(My Sportsbook) - Last week the Texans blew a huge lead in the second half, this week they blew a lead with just over a minute to play, as they found themselves on the wrong end of a 16-15 decision to the equally abysmal
Baltimore Ravens on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.
"I feel bad for our team because we've had two heart wrenching losses in the last two weeks where we've been in position to win and just haven't gotten it done," said Texans coach Dom Capers.
It looked as if the Texans were headed for their second win of the season when Kris Brown booted his fifth field goal of the game with a little over a minute remaining to give Houston a 15-13 advantage.
But Baltimore quarterback Kyle Boller took over with 1:04 to play and no timeouts. His first attempt was off the mark to Derrick Mason. Then back-to- back completions to Jamal Lewis and Todd Heap got the Ravens to their own 44 before Boller spiked the ball to stop the clock with 50 seconds remaining.
After an 11-yard completion to Mark Clayton, Boller again spiked the ball with 20 seconds remaining. Then from the shotgun and facing an all-out blitz, Boller connected on the biggest completion of his career, as he again hit Clayton, this time for a 35-yard pickup to get to the Houston 20.
"We talk about all the time, in a two minute situation, do you get conservative or sit back? We called the timeout and decided to come after them," Capers added. "He hit (Todd) Heap up the middle of the field through the open space of the defense. We didn't want to give him another ball up the middle against the zone, so we decided to go ahead and max blitz them. When you blitz in that situation, you live by the sword and die by the sword."
Matt Stover then came on and booted a 38-yard game-winning field goal and the Texans had their second crushing loss in as many weeks.
"It came down to a two-minute situation and they made the plays in the end to put themselves in field goal range," Capers said.
The loss overshadowed a tremendous performance from running back Domanick Davis, who rushed for 155 yards. It was the second-biggest output of his career, trailing only the 158 yards he put up against Jacksonville last season.
"The line did a great job blocking all day," Davis said. "Everybody played hard, and we did a great job running the ball. It's just tough when you don't win. Coming off a big game like that, that's the way it is. I think I touched the ball 29 times. I felt good. There was no reason for me not to play well. They (the offensive line) did their part, so it made it much easier for me to do my part."
Quarterback David Carr completed 17-of-37 passes for 165 yards with an interception and was sacked five times.
"You feel for our defense because they played well the entire game," Carr said. "It's a tough way to lose a game two weeks in a row. You could write a book about it. Two weeks in a row in seven days to have things like that happen, it's tough. Especially in the situation we're already in, it makes it even harder."
COLEMAN DEACTIVATED
Prior to the game, the Texans deactivated free safety Marcus Coleman for violating team policy. Coleman had started all 11 of Houston's previous games.
C.C. Brown started in his place and finished with four tackles.
STILL LEADING THE BUSH SWEEPSTAKES
The Texans dropped to 1-11 on the season and still lead the race for the No. 1 pick in this April's draft. However, the New York Jets, Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers are all at 2-10.
UP NEXT
Houston heads to Tennessee this week to face the Titans. The Texans lost to the Titans earlier in the season and have dropped five of the seven all-time matchups.