HOUSTON, TX - DECEMBER 21: J.J. Watt #99 of the Houston Texans loses his helmet after presssuring Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens at NRG Stadium on December 21, 2014 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

It was the finest performance of the season for the Houston Texans defense, and one the Baltimore Ravens offense would soon like to forget.

Joe Flacco summarized bluntly.

“Hey, we got our ass kicked,” he said. “It’s really simple. We did a lot of things not very well.”

In a 25-13 win on Sunday at NRG Stadium, the Texans defense rolled.

They held the Ravens to season-low 211 yards of total offense, 3.1 yards per play and 4 of 15 on third down.

Flacco threw three interceptions, two to Kareem Jackson, en route to a 41.7 quarterback rating.

Justin Forsett, who entered as one of the NFL’s top running backs, was relegated to one of a running back by committee. Forsett had only 19 yards on 10 carries and gave way to Fitzgerald Toussaint and Bernard Pierce in the fourth quarter.

Forsett said he wasn’t injured, either.

“No, I was good,” Forsett said. “We were trying to rotate, get guys in there, see if we could get a spark or something like that.”

In all, not what one of the NFL’s hottest offenses — coached by offensive coordinator and former Texans head coach Gary Kubiak — expected.

“Nothing came easy,” Flacco said. “There was nothing out there where you were just like, Boom, gimme, gimme, gimme. Everything you had to go take it and earn it, and it was like that for the full 60 minutes, and it was tough.”

J.J. Watt had eight tackles, three for loss, a sack and four quarterback hits, further padding his MVP candidacy — especially as the Texans inch closer to a playoff berth. But in what was the best showing for defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel’s unit, it was a complete team effort. Jared Crick had a batted pass that A.J. Bouye intercepted, and later had a sack, two tackles for loss and two quarterback hits. Daryl Morris and Jumal Rolle held Torrey Smith (59 yards) and Steve Smith Sr. (49) to five catches each. Brian Cushing, Brooks Reed, Kendrick Lewis and D.J. Swearinger were active, and effective.

“We just got whooped, man,” Flacco said. “No way about it. … We didn’t do a single thing on offense. We just got beat up and whooped.”

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