texans territory.
Indy has 175 offensive yards and has almost doubled the Texans in time of possession. But the Colts only have three points to show for it, and after one extended drive ended with a fourth-down fail near the end zone, the next suddenly stopped with an interception after Indy tried to get too cute. —Texans defensive end Jerry Hughes caused the first turnover for the defense in 2022. On second-and-7 at the Houston 22, Colts quarterback Matt Ryan attempted to lob a screen pass to Jonathan Taylor.
The Texans were also expected to be a tight-end friendly offense. That's manifested. O.J. Howard was a major part of the first two drives. The Texans stuck with 13 personnel packages on three of their six offensive plays, and they even began the season by subbing in reserve offensive tackle Charlie Heck as an extra blocker in an unbalanced look. But the Texans have mostly been passing. They're attempting to catch the Colts off guard, and, so far, the looks have been there.
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