The Houston Texans fell to 0-2 on the season as their offense as soon as once more left a lot to be desired in a 20-19 house loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday evening.
Following the defeat, Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud spoke about remaining optimistic regardless of all that went unsuitable for his membership over its first two video games of the marketing campaign.
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“You may make a bunch of excuses, however we’re simply not getting it executed, and on the finish of the day, that’s all that issues,” Stroud stated throughout his postgame media availability, per Kristie Rieken of The Related Press. “Everyone’s going to speak loopy and say we suck and we’re this and that. However on the finish of the day, we’ve bought to remain collectively and…be sincere and have onerous conversations. However I believe proper now we’d like extra confidence as an offense, simply confidently taking part in higher collectively. I believe that’s an enormous factor.”
The Texans parted ways with offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik in January and changed him with former Los Angeles Rams tight ends coach and move recreation coordinator Nick Caley in an try and get extra out of Stroud’s skills. After Houston suffered a 14-9 Week 1 loss on the Rams, Stroud said that “we didn’t need to win that recreation as a result of we didn’t do the best issues.”
On Monday evening, Stroud and his teammates heard boos from the house crowd when the Houston offense failed to attain a landing on three events from the Tampa Bay one-yard line early within the fourth quarter.
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“We didn’t have any area,” head coach DeMeco Ryans stated concerning the Texans not scoring in that scenario. “We didn’t transfer anyone off the road of scrimmage, which is what I noticed. So, [Stroud was] getting hit within the backfield and went to attempt to throw the ball, thought we had some matchups. I believed we had the chance to hit [wide receiver Nico Collins] within the nook there, however the ball was out of bounds.”
Per Pro Football Reference, Stroud ended Week 2 of the season ranked thirty first within the NFL amongst certified gamers with a 34.8 adjusted QBR and twenty fifth with an 85.0 passer ranking. Over Houston’s two losses, he tallied only one landing move and one interception.
As of Tuesday morning, ESPN Wager had the Texans as 1.5-point highway favorites for this coming Sunday’s recreation on the 1-1 Jacksonville Jaguars. Houston’s hopes of returning to the playoffs might dwindle additional if Stroud fails to impress for a 3rd straight recreation.
