HOUSTON – Inside the Texans’ team meeting room Saturday evening, coach DeMeco Ryans delivered an inspirational message about gritty toughness, resiliency, heart and determination.

Ryans’ example for the team, an underdog at home heading into a pivotal Sunday game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, was a heavyweight boxing match.

Daniel Peter Williams, a British championship boxer called ‘Dynamite Dan’ who once defeated legend Mike Tyson, dislocated his right shoulder in a match against Mark Potter for the vacant British title. Despite the pain, he fought through the injury for two rounds and won the match with a resounding left uppercut for the knockout win in the sixth round a quarter-century ago.

The message resonated with the Texans, galvanizing them the night before one of the great

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