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n Texans. Nick Foles threw the ball 49 times to be exact. He completed 35 of his 49 passes for 471 yards Kareem Jackson Color Rush Jersey , four touchdowns, and one interception. He averaged 9.4 yards an attempt. Alshon Jeffery bounced off a Justin Reid lowered shoulder tackle attempt to run forever. Nelson Agholor had Tyrann Mathieu trailing and hauled in an 83 yard touchdown catch. The Texans couldn’t cover Zach Ertz or Dallas Goedert either. The Eagles put up 32 points. Houston was forced to scurry back. After trying and failing to run the football without any success in the first half, instead of attacking Philadelphia’s secondary, the Texans stuck with shotgun throws. Deshaun Watson threw it to DeAndre Hopkins a lot and made plays out of the pocket, including an outstanding touchdown throw to D’Onta Foreman, who got lost in the cconfusion after Watson seeped to the right. Houston forced a punt on the following possession. The Texans got the ball back and went right back to slinging it. Watson broke four tackles in the pocket, got away from each defensive lineman, and found Jordan Akins downfield. Watson then threw it deep to Vyncint Smith, the undrafted free agent from the imaginary Limestone State, who slid a knee in bounds to tie the game.An extra point gave the Texans the lead. On what would be Philadelphia’s game winning drive, Foles faced 3rd and 10. He tossed it up to Jeffery, who leaped over Johnathan Joseph. Clowney was tagged with a terrible roughing the passer penalty that added 15 yards to the end of the play. Foles found Ertz wide open. Sproles broke a long run on a draw play. Josh Elliott rocked a field goal right down the middle. The Texans lost a close game. Bill O’Brien took the left instead of the right and was conservative. Punting on 4th and 2 at midfield. Kicking field goals. Playing for the field goal on 3rd and 11. Going for it on 4th and 9 after ignoring better and shorter opportunities to convert at more favorable spots on the field. Waiting until Houston fell behind to start aggressively attacking the Eagles’ secondary.On the other sideline, Doug Pederson let ‘em hang and converted all four fourth down conversions. Additionally Benardrick McKinney Color Rush Jersey , Houston’s entire team is now in the hospital. Kareem Jackson was yanked from this one. Johnathan Joseph disappeared for a while. Demaryius Thomas might have torn his Achilles getting ready to block on a screen pass. Ryan Griffin took a shot to the neck. The puzzle will need to get put back together again this week. The Texans will try and clinch the AFC South against the Jacksonville Jaguars next Sunday at 12 p.m. CST.With the Patriots beating the Dolphins today, Houston is back to the No. 3 seed in the AFC Playoffs but has not yet officially clinched a postseason berth. The end result was expected, but the journey taken to get there wasn’t. Rather than watch the Jets run the ball and careen off of the best run defense in the NFL for two yards a carry, the Jets did what they should do, and what every team all year should have done when they play the Houston Texans—they threw the football. Sam Darnold found Robby Anderson often. He seeped out of the pocket and made plays. The Jets found and attacked Shareece Wright, like Indy did the week before, before Wright was finally benched for Aaron Colvin. Houston had some struggles on offense. For whatever reason, they kept trying to chip against all out blitzes instead of keeping their secondary receivers in to block for the duration of the play. It didn’t work. The Jets blitzed often, like the Colts, Browns, and Titans did, and they had success with it. Often Deshaun Watson was stuck throwing with a free rusher slobbering after him. The Texans also lost Lamar Miller in the first quarter. Alfred Blue played the rest of the game. It went as expected, which is to say the Texans could not run the ball with any success regularly. Fortunately Jordan Akins Color Rush Jersey , the Texans still have DeAndre Hopkins. Nuk was spectacular, chewing up both Morris Claiborne and Trumaine Johnson, sitting against holes in the zone. He caught a deep bomb. Throw it to him deep, and good things happen. Hop also caught the game winning touchdown catch, reminiscent of the same catch he had to beat the Bengals on Monday Night Football back in 2015. That was all the offense the Texans needed. Sam Darnold had two chances at the end of the game—one to win, and one to tie. On each, the Texans were able to create pressure with their front four and seal the game. It was ugly, but at least it was fun, and not the worst way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Houston heads to Philadelphia to play the Eagles at 12:00 p.m. CST next week. If they win that game, the AFC South will be clinched. If the Titans and Colts lose tomorrow, it will be clinched before then.