HOUSTON (AP) — Down by four to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers early in the fourth quarter Monday night, the Houston Texans had three chances to score from the 1-yard line and came up empty.

They had a first-and-goal at the 8 and Nico Collins was stopped a yard short of the goal line on a first-down catch. Nick Chubb was stuffed for no gain and C.J. Stroud threw incompletions intended for Collins on the next two plays to send the ball back to the Bucs.

Their failure to score on that drive was the biggest missed opportunities in a 20-19 loss.

“We didn’t make the plays we needed to make and that’s the summation of this game,” coach DeMeco Ryans said.

Stroud was asked to explain what went wrong on that possession where the Texans couldn’t score from the 1, but he seemed to be at a loss.

“We ju

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