The Texans suffered a crushing loss on Sunday night, but that doesn’t detract from Joe Mixon’s belief in the team.

Mixon shared that sentiment with reporters after the Texans took a 23-7 lead into halftime en route to a 26-23 loss to the Lions on a night when Jared Goff threw five interceptions. It continued the trend of bad second halves for Houston, which became the second team since 1933 to lose a game in which they had five interceptions and led by at least 15 points, but it didn’t change Mixon’s view of what the game meant to change. team is able to perform.

“When it comes to this team, I’m in it a special dressing room,” Mixon said, via Sal Maneen of Fox 26. “We have it here. Believe me, we have it here. This one stings, I’ll be real, it does. When it came down to it, it left many people speechless. We let our fans down, we let our brothers down. It is what it is, but we have to bounce back 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 a flop like this. However, any hope of extending their run beyond winning the AFC South will feel fraudulent as long as the team remains unable to play full games.