Joe Mixon: This hurts, but we have it here

The Texans suffered a crushing loss on Sunday night, but that doesn’t shake running back Joe Mixon’s faith in the team.

Mixon shared that sentiment with reporters after the Texans took a 23-7 halftime lead and suffered a 26-23 loss to the Lions on a night when Jared Goff threw five interceptions. That continued the trend of poor second halves for Houston, which became the second team since 1933 to lose a game in which it had five interceptions and led by at least 15 points, but that didn’t cause Mixon to change his mind about the team is able to achieve something.

“When it comes to this team, I was there a special changing room” Mixon said, via Fox 26’s Sal Maneen. “We have it here. Trust me, we have it here. This burns, I’ll be honest, it does. Ultimately, it left many people speechless. We let our fans down, we let our brothers down. It is what it is, but we need to recover and get ready for another prime time game.”

The Texans share a division with three losing teams, which makes it a little easier to show confidence in their direction in the face of a flop like this. However, any hopes of extending their winning streak beyond winning the AFC South will feel like a delusion unless the team is able to complete complete games.