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A weekly review of what the Texans must fix:  The Houston Texans will face the Tennessee Titans in what's another winnable game Sunday, but without fixing the mistakes they made Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning anywhere will be difficult.
The most costly mistake that keeps repeating itself is the turnover mistake. The Texans lead the league in takeaways with 15, but have only a plus-two turnover margin, having given up the ball 13 times. And there is a theme in those plays. "I think you're looking at three guys that really are trying to make a play," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said of fumbles by Andre Johnson, Arian Foster and DeAndre Hopkins in the past two games. "... Of course, you want these guys to take care of the football better, but I think these guys are pressing to try to make a play and we've got to make sure that they know, at the end of the day, ball security is the most important thing." Though O'Brien spoke specifically about the Texans' recent rash of fumbles, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has attributed interceptions to his trying too hard to make a big play. The motivation behind trying to stretch for extra yards, hoping you can keep trusting your hands, is a good one for the Texans. But methodical and mistake-free play (or at least fewer mistakes) might have changed the outcome of two games the Texans lost by less than a touchdown.
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