They lost against Pittsburgh and KC on the road, in the toughest of environments, by a total of 10 points, one in Overtime The game vs Atlanta was a 9 am affair at the end of a 5000 mile road trip.

If these turn out to be reasons we should see improvement in our ability to handle these situations as we develop as a team. If they turn out to be excuses we will be back here next week talking about what a tough defense Houston has.

Not everyone. I said this earlier in the thread.

"Sometimes, I think that Steichen and and Jones wanna play the smartest dude in the room game, when just taking the easy completions is the right answer."

The Pittsburgh game was never in doubt. They scored a touchdown very late to make the final margin 7 points but that game was over at halftime.

They also played like crap against a bad Falcons team but managed to scrape out a win.

I will say they played better against a championship caliber Chiefs team coming off a bye, which is a reason for optimism.

But again, regardless of how you dress it up, they’re 1-2 in their last 3 games with their lone win coming against a 3 win Falcons team.

Houston does have a tough defense. They don’t have a great offense, though. With Stroud returning, they should be better on offense. Gonna be a tough game, but I think we can make their defense look worse than some teams have.

I was meaning what the post game narrative would be. Houston does have a tough defense but you need to be a tougher offense.