One Day Later: Running Attack's Momentum Key to Season-Long Success

The ability to run the ball coming along should help the Texans sustain success

The Houston Texans CAN run the ball.

We have now seen it. The best performance running the ball prior to this past weekend against the Bengals was when the Texans ran the ball pretty well against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Outside of the beatdown of the Steelers, it had been like trying to push a golf ball through a garden hose.

It finally clicked though to the tune of 188 yards and two rushing touchdowns. The Bengals couldn’t stop Devin Singletary who averaged five yards per carry. The wideout runs with Tank Dell and Xavier Hutchinson were both explosive plays on the ground. It was overall a great day running the ball.

“I thought they played physical, they finished,” head coach DeMeco Ryans said. “Finished really well on a lot of reps in the run game, so once we start to get that mindset [and] we start to finish better, now you see the run game start to come to life there. Again, ‘Motor’ [Devin Singletary] – outstanding game, outstanding performance by him – the way he ran the ball. The way he finished. It’s still impressive sitting back and watching it again today.”