(AP Photo/Dave Einsel; previous weekly reviews are here)
Texans (2-4) continue to be a work-in-progress. They hammered the atrocious Lions (0-6) for three quarters and looked to be on their way to an easy win.
But then Houston’s chronically inconsistent defense gave up a 96 yard TD play while the offense went into a 4th quarter phone booth so as not to reprise the Colts debacle. Before you knew it, the Lions had pulled within a TD and the Texans were working the clock, which is not one of their strong points.
At any rate, the Texans pulled it out without too much trouble. Despite the lack of a killer instinct, the Texans now can win their third in a row for the first time in franchise history next week at Reliant Stadium against the hapless Bengals (0-7).