{"id":449627,"date":"2026-09-27T22:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/449627\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:12:09","slug":"houston-texans-key-play-laquon-treadwells-catch-sets-up-winning-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/449627\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans key play: Laquon Treadwell&#8217;s catch sets up winning kick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, we take a closer look at arguably the biggest play from the Houston Texans&#8217; game. Here\u2019s what we viewed as the turning point from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/texans\/article\/houston-indianapolis-colts-week-3-updates-22451117.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Sunday\u2019s 19-17 loss to the Colts<\/a> at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>The situation: Colts\u2019 ball, second-and-10 at Indianapolis 35-yard line.<\/p>\n<p>The score: Texans 17, Colts 16<\/p>\n<p>Time remaining: 1 minute, 43 seconds in fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The sequence: After a first-down incompletion, the Colts needed a chunk play to get into field goal range and they got it, with Daniel Jones finding Laquon Treadwell in a soft spot in the Texans&#8217; defense over the middle for 20 yards.<\/p>\n<p>The aftermath: The Colts were in Texans territory and were able to hand the ball to Jonathan Taylor and milk the clock down \u2014 with an inexplicable assist from the Texans in not calling timeout right away after Taylor\u2019s first-down run, allowing 30-some seconds to run off\u00a0\u2014 before Spencer Shrader hit the winning 53-yard field goal with 16 seconds left.<\/p>\n<p>What might\u2019ve been: The Colts were reeling after losing a fumble and seeing the Texans take their first lead. Had Houston\u2019s vaunted defense come up with a stop or preserved more time, the Texans might not be discussing another 0-3 start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each week, we take a closer look at arguably the biggest play from the Houston Texans&#8217; game. Here\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-449627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}