Houston Texans Team Analyst John Harris shares his notes from the Texans Week 15 game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Houston Texans Team Analyst John Harris shares his notes from the Texans Week 15 game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Hours after seeing Chiefs RB Jerick McKinnon scamper into the end zone with the game winning touchdown in overtime, I was still trying to gather all of my emotions and thoughts. That was one heck of a football game and just once I’d like to see the good guys come home with a win in a game of that nature. This year alone, the Texans…

Had a 17-point lead v. Colts, finished in a tie.

Led Broncos 9-6 starting the fourth

Tied with Bears starting the fourth

Trailed the Chargers by three with 8:30 in fourth

Trailed the Raiders by four with 11 minutes left in fourth

Trailed the Eagles by four starting the fourth

Trailed the Browns by six starting the fourth

Led the Cowboys by six starting the fourth

Led the Chiefs by five starting the fourth

…and finished with nine gut punch losses and one tie against the hated Colts. This one against the Chiefs, though, might have been the toughest one to take, given the opponent, the Texans’ injury situation and the gut punch residue from the loss to the Cowboys one week prior. Regardless, here are my Harris Hits from the 30-24 OT loss to the Chiefs.

I know the Texans came out on the wrong end of the ledger but I love how this team has competed, especially in the last two weeks. Against Dallas, both starting WR were out, then the Texans lost DB Steven Nelson, G Kenyon Green and RB Dameon Pierce during that game. In this matchup, the Texans lost both starting corners, both starting WR, star RB, starting LG and an interior DL who starred in his first action as a Texan. Yet, YET, this squad battled its guts out on Sunday afternoon. It made a physical statement throughout the contest and that’s what kept them in this game. The defense turned over the Chiefs twice on rock hard hits. The offense capitalized on those two takeaways with two touchdowns. The defense had a tremendous stop in overtime to force the Chiefs to punt after…