C.J. Stroud shoulders blame after Texans' collapse vs. Lions:

 

C.J. Stroud shoulders blame after Texans' collapse vs. Lions

HOUSTON - - A baffled C.J. Stroud carried the obligation Sunday night after the Houston Texans blew a 16-point halftime lead against the Detroit Lions, saying, "This game is on me."

The second-year quarterback found fault with himself and the offense for the last part hardships that sunk the Texans in their 26-23 misfortune to Detroit. Houston's safeguard constrained Lions quarterback Jared Goff into five captures, the most in an ideal time game since previous New Orleans Holy people quarterback Drew Brees had a similar complete in 2012 against the Atlanta Birds of prey.

The Texans (6-4) turned into the second group beginning around 1933 to lose a game where they got five captures and driven by no less than 15. Beforehand, groups were 373-1-1 while driving by somewhere around 15 and catching five interferences. The other time a group lost in that design was in Week 11 of 1970, when the Chicago Bears lost to the Baltimore Yearlings 21-20 notwithstanding Foals quarterback Johnny Unitas tossing five captures, as per Elias Sports Department.

"Most certainly ought to have dominated this match," Stroud said. "My responsibility is to lead the offense to score focuses, and I didn't do that today. ... We truly ought to have taken care of them after the primary half. It's truly on the offense."

econd-half troubles have been the topic for the Texans. This season they have been outscored by 59 after halftime, with that differential positioning 31st in the association. Against Detroit they scored zero focuses, filling the Lions' rebound.

In the main half, Stroud drove the Texans to 23 focuses while tossing for 164 yards and a score. In any case, in the last part, he tossed for 68 yards, finished 39% of his tosses and had two captures in the second from last quarter, with one happening in the end zone when the Texans were up 23-13.

"It's not adequate. Turning the football around there, particularly in the red zone, or emerging," mentor DeMeco Ryans said. "We discussed getting everything rolling in the last part, and we discussed being better in the final part. In any case, to emerge and turn the ball over on the main play of the final part and to get in the red zone where we have focuses and to turn the ball over, that is not winning football."

Ryans said it's "baffling" to lose a game where the Texans removed the ball from such a powerful offense. He bemoaned the powerlessness to score focuses off the turnovers and added that "we didn't play integral football."

"I'm glad for the protection for going out to get five turnovers. I believe that is an important day for any guard," Ryans said. "We slowed down a ton of drives. Once more, scored no focuses in the final part. To overtake a decent football crew like that, we must have the option to support drives. We must have the option to score focuses. Furthermore, we were going in reverse an excessive lot."

Coming into Week 10, the Texans were averaging 9.1 focuses in the final part, and they haven't scored a final part score since their 41-21 win over the New Britain Nationalists in Week 6. Running back Joe Mixon, who had 46 surging yards and one score Sunday, said this misfortune "stings" yet added that the Texans "won't jump."

"We are not going no place," Mixon said. "We understand what group that we will be, we understand what we are able to do. We simply need to wrap up."

As the season advances, the disappointment about the final part burdens is rising and the Texans' hostile players are frantically searching for a response.

"We are not being an effective offense in the final part. What we did in the primary half, we had our foot on the pedal, and we're tapping on all chambers," left tackle Laremy Tunsil told ESPN. "Then, at that point, we get in the last part, we take our foot off the pedal, and that is something we can't do to be a title football crew. We've been battling with that the entire year. That is on everyone's, that is me, I need to play better, as well. We as a whole need to." See Video...