The Texans gutted out a tough win last week against the Steelers, winning 17-10 in a hard fought game. After wide receiver Andre Johnson went down with a bad hamstring, the Texans were able to muster enough offense and win a game that might show that they are actually a contender this year. Here are my 3 impressions from the Texans' win.
1) Texans finally show they can finish against a worthy opponent.
It looked like it was going to be the same story as it always is with the Texans. They played a nice first half, built up a solid lead and let it slip away. The score was tied 10-10 and the Texans had the ball after the Steelers made a field goal to tie it up. Andre Johnson was gone so who would the Texans turn to. Fans had seen this story before, but the Texans showed that they are a different team from years past. On that drive, they went down the field 85 yards in 5 plays to take a 17-10 lead and their defense showed toughness that they did not show the week before against the Saints. These are not your 2002- 2010 Texans.
2) Arian Foster is back and looking like the 2010 rushing champion Arian Foster.
When Ben Tate went down with a groin injury, it was apparent that Foster was going to have to step in and take all of the carries with the running back corps being so thin. The question was could Foster handle the load as he was just coming off of his hamstring injury. He proved all of the doubters wrong as he ran all over the Steelers with 155 yards on 30 carries and a 42 rushing touchdown that helped put the Texans over the top. It looked like he was 100 percent and that is great for the Texans moving forward with so many injuries at running back.
3) Texans might have a tough time without Andre Johnson for the next few weeks.
When Andre Johnson went down and grabbed the back of his knee, Texan nation collectively held its breath. If Johnson was out for any significant amount of time, it would be hard for the Texans to win games going forward. Unfortunately, Johnson is going to be out for about 2-3 games, but it could of been much worse. Johnson's injury could not of come at a worse time as the Texans are in a very important stretch of their season. They have games vs. Oakland, at Baltimore, and at Tennessee, all very good AFC teams. I am a little concerned cause after Johnson left the game in the second quarter, the offense did look stagnant. However, I have faith in Gary Kubiak in coming up with a gameplan to help the Texans in the absence of Andre.
Tomorrow, I talk about 2 players that are important to the Raiders game, and my 1 prediction on if the Texans can improve to a franchise best 4-1.
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