Lynch says the Texans can’t get over the hump

Opinions from the man who once tried to kill Dallas Clark.

I think this loss today in Indianapolis typifies the struggles of the Texans. The past couple years, you felt as if they were getting close, but they just can’t seem to get over the threshold. They played an outstanding, physical game against the Colts.

Peyton Manning threw it 50 times, but they were able to keep them out of the end zone for the most part. But games like those, if you want to become a championship team, are the games that you have got to win.

I realize it is tough against the Colts. They still haven’t beaten them in Indianapolis. But the Colts are in their division, so until they take them down, I think the Texans will struggle to be a championship team.

At some point, to get over the hump, the Texans have to be able to beat them. They face them again at home at the end of the month.

For us, when I played in Tampa, our nemesis was the Eagles. And it wasn’t the regular season, it was the playoffs. But once we beat Philadelphia in the championship game, we were able to win a Super Bowl. Each team, and for the entire AFC South, the Colts have been the team you have to beat.

The Colts are still unbeaten, but they are starting to lose some really good defensive players like Bob Sanders, Marlin Jackson and Tyjuan Hagler. I think this is the time to take advantage of that. But the Texans have also lost tight end Owen Daniels. I don’t think you can underestimate how much he meant to Houston’s offense. That’s going to hurt them, too