Could Comeback Win over Colts Be Turning Point for Brock Osweiler, Texans?

Entering Sunday night’s home game against the Indianapolis Colts, the high-priced, revamped Houston Texans offense had scored an NFL-low 82 points in five games. Their $72 million quarterback, Brock Osweiler, came into Week 6 ranked in the bottom 10 in the league in terms of completion percentage, interception rate, yards per attempt and passer rating. 

For three-and-a-half quarters against the Colts, it was more of the same. 

When Osweiler and the Texans took the field down 23-9 with 7:04 to play in the fourth quarter, there didn’t appear to be much hope for an offense that had scored just 22 points in their last seven-and-a-half quarters of football, and just 49 in the last four weeks. 

At that very moment, a struggling Osweiler had completed just 12 of 24 passes for 102 yards. He had an interception and a fumble, and his 2016 passer rating had plummeted to 67.6. 

At that moment, on paper, Osweiler—who signed a four-year, $72 million contract with $37 million guaranteed during free agency—was the league’s second-worst qualified passer, ahead of only Ryan Fitzpatrick of the New York Jets (64.7). 

And then everything changed.

Starting at that 7:04 mark, Osweiler proceeded to complete 11 of 13 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns on consecutive scoring drives to tie the game. Throw in a game-winning field goal in overtime and a Texans team that was averaging just 16 points per game to start the year scored 17 in a 15-minute span to triumph over their rivals and take a firm lead in the AFC South.  

The comeback victory wasn’t all on Osweiler. The Houston running game was extremely effective, and the pass protection was superb. But that had been the case all night. …

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