Last year, DeMeco Ryans said QBs have to "get down" and not slide late. He had a different take on Kris Abrams-Draine's hit on C.J. Stroud.

So why didn’t Texans coach DeMeco Ryans tell kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn to kick off out of bounds? Ryans said after the game that he did, but Fairbairn didn’t do it.

The Houston Texans are far from where they hoped to be at the midpoint of the season. And things might get worse before they get better with the availability of quarterback C.J. Stroud in question this week.