There has been a lot of finger pointing in the wake of the Houston Texans 30 – 0 play-off loss to the K.C. Chiefs. They main villain is Q.B. Brian Hoyer, who safe to say, had a pretty bad game, but the blame cannot and should fall on just on his shoulders.

While stats don’t win games, it is interesting to note that Houston and K.C. had the exact same number of plays (62), but K.C. had a big advantage in time of possession (34:25 vs. 25:35). K.C. also averaged 5.1 yards per play meaning they basically earned a first down every two plays.

And let’s talk about dropped passes. Nat Washington was open on many plays but could not hold onto the ball (when Hoyer wasn’t throwing it to a Chief). Ryan Griffin had a chance to put the Texans on the goal line, but could not come up with the catch. Going into the game, the Texans had an NFL-worst 28 drops out of 328 catchable passes in 2015, the Houston offense is at the bottom of the League in that category.

Do we even want to bring up having J.J. Watt try to run the ball behind Vince Woolfolk?

Yes, Hoyer had an awful game, but the team was only down by 13 points at halftime with the hometown faithful booing their beloved Texans back to the locker room. Hoyer does not call the plays, but I would be curious to know why the Texans attempted 34 passes vs. rushing the ball 25 times. The Texans were gaining an average of 4.6 yards per rush. That sure looks better than Hoyer dropping back into the pocket.