Instant takeaways from Colts division loss to Texans in Week 13

The Indianapolis Colts have lost their second consecutive game, this time to the Houston Texans by a score of 20-16.

Indianapolis is now 8-4 on the season.

With the game have just ended, here are our instant takeaways from the Colts' performance.

- It was mostly tough sledding again in the run game for the Colts. Jonathan Taylor totaled 85 yards on 21 carries, averaging a modest 4.0 yards per rush. Defenses are loading the boxes against this Colts' offense.

- With more defenders near the line of scrimmage, Jones was trying to push the ball downfield to exploit the matchups that were there.

- According to PFF's early tracking data, Daniel Jones was under pressure on 41.7% of his dropbacks. For some context, a quarterback pressure rate of 42% over the course of this season is the second-highest mark in football.

- Another impressive performance from Alec Pierce, who is a go-to target for Jones. This season, Perice's role within the offense has expanded -- he's not only a vertical threat in this offense.

- Third and fourth downs were again difficult for the Colts offense, who was 3-for-12 on conversion attempts today. In part, that's the product of not having a strong run game, which means playing from behind the sticks.

- Although it wasn't as bad as last week, the Colts lost the time of possession battle by a fair amount. The Texans held the ball for almost 10 minutes longer than Indianapolis and ran 22 more plays.

- At least on the initial viewing, it seemed like CJ Stroud had quite a bit of time to throw.

- Texans' wide receiver Nico Collins had another big day against the Colts, totaling 98 yards on five receptions. He also had a rushing touchdown.

- The Colts' run defense was improved, holding Houston to just 3.3 yards per rush. But DeForest Buckner's presence is still very much missed inside.

- Talk about a huge fourth-down stop by the Colts' defense in the red zone late in the fourth quarter.

- Michael Badgley made a field goal, but he had another missed extra point attempt. In the Colts' last three games, Badgley has now missed three kicks (two extra points and a field goal). That proved to be a big miss with the Colts in field position late.

- Without Sauce Gardner, Jaylon Jones and Mekhi Blackmon both saw playing time at cornerback.

(Please note that this article will be updated.)

This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Colts vs. Texans: Instant analysis of Week 13 loss