Big Picture: Where Are the Houston Texans After Losing to the Colts?

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Published: November 11, 2009

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... the Colts on the road for the first time would have been a huge moment for a team on the rise.

What does this loss mean in the big picture? More importantly, where are the Texans in the grand scheme of things?

(Photo Caption: Let's hold on a second and look at the big picture)

First of all, in spite of Joel Dreessen's solid play and the inclusion of Kevin Walter in the passing game, the Texans miss Owen Daniels. Not only was Daniels among the league leaders at tight end in receptions, yardage, and touchdowns, he was Matt Schaub's security blanket. 

Daniels had built up great chemistry with Schaub, and the two were so locked in on third downs. It was like they were able to see what the other was going to do before it happened. That is very hard to replace.

Schaub has similar chemistry and connectivity with Andre Johnson. Perhaps Schaub trusts Johnson too much, as he threw into triple coverage and hoped Andre could out-wrestle three Indy defenders ...

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