Weird doesn’t even begin to describe the feeling driving home after 70 minutes of football at NRG Stadium on Sunday. It was a little “never seen that before” with “well, seen that before a few times” and the result was the first tie in the history of the Houston Texans. Yes, a tie – and not a Brooks Brothers or Tie Bar tie – a 20-20 tie. Lots of layers to this one so let’s take a dive into the Harris Hits from Week 1.
I’ll be honest, I’m not even sure where to start after a tie, but how about a guy that showed up last week that scored two touchdowns? When the Texans signed the former Alabama star TE, I remember thinking that if O.J. Howard had anything left in the tank, he could really give that unit a boost. He spent training camp in Buffalo, a team that returned nearly everyone, especially at the tight end position. Then, he became available and joined the Texans last week. When I saw him running routes and catching the ball in practice, I thought even more so that he could have a chance to do positive things for this offense. NO ONE saw two receiving touchdowns in the opener coming. Then again, maybe we should have. It was downright Danny Amendola-esque. Amendola, as you remember, showed up just after training camp last year and scored a touchdown in the win over Jacksonville. Howard went one better, scoring twice on the same exact route on each side of the field. It’s hard to miss the 6-6 pass catcher down the seam and QB Davis Mills threw two laser shots to him for those scores.
Mills had some absolutely brilliant moments in this game and some that he’d like to have back. After the hit that Colts LB E.J. Speed put on him in the fourth quarter, Mills never really got his groove back for the rest of the game. He was sacked a couple of more times and he had to throw the ball away on a key 2nd and one play in overtime, in which there was really no one open. There are some bright flashes and Davis stepped up at key times against a team that had skunked this…
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