What history says about DeMeco Ryans, C.J. Stroud, Texans and 0-4 starts
The only other time C.J. Stroud started 0-4 he was a junior in high school and his team made the playoffs. Texans hope to beat the odds.
The Houston Texans suffered their fourth consecutive loss on Sunday, falling to the Dallas Cowboys 34-30, marking a 0-4 start to their season. This loss echoes a similar situation from 18 years ago when DeMeco Ryans, then the Texans' head coach, saw his team lose to the Indianapolis Colts 31-27 in a 0-4 stretch. Since the playoff format expanded to seven teams per conference in 2020, only one team that made the playoffs had a losing streak of at least four games, and that was the 2021 San Francisco 49ers, who went on to secure a wild-card spot and ultimately lost in the NFC Championship Game.
Conversely, only one team, the 1992 San Diego Chargers, has ever made the playoffs after dropping their first four games. Despite the historical context, Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans is focused on finding a way to improve and beat the Tennessee Titans, rather than dwelling on past performances.
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