Texans Eye Quick Turnaround After Vikings Game

The Houston Texans want to move on quickly after losing to the Minnesota Vikings.

Jeremy Brener | Sep 23, 2024

Sep 8, 2024; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans reacts to a call during the first quarter against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images / Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images

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The Houston Texans are disappointed after a 34-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 3 at U.S. Bank Stadium.

The loss marked the worst defeat in the DeMeco Ryans era, and the coach hopes to move on quickly from the game.

"Credit to the Vikings. They played a really great game today," Ryans said postgame. "For us, we didn't do anything to help ourselves. Way too many penalties, again. That starts with me. That's too many penalties back-to-back games over 10 penalties is unacceptable. You can't win that way when we have something positive going, we negate by the penalties. That just zaps the energy out of everyone. Turning the ball over -- a lot of miscues today, and you can't do that and then expect to win in this league. So we have to -- hey, we take the loss, and we've got to move on."

The loss was such a stark difference from what the Texans were doing in the first two weeks. It honestly looked like a completely different football team from the beginning of the season.

In a long NFL season, setbacks are bound to happen, even to the greatest of teams. It all counts on how they respond to being knocked down.

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Published Sep 23, 2024

JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.