Brandin Cooks, Dameon Pierce and other takeaways from the Texans' performance in a tie...
The Texans led the Colts 20-3 with 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter, and should have put the game away.
“We didn’t lose the game but it kind of feels that way because we was up,” linebacker Christian Kirksey said. “We showed some flashes of being a dominant team, but we also showed some flashes of being undisciplined.”Cooks is still the only playmaker The Texans had a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter. They had multiple chances to close out the game. But they couldn’t do it. The Texans’ final six drives, which spanned the fourth quarter and overtime, all ended in either a punt or a turnover. In the last 20 minutes of regulation, the Texans managed only one first down.
But the Texans fell in love with Burkhead a little too much in the second half, and went away from the player who could potentially give them the biggest return on their investment. That’s Dameon Pierce, who has the potential to be a playmaker in the NFL. When asked why they went away from Pierce, Texans coach Lovie Smith said it was because of the situation that they were in.
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