Houston Texans Fortunate Win Does Not Provoke Optimism

We’ve seen almost everything under the sun from the Houston Texans this year. The Texans are a far cry from their week one dominance of the Colts. There seemed to finally be a new team in Houston, but the past four weeks have looked like the past four years as inconsistencies remind fans of past seasons’ woes. Like dozens of times before, the Texans found themselves in an offensive race on Sunday. Not against the Colts or the Patriots, but coming from behind for a 35-31 win against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs were 3-0 just a couple weeks ago and are no doubt better than they were in the past; perhaps a few steps away from being a very good team. They gave the Colts a run for their money last week (particularly on defense), but did anyone actually think they would win? The Chiefs would probably not have a good shot at winning if they were in six of the other seven divisions in football, but they happen to be in an AFC West that seems to be trying to compete with it...