Divisional games, particularly second matchups with teams, tend to be lower-scoring. We got that last night, in a 20-17 win for the Texans that puts them in the driver's seat for the AFC South. The Colts came out with a run-heavy game plan that would have been impressive...if they'd won.

Texans have a one-game lead now, with the tiebreakers even. Their remaining schedule looks tough (I think). Home game against Denver should be fine, but the other four are New England, at Tampa Bay, and the Titans twice. The Colts also play at Tampa Bay, at New Orleans, and at Jacksonville, with home games against the Titans and Panthers. I think it's actually possible the Titans sneak up and win the division. In any case, 10-6 is probably going to take it. Maybe even 9-7, with those tiebreakers coming into play.

But, on to last night's game.

Deshaun Watson:
Watson was very sharp last night, making perfect throws to his excellent wide receiver duo all night long. He did a better job of getting rid of the ball (1 sack) than in most other games. He wasn't perfect. He threw an interception and had another one dropped over the middle, and was fortunate not to be charged with a lost fumble in the final two minutes that could have cost Houston the game. But he came up big throwing it. With Houston at Tennessee and Tampa Bay in Week 15 and 16, I would be very happy to have Watson as a quarterback on my playoff team.

Jacoby Brissett:
With what the offense let him do, Brissett was fine. He was 16 of 25, and I counted 4 plays where the ball was either dropped or a defender made a nice play to get a hand in, breaking up an accurate pass. He did miss Eric Ebron on a possible big play over the middle. But mostly, I think he was done in by the run-heavy approach and the pitch count that his best receiver was on. If T.Y. Hilton wasn't healthy, so be it, but he looked fine running routes. Could have used him, it seemed, on some second- and third-and-long plays when he was standing on the sideline. The ground game was effective, so I can't knock that too much, but running out half the final period when you're losing doesn't seem like sound decision-making.

Houston running backs:
Carlos Hyde looked pretty good for a lot of this game. Quicker than he looked in Jacksonville or Cleveland last year. I'm not really sure why Kansas City gave him away, besides the fact that he's a zero in the passing game. His numbers wouldn't have been good but for a 33-yard breakaway, but the Colts play pretty good run defense. Hyde definitely looks better than Duke Johnson, who (take your pick) either a) continually gets underused or misused by his coaches or b) is ridiculously overrated. Houston backs really can't be used in this pass heavy offense where Watson is going to account for a lot of the rushing touchdowns anyway.

Indianapolis running backs:
So yeah, missed on Jonathan Williams. He was pretty high in the rankings "if Jordan Wilkins inactive," but with Wilkins healthy the guess was it would be a committee. Nope, Williams got 26 carries for 104 yards and a touchdown, against an above-average Texans run defense that had allowed fewer rushing scores (4) than anyone but the Vikings. Continuing with that run-heavy theme, Nyheim Hines got more than twice as many rushing attempts (9) as he had in any other game all season, averaging nearly 6 yards per carry. Wilkins played one offensive snap. Silver lining if you benched Williams and missed out is he'll be the guy for as long as Marlon Mack is out, which should be another game or two, unless I'm misreading how long it takes a broken hand to heal. Frank Reich is a really smart guy who's done a great job with the Colts. But with Indy trailing by 3 points in the fourth quarter, they ran the ball on 11 of 15 plays, taking 8 minutes off the clock on those drives.

Houston receivers:
There are some good wideout duos in the league. Maybe the best one is Evans-Godwin in Tampa Bay, or perhaps Thielen-Diggs in Minnesota. But a strong case can be made that DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller -- when healthy, obviously -- is the best. Indianapolis had trouble staying with these guys all game, and Watson was pinpoint throwing to them. They accounted for 19 of his 30 attempts and 13 of his 19 completions. Darren Fells got an end-zone look at one point, but he was out-targeted 4-2 by Jordan Akins. Kenny Stills may as well not have been on the field at all, and run don't walk to cut healthy scratch Keke Coutee. DeAndre Carter was active but strictly for special teams -- didn't play a snap on offense.

Colts receivers:
I can count on one hand the good last-minute decisions I've made over the years. Last night's was starting T.Y. Hilton, after firmly deciding that very afternoon I wasn't going to use him. Hilton played under 40 percent of the snaps, catching 3 passes for 18 yards. There were a couple of near-misses in there, in both cases plays where the defender made a nice play; one he definitely deflected it, one he at least distracted Hilton. I think Hilton normally catches that one. Could have been about a 5 for 60 game, serviceable in PPR. But with limited snaps and low volume, he was a bust. Other Colts wideouts completely unusable (and I'm not sure they'll be any good even in a more pass-happy approach). Eric Ebron caught 4 for 44 and was open on a possible big gainer where Brissett missed him. If I'm ranking Colts pass catchers right now it's Hilton, Ebron, Jack Doyle and Zach Pascal fourth.

Miscellaneous:
Ka'imi Fairbairn caromed in a 36-yarder off the upright. Bill O'Brien also passed up a kick at one point for a fourth-down try, can't blame him. Adam Vinatieri made his kicks, but I didn't have any confidence in him making a game-winner had the Colts got into position. ... The refs didn't help the Colts. There was a questionable holding penalty that wiped out a Brissett run early. And then Watson clearly fumbled in the final minutes, but the refs didn't see it initially and ultimately ruled there was no clear recovery by Darius Leonard. I'm not sure if there was any video showing a clear recovery. But the officials mishandled the play. As usual.