The Houston Texans defense lived in the Buffalo Bills' backfield during a Thursday Night Football game, harassing Josh Allen for 60 minutes to emerge with an enormous 23-19 victory. For evidence of how well the unit played and how much confidence DeMeco Ryans has in them, Houston opted to give Allen the ball late instead of attempting a 4th-and-2—then backed it up by authoring the game-sealing stop.
Allen, who is usually the one delivering the hits while scrambling and conducting goal-line runs, was harassed and hurried all night long. For only the third time in his career he failed to account for a single touchdown while having multiple turnovers. The eight sacks posted by the Texans tied a career-high suffered by the reigning NFL MVP.
