ARLINGTON, TX - OCTOBER 05: J.J. Watt #99 of the Houston Texans is blocked by Zack Martin #70 of the Dallas Cowboys in the second half at AT&T Stadium on October 5, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

It was a play Tony Romo has made countless times in his career, spinning out of a sure sack to extend to buy time and deliver a strike.

But with J.J. Watt being the rusher bearing down in Sunday’s 20-17 Houston Texans overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys, only to see Romo slip his grasp and throw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Terrence Williams, this one felt different. Especially to Watt.

“I should have had the sack,” Watt said. “Those are the type of things that wear on you. The good plays feel good and the bad plays feel bad, and that one feels bad. “It’s frustrating. As a player who’s supposed to make plays, I should have made that play, and I didn’t. To see it turn into points, and obviously to see us end up on the losing end of the game, it’s something that wears on you.”

The touchdown gave the Cowboys a 10-7 lead on the ensuing possession after Arian Foster punched one in for the Texans for a four-point lead early in the third quarter, swinging momentum back to Dallas.

Houston would eventually fall into a 10-point fourth quarter hole. But they climbed out of it, with another Foster score from one yard out with 41 seconds left in regulation putting the game into overtime.

In the end, it was Dan Bailey nailing a 49 yard game winner and the Cowboys erupting in celebration.

“To fight back the way we did, to show that resilience, it was good to see,” Watt said. “But at the end of the day we lost the game, and that’s what matters. … It obviously stings.” “Football’s a brutal game. It’s brutal on your body, it’s brutal on your emotions. The highs are high and the lows are low. That’s why we love it, because it’s so much fun when you do well, and you feel the pain when you don’t do well.”

Watt and the 3-2 Texans host the 3-2 Indianapolis Colts on Thursday.

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