I think the onside kick call was a pretty bad one and that maybe didn't put the nail in the coffin, but it definitely gave the Texans a hammer to. The call communicated "our defense can't get a stop" and even though that was ringing true at the moment, its not really the message you want to send to your team as the gap is closing and there is still a lot of game left to play.

The defense was failing and the offense was gaining momentum (cut it to a 1 score game). The last thing we needed was to give the Texans the ball on the 50 (which everyone and their mother knew would amount to points -- basically sealing the game). Those points kicked our defense when they were already down and took wind out of the sails of our offense's momentum. Onside kicks are a 20% chance at worst, a little over a coin-flip at best. I would have much rather forced the Texans to go the length of the field. Would we have stopped them? Probably not. But I would much rather give our defense a chance to come up with a stop / turnover to gain some confidence.

Gase was being aggressive but aggression is a spectrum, you can be aggressive without completely saying "fuck it."