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HOUSTON (AP) — With two minutes remaining Martinas Rankin Jersey , the Houston Texans down 24-21 to the Indianapolis Colts and needing a critical stop at midfield on third-and-1, Andrew Luck tried and tried to draw the Texans offside.With the play clock dwindling and the Colts facing having to burn a timeout, Luck gave it one last try.Texans defensive end Jadeveon Clowney took the bait.The 5-yard penalty gave the Colts a first down and, ultimately, the win. The Colts (7-6) snapped a nine-game winning streak by the Texans (9-4), trimming Houston’s lead over the AFC South to two games with three remaining.Clowney later refused to comment when approached by reporters.“He jumped offsides,” Texans defensive end J.J. Watt said. “I mean, I think we all saw the same thing. I don’t know what you want me to tell you.”Houston’s longtime struggles against the Colts returned Sunday. Their Texans’ winning streak started with a 37-34 overtime win in Indianapolis on Sept. 30, but they returned to prior misfortunes against the AFC South foe, falling to 8-26 all-time against the Colts, including 5-12 at NRG Stadium.“I think the Colts did a good job, but we didn’t play well as an offense Jordan Akins Jersey ,” Texans coach Bill O’Brien said. “It’s always going to be the quarterback, the head coach. I totally understand that, but we just weren’t very good as an offense. We were never able to get into a rhythm.”Indianapolis’ defense gave Houston fits both in the passing and running game. The Colts sacked Watson five times for a loss of 41 yards and held Houston’s rushing offense to just 89 yards on 25 carries.Watson had 267 yards passing and 35 yards rushing. Tight end Ryan Griffin led Houston receivers with 80 yards on five catches, while DeAndre Hopkins was held to 36 yards on four catches, including a late 7-yard touchdown reception that cut the lead to three.“You learn more with a loss than a win,” Watson said. “The wins, you create the mistakes but you won, you celebrate and kind of put them behind. Losses kind of bring out the negative plays. We’ll correct what we need to correct, get back on the same page and move on from it. Maybe it’s a good thing that we ended up losing today, but you never want to lose, you always want to win.“We’ll push forward.”Luck threw for 399 yards and two touchdowns, and receiver T.Y. Hilton piled on 199 yards on nine catches. Hilton entered the game as the all-time leader in receiving yards per game at NRG Stadium with 122.3 yards and finished Sunday just shy of 200 yards with nine catches on 12 targets. In seven career games in Houston Keke Coutee Jersey , Hilton has topped 100 yards four times, with three of those topping 175 yards.“We just came off a nine-winning streak, so it’s important to not cave your own walls in,” Texans safety Tyrann Mathieu said. “We did some great things this season, and obviously, still have a lot still to play for. We’re not packing our bags quite yet. I think you need to lose every now and then to really get a grip on what teams are trying to do to you.” Well more than half of Dak Prescott's sacks and all four of the Dallas Cowboys quarterback's interceptions have come on the road.There are plenty of other numbers to illustrate the stark contrast between the Cowboys at home and away from AT&T Stadium, starting with the symmetrical records of 3-0 and 0-3.While a visit to NFC East-leading Washington on Sunday is a chance for at least a tie for first place along with their first winning record this season, the Cowboys would probably view it as a road breakthrough more than anything."We've talked about it all year," right guard Zack Martin said. "It's usually been reversed. We've usually been better on the road than we have at home. I think the biggest thing is our communication on the road has not been anywhere near how it's been at home."Communication speaks to the protection issues with Prescott, whose passer rating is more than 40 points lower on the road 鈥?67 compared to 108.Toss in the NFL's second-lowest road scoring average (12.3 points per game), and the Cowboys haven't given themselves much of a chance in losses at Carolina to open the season, followed by Seattle and Houston. They've alternated road and home games 鈥?and losses and wins 鈥?all season.Dallas has transformed into one of the NFL's youngest teams over the past couple of seasons Deshaun Watson Jersey , and coach Jason Garrett has mentioned youth a few times when asked about the difficulties away from home. The question is whether it's the primary reason."Possibly, but that's irrelevant," Garrett said. "What's relevant is we have to do a better job of it. At times on the road, when we were all together and communicated well and everybody was on the same page, we executed pretty well. But there are too many examples in each of those games where we didn't do that."While the passing yardage is close to the same, it's somewhat misleading because the Cowboys struck for big plays early in home wins over the New York Giants and Jacksonville and turned to the running game to protect leads in the second half.And there's something to be said for the rushing attack, which the Dallas offense is built around, being reliable on the road. The Cowboys are averaging 119 yards on the ground in the three road defeats.The only time Ezekiel Elliott, second in the NFL in rushing, was truly shut down was the 19-16 overtime loss to the Texans. He averaged a season-low 2.7 yards per carry, and when he was stuffed on third-and-1 in overtime, Garrett was criticized for punting from the Houston 42-yard line. The Texans drove to the winning field goal."That's our focus this week is going into this game Zach Cunningham Jersey , having great communication and starting fast, putting points on the board," Elliott said.The Cowboys are converting less than 25 percent of third downs on the road, which is partly explained by long-yardage situations caused by penalties.There also have been several instances of silent counts gone awry, with linemen getting slow starts on snaps and causing problems for Prescott. The third-year QB has been sacked 13 times on the road compared to six sacks at home."Up front it's being on the same page with the calls and communicating, whether it be different snap counts or different line calls when it's real loud, or different signals to different guys," Martin said. "That's really what's killed us the first three road games."The Cowboys also had two big changes to their line 鈥?one expected and one not. Four-time Pro Bowl center Travis Frederick is out indefinitely with a nerve disorder and won't be eligible to play for at least seven more games. Rookie Connor Williams is starting at left guard."From Carolina to where we are now, I think we've come a long way," Martin said. "I think guys are getting a lot more comfortable in there. We still have a long way to go. I think we're making progress week by week and that's what you want to see."NOTES: DE David Irving was limited in practice while still dealing with personal issues. He's been in a custody battle involving his daughter. ... WR Tavon Austin (groin) and LB Joe Thomas (foot) didn't practice. Both injuries could be long-term issues. ... LB Sean Lee (hamstring) was limited. The question with the 2016 All-Pro is whether to keep him out a fourth straight game for the extra healing time that goes with the open week after playing the Redskins.