The Houston Texans’ 16-10 loss at the hands of the Carolina Panthers must have been a bittersweet event for second-year safety Justin Reid.
Playing against his older brother Eric for the first time in the NFL will have been an extraordinary experience for both the Reid brothers as well as their families, but despite this, the younger sibling still had a defeat to process.
“We still have some growing to do, but the talent on this team is unquestionable,” said Reid. “We have a tremendous quarterback, tremendous players all over the field, so we’re just going to have to keep building, watch the tape and get better.”
Reid may have full faith in his Texans teammates despite their shaky start to the season and poor performance on Sunday, but they will need to study hard if they are to improve to 3-1 next week.
The Texans have a seemingly winnable game this coming week against the Atlanta Falcons, and Reid appears comfortable in the knowledge that they are still knee-deep in the battle for a playoff spot regardless of how their season has unraveled thus far.
“The league is set up to be an 8-8 league,” admitted Reid. “We don’t have an easy division and we’re still 2-2, so we’re just going to have to keep working toward getting that train rolling, get a win streak going and then just prepare to make that run.”
The Texans have reason to be cautiously optimistic that they can still gather momentum and build a winning streak in the coming weeks. Reason being that they are coming off of a season in which they began 0-3, only to go 9-0 the following weeks.
While the circumstances are vastly different today from one year ago, there were doubters then and yet they pulled it out of the bag. Perhaps Bill O’Brien’s side can accomplish such a streak for the second year in a row.
