Texans Hoyeriffic In Playoff Loss To Chiefs

What did Texans fans honestly expect?

What could you possibly have thought would have happened in this year’s playoffs when your quarterback is Brian Hoyer?!?

The ONLY way the Texans have been able to win football games this season is by playing stout defense and playing mistake-free football offensively. The only way they would have won this game is if the defense made big plays and the offense was able to put together one or two successful drives.

We saw none of that.

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Let’s start offensively. Brian Hoyer was horrendous. Horrific. Terrible. Putrid out there. You saw it on the first drive with two bad throws to start the game. No one should have expected anything from then on out.

Hoyer completed just 44.1 percent of his passes, though if you count his 4 interceptions that number would rise. His 15.9 passer rating seemed generous. His decision-making was terrible and he himself is the reason several drives halted early.

Forget about some questionable play-calling which has haunted us in big games this season. Hoyer didn’t belong out there and should have been replaced by halftime at the latest. It’s not likely that Brandon Weeden would have been able to lead us to a 13-point comeback, but those odds were definitely higher than keeping an incapable Hoyer out there.

Defensively the Texans were good the first half. It was just 13-0 at halftime and that’s with the Texans defense seemingly on the field much of the first half. The only touchdown was a kick return touchdown to start the game, which felt like only five Texans players were on the field for.

Obviously things changed when J.J. Watt went down with a groin injury. The lack of a pass-rush the rest of the game clearly hurt them, as did several stupid unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. The secondary had its moments but somehow (still) forgot to cover Travis Kelce. I’m not sure why Romeo Crennel decided for the second straight matchup against the Chiefs to leave him uncovered. Oh well.