Houston Texans: Slow start inexcusable in Wild Card loss

The Houston Texans were flat, and it showed from the very first quarter as they suffered an AFC Wild Card Playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

In the grand scheme of things, the entire season as a whole was pretty successful for the Houston Texans. They won the AFC South title, they went from 0-3 to hosting a playoff game, and the Texans reached the playoffs after losing the likes of Will Fuller and Demaryius Thomas at wide receiver.

That said — even in facing a red-hot team like the Indianapolis Colts — there was no excuse to come out as flat, and get into as big of a hole as they did so quickly, as they did. The Texans trailed by a 14-0 score at the end of the first quarter and by a 21-0…