This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/texans as Danielle Hunter Gets Real on Texans' Victory vs. 49ers. The Houston Texans pulled together a winning effort in Week 8 vs. the San Francisco 49ers in a critical home victory to effectively elevate to 3-4 on the year, while showing some notable strength in all three phases of the game.

Here is how the 49ers (5-3) graded in Sunday’s 26-15 loss to the host (3-4): PASS OFFENSE: F. Third-down failures on the first three series set the to

Next up, the Texans will host the Denver Broncos in an AFC wildcard tilt. Houston is still trying to dig their way back to .500, and if they have any fixings on making the playoffs, it’ll start with a victory against the Broncos. If Jaylin Noel, Jayden Higgins, and Woody Marks and steal the show yet again, they’ll have a very good chance!

Kyle Shanahan provided a series of injury updates after San Francisco fell to the Houston Texans on Sunday afternoon.

The 49ers offense sabotaged the defense and the defense failed to set up the offense in one-sided loss to Texans.

Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans is a former 49ers defensive coordinator under Kyle Shanahan, so San Francisco knows how difficult of a challenge it will be against Houston. Jones went into further detail about the Texans, highlighting their linebackers in particular.

The San Francisco 49ers got Alfred Collins back late in the second quarter against the Texans and almost immediately lost another defensive lineman.