The Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers are easily the two most disappointing teams through the first three weeks of the NFL season. Both teams had hopes of making a Super Bowl run, and quite frankly were expected to.
The Houston Texans did not expect their 2026 season to start off this way. Houston is now 0-3 to start the year for the second consecutive season. But unlike the 2025 season, it does not look like a rapid improvement is coming right around the corner.
Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans once again is at the center of an 0-3 start. He also needed to address his timeout usage from the Indianapolis Colts loss.
The Houston Texans have found themselves in another 0-3 hole to start their new season after the events of a discouraging 17-19 road loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Week 3.
How many of the NFL players with at least 100 receiving yards in their first-career postseason game can you name in eight minutes?
We're already through three weeks of the 2026 NFL season, meaning we have a big enough sample size to begin to panic about some underperforming teams and players around the league.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
After another disappointing weekend in the books against the Indianapolis Colts, the Houston Texans have found themselves right back at the 0-3 record they were at this time last season.
Houston Texans fall to 0-3, losing 19-17 to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday after Spencer Shrader hit a 53-yard field goal with 16 seconds left. The Texans had a late 17-16 lead but could not close the game.
The Houston Texans are 0-3 after their loss to the Indianapolis Colts, and Locked On Texans host John Hickman argued that the response cannot stop at tinkering with a struggling offense.
The Houston Texans entered the 2026 season with legitimate Super Bowl aspirations. But after Sunday's 19-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, there is absolutely nothing about them that looks like a Super Bowl contender, at least offensively, and they now find themselves in an 0-3 hole.
The Houston Texans emerged as an early 2026 NFL season disappointment. Houston is now a stunning 0-3 after falling to the Indianapolis Colts 19-17 Sunday.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
The Houston Texans have now dropped their third straight game to open the 2026 season following Week 3's 17-19 loss vs. the Indianapolis Colts. And it was an outing on Sunday that the Texans saw some very similar flaws to what they've faced through the first two weeks.
The Houston Texans have lost their third straight game of the 2026 season in their Week 3 outing against the Indianapolis Colts, falling in a narrow 17-19 defeat on the road to now drop down to 0-3 on the year.
The Houston Texans have gotten off to a tough start to the season, currently sitting at 0-2 heading into Sunday’s road game vs the Indianapolis Colts. That continued into that contest, with the Colts taking a 10-0 lead in this one toward the end of the first half.
Azeez Al-Shaair continues using his platform despite repeated NFL penalties. During the Houston Texans’ Week 2 game, an official delivered a direct warning.
The Texans announced they are elevating S George Odum and WR Lewis Bond for the second straight week. Houston also placed LB Jake Hummel on injured reserve.
The Houston Texans officially ruled out five players for Week 3, including WR Nico Collins (hamstring), S M.J. Stewart (knee), LB Jake Hummel (groin), G Ed Ingram (groin), and EDGE Jadeveon Clowney (knee).
Nick Chubb is already a Cleveland Browns legend at the age of 30. The running back is back in Northeast Ohio on Friday as he officially retires as a member of the organization.
The Texans went without injured No. 1 wide receiver Nico Collins in a 20-6 loss to the Bengals in Week 2. Collins, dealing with a hamstring ailment, is also unlikely to play against the Colts on Sunday, per reports from Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 and Jonathan M.
Coming off a 20-6 loss to the Bengals, the 0-2 Texans will play the 0-2 Colts in what could prove to be a massive game for both clubs this coming Sunday.
In the NFL, patience is a luxury few are afforded. Entering Week 3, some coaches and players are already feeling the heat after slow starts. Below, we take a closer look at five that must turn things around this weekend.
Zeke Moore, a durable Pro Bowl cornerback who spent his entire professional career with the Houston Oilers, died Tuesday. He was 82. The cause of death was not immediately available.
According to Tom Pelissero, the 49ers are signing DT Naquan Jones to their active roster from the Vikings’ practice squad. He’ll add some depth to their defensive line which is already dealing with a lot of injuries. Jones, 28, wound up going undrafted out of Michigan State back in April of 2021.
Now that we have two data points on every team in the NFL, we can better assess which struggling teams are in real danger and which ones will be totally fine. Let's break down some teams with concerned fan bases and rank them on the panic meter.
A bad start to the 2026 season for the Indianapolis Colts just got even worse.
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