• Houston’s 0-3 start is starting to look less like a bad stretch and more like a pattern.
  • Through the first three games of the 2026 season, Houston has produced some of the worst offensive output since its 0-3 start last year, and the bye week does not arrive until Week 8.
  • The Texans trailed 13-7 at halftime, and the game ended in a 19-17 Colts win on a late field goal.
  • Houston’s offense was described as “one of the most disappointing halves of football in the DeMeco Ryans era,” and as a “no-show yet again in a first-half disaster against the Colts.” The Texans never really gave themselves room to breathe, let alone control the game.
  • Houston’s rushing offense owns the league’s highest runs stuffed rate at 25.4%, a figure that clears the next-worst team by 4.1%.
  • C.J. Stroud has been sacked 10 times through three games, tied for second-most in the league.
  • The repeated breakdowns are now pulling general manager Nick Caserio into the conversation as well.
  • He is in the final year of the six-year contract he signed in 2021, and the scrutiny around the offensive line has only intensified after Houston added at least five new linemen between free agency and the draft without getting the kind of results the team needed.
  • Caley has at least two fixes he can try right away, but the Texans are already 0-3, already staring at a Week 8 bye, and already dealing with an offense that has looked broken in more than one way.