{"id":511243,"date":"2016-10-17T00:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T04:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebloguin.wordpress.com\/?p=511243"},"modified":"2016-10-17T00:59:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T04:59:04","slug":"colts-find-new-ways-to-disappoint-in-houston-drop-to-2-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/colts-find-new-ways-to-disappoint-in-houston-drop-to-2-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts Find New Ways to Disappoint in Houston, Drop to 2-4"},"content":{"rendered":"
Okay, you know how it ended, but I’m going to keep this as entertaining as possible.<\/p>\n
Slow starts. The hallmark of Chuck Pagano\u2019s career as a head coach. First, it was just shaky starts to games.\u00a0 Now, it\u2019s seasons that begin poorly.\u00a0 The Monster that Chuck was building (remember “build the monster?”) is now a 5-year-old finished product. It allows around 30 points per game and keeps finding\u00a0newer and sadder\u00a0ways to lose. \u00a0We all thought it would be put out of its misery,\u00a0but here it still is, with a four-year extension. \u00a0Stupid Monster.<\/p>\n
But this is Houston, a team built around an unfortunately injured defensive lineman (albeit a once-in-a-generation one) and a quarterback we all expected to disappoint them.\u00a0 If anybody knows how to lose this game, it\u2019s the Texans.\u00a0 Right? \u00a0RIGHT? \u00a0Not tonight, my friends.\u00a0 Not tonight.<\/p>\n
Houston started off with a 12-yard run for a first down, while in the passing game, Brock Osweiler set a slightly different tone.\u00a0 Incomplete (Vontae Davis may have gotten away with PI), Incomplete (little high, there, buddy), sack fumble for a big loss courtesy of Robert Mathis, sadly his first of the season. *punt* \u00a0Osweiler would go 2\/8 before coming to life late in the 2nd<\/sup> quarter.<\/p>\n The Colts, not to be outdone, came out looking confused and picking up penalties. \u00a0It\u2019s what they\u2019re used to doing, but things turned around for a while.<\/p>\n The Indy defense applied some shockingly relentless pressure in the first quarter.\u00a0 Kendall Langford almost willed the Texans into a three and out on their second possession. \u00a0He was in on every play.\u00a0 Good game for Langford.<\/p>\n Adam Vinatieri tacked on the first score\u2026scratch that\u2026penalty. Illegal formation. They settle for field goals all the time. \u00a0This should be easy.\u00a0 Second attempt was good from 41 yards out, and the Colts, unable to convert a heavily contested 3rd<\/sup> and 2, took a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n Only a Chuck Pagano coached team would forget how to line up for a field goal.<\/p>\n \u2014 Marcus Lee Dugan (@MarcusDugan) October 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n