I'm not sure I've seen a more frustrating game this season. For starters, the referees blew dead a DeAndre Hopkins touchdown, assuming he had stepped out of bounds when he hadn't. Why not just let it play out and review it later? Second, on the Texans penultimate drive, the referees clearly spotted the ball erroneously short of the first down at least once if not twice. This essentially cost Houston the game, me the cover and a win in the high-stakes Stopa 11K league. Finally, on the Texans final drive, Bill O'Brien punted on 4th-and-7 from his own 44, down seven, with 3:13 and two timeouts left in the game. The Texans never got the ball back, and I'm pretty sure the 29-yard pass from Derek Carr to Jalen Richard on the run-out-the-clock drive was the margin in the Stopa league.

But it wasn't only that. Rooting against Carr and Amari Cooper and for the Texans plus-5.5,  I was doing great for three quarters until the Raiders, having gained next to nothing all game, got two long TDs on blown coverages, the worst of which was a 75-yard catch-and-run by the fullback. The Texans had essentially dominated the game, but checked out for two plays. I should be used to it by now, but it's still annoying as hell.

• DeAndre Hopkins owners can't buy a break. Instead of 5-for-58, he should have gone about 5-for-100 and a TD. He did make a few key third down grabs, though, but saw only six targets.

• Brock Osweiler's numbers were poor (6.2 YPA, one pick, two sacks), but could have been a lot worse had Oakland not dropped at least two easy interceptions.

• Carr's stats looked good, but as I mentioned, it was mostly junk. The Raiders are 8-2, same record as the Patriots, but I think it's mostly smoke and mirrors.

• Michael Crabtree had a bad game, with only five yards on seven targets and a couple drops.

• Lamar Miller was solid, getting outside, breaking tackles and finishing with 102 rushing yards and a score. The Texans didn't use him much as a receiver, though - only two catches for nine yards.