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HOUSTON (AP) The Houston Texans mi sed an opportunity to move into first place in the AFC South with Sundays lo s to the Jacksonville Jaguars., star rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud is confident the Texans will bounce back and continue to exceed expectations this season.Its about the mindset, though. What are we going to do? Not play anymore? (Are) we just going to tuck our tail and not play hard? No, I dont really believe in that type of mindset, he said. Im going out there every play, every game trying to win. So, I dont really think that our season is over at all. Its a long year you can see the trajectory were on.Houston (6-5) fell into a tie with the Indianapolis Colts for second place in the division behind the first-place Jaguars (8-3) with the lo s. ADVERTISEMENT The Texans had a chance to force overtime with 34 seconds left Sunday, but .Before that, Stroud had another strong game. The second overall pick in the draft threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns to give him 3,266 yards pa sing to overtake Justin Herbert (3,224) for most yards pa sing in NFL history through a players first 11 games.Stroud also became the first rookie in NFL history to throw for 300 yards or more in four straight games. He moved effectively to avoid the rush Sunday, averaging 3.8 seconds to throw each pa s, which is the longest time by anyone in a single game this season according to NFL Next Gen Stats. Both his touchdown pa ses against Jacksonville came on extended drop-backs of four or more seconds.C.J did a really good job of being able to move around and extend plays, coach DeMeco Ryans said. Made a couple of big plays for us I thought he moved around well when he had to, took what the defense gave him.WHATS WORKINGStrouds stellar play continues to make Houstons pa sing game the strength of the team. His yards pa sing rank second in the NFL and Houstons 276.2 yards pa sing a game also come in at No. 2 in the league.Hes done a great job of spreading the ball around, and the Texans had four receivers with at least 40 yards Sunday.WHAT NEEDS HELPHouston was down to just one timeout for the last drive Sunday after Ryans had to burn two earlier in the second half to avoid penalties.Its tough for us not having those timeouts, having to waste them on procedural things that we need to clean up, Ryans said. All those timeouts were just self-inflicted things that we have to be better at. Whether its making sure we got the right amount of people on the field, getting the calls in quicker, getting to the line of scrimmage quicker, we just have to be better.STOCK UPWR Nico Collins led the team with seven receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown Sunday. It was his third 100-yard game of the season, which is a career high for the third-year player. Its the first time hes had more than 100 yards receiving since finishing with a career-best 168 yards receiving in a win over Pittsburgh Oct. 1. STOCK DOWNCB Tavierre Thomas was called for pa s interference on two plays on the same drive that helped the Jaguars to a touchdown in the third quarter.INJURIESLG Tytus Howard injured his knee against Jacksonville and is questionable for Sundays game. WR Noah Brown mi sed a second straight game against the Jaguars with a knee injury. RB Dameon Pierce returned against Jacksonville after mi sing three games with an ankle injury. KEY NUMBER0. The Texans didnt have a sack Sunday for the first time all season.NEXT STEPSThe Texans look to get back on track when they wrap up a three-game homestand with a visit from Denver Sunday. The Broncos (6-5) have won five in a row after dropping five of Austin Ramesh Jersey their first six games.___AP NFL:
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