Chances the Texans get the #1 seed

[Texn4life]

Originally Posted by amazing80

No, if we lost out after that game and any of the others won out then they would leap frog us by virtue of overall record

We need them to lose one more each OR, beat Pat and win one more

Yeah, if we win our next 2 we'll clinch because of head to head and conference record.

[TexanBacker93]

Originally Posted by Texn4life

Yeah, if we win our next 2 we'll clinch because of head to head and conference record.

That would be great clinching home field throughout on Dec 16th against the Colts.

[Thorn]

My prediction:

New England has Houston, San Fran, @ Jacksonville, Miami. They win out and go 13-3.

Denver has @ Oakland, @ Baltimore, Cleveland Kansas City. They lose at Baltimore and go 12-4.

Baltimore has @ Washington, Denver, New York Giants, @ Cincincinti. They should win out and be 13-3.

Houston loses @ New England then wins out going 14-2 and gets home field advantage.

[Allstar]

Originally Posted by Thorn

My prediction:

New England has Houston, San Fran, @ Jacksonville, Miami. They win out and go 13-3.

Denver has @ Oakland, @ Baltimore, Cleveland Kansas City. They lose at Baltimore and go 12-4.

Baltimore has @ Washington, Denver, New York Giants, @ Cincincinti. They should win out and be 13-3.

Houston loses @ New England then wins out going 14-2 and gets home field advantage.

Have you seen Baltimore lately?

[brakos82]

Originally Posted by Allstar

Have you seen Baltimore lately?

To be fair, I think Thorn's still drunk. LOL

[Lurvinator11]

Since Baltimore lost, that changes things and makes things easier for us to at least get a bye.

Still want the #1 seed though. This is going to be the longest week ever.....

[Lurvinator11]

I don't know why, but I don't feel great going in with a record of 14-2.

I just feel like we would be the team to lose in the playoffs.

This season is just getting to the point,, where you don't know if this is real. I simply cannot believe what this team has done.

Getting the Lombardi would be the greatest. I would cry tears of joy. Joy I tell ya!

[midway]

Originally Posted by ziggy29

Luck is good, but this season makes me think that some point in the 2011 season, the Colts decided to cash it in and coast for draft position.

really going out on a limb there.

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by Lurvinator11

I don't know why, but I don't feel great going in with a record of 14-2.

I just feel like we would be the team to lose in the playoffs.

This season is just getting to the point,, where you don't know if this is real. I simply cannot believe what this team has done.

Getting the Lombardi would be the greatest. I would cry tears of joy. Joy I tell ya!

I've been pinching myself since we rolled over Baltimore.

[drs23]

Originally Posted by Lurvinator11

I don't know why, but I don't feel great going in with a record of 14-2.

I just feel like we would be the team to lose in the playoffs.

This season is just getting to the point,, where you don't know if this is real. I simply cannot believe what this team has done.

Getting the Lombardi would be the greatest. I would cry tears of joy. Joy I tell ya!

And you don't even suffer from the Oiler days knowing going in that the other shoe would certainly drop.

[Norg]

we just need to beat NE and Pray Denver losses a game and we will be sittin pretty lets just root for the raiders that they can somehow pull a upset

[Norg]

If we beat NE and things swing our way with denver then we could lose wk 15 and wk 16 and have a bye thats like a hole month + to rest our starters or treat these 2 games like pre season

[Allstar]

Originally Posted by Norg

we just need to beat NE and Pray Denver losses a game and we will be sittin pretty lets just root for the raiders that they can somehow pull a upset

Why should we pray for Denver to lose? We should be actively rooting for Denver and New England to pass up Baltimore so we can avoid playing both Manning AND Brady in the playoffs.

[SAMURAITEXAN]

Originally Posted by Norg

If we beat NE and things swing our way with denver then we could lose wk 15 and wk 16 and have a bye thats like a hole month + to rest our starters or treat these 2 games like pre season

Bold comments is exactly I am hoping for. Let our starters rest and heal so that they will be fresh and ready for the playoffs with home field advantage! Just win at NE and Indy games and will be good.

Go Texans!!!

[Norg]

Originally Posted by Allstar

Why should we pray for Denver to lose? We should be actively rooting for Denver and New England to pass up Baltimore so we can avoid playing both Manning AND Brady in the playoffs.

cause denver is the front runner to get the number 1 seed if hou slips up

Ravens have no chance have u seen there sechudle they will prob fall to the #4 spot or worse

its going to be us denver and Pats fighting for the 1 and 2 spot

thats why if we.... WIn we beat the pats having denver lose one and then we are good Go into Preseason mode for like a hole month +

[dalemurphy]

Originally Posted by Norg

cause denver is the front runner to get the number 1 seed if hou slips up

Ravens have no chance have u seen there sechudle they will prob fall to the #4 spot or worse

its going to be us denver and Pats fighting for the 1 and 2 spot

thats why if we.... WIn we beat the pats having denver lose one and then we are good Go into Preseason mode for like a hole month +

For Denver to pass us up, all of this needs to happen:

Baltimore lose again.
New England win out.
Denver win out.
Houston lose to New England and at least once to Indy.

that's a lot to happen... Expecting an 11-1 team to fall apart at the end of the season while two teams with three losses to finish the season with 10 - 11 game winning streaks.

... I do agree that New England and Denver are the teams to avoid in the playoffs, though. And, it would be nice if the scenario works out for us. Still, there are too many variables to know what to root for.

[IDEXAN]

Originally Posted by Thorn

My prediction:

New England has Houston, San Fran, @ Jacksonville, Miami. They win out and go 13-3.

Denver has @ Oakland, @ Baltimore, Cleveland Kansas City. They lose at Baltimore and go 12-4.

Baltimore has @ Washington, Denver, New York Giants, @ Cincincinti. They should win out and be 13-3.

Houston loses @ New England then wins out going 14-2 and gets home field advantage.

Anybody who is comparing this years Colts to the 2011 version (before Luck), isn't paying attention. The last 2 weeks Luck has played like a young John Elway. I don't see us winning in Reliant in our first meeting and then going up to Indy just 2 weeks later and winning again. I don't think it's gonna happen. So in that scenario we are not the top seed, NE will be.

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by IDEXAN

Anybody who is comparing this years Colts to the 2011 version (before Luck), isn't paying attention. The last 2 weeks Luck has played like a young John Elway. I don't see us winning in Reliant in our first meeting and then going up to Indy just 2 weeks later and winning again. I don't think it's gonna happen. So in that scenario we are not the top seed, NE will be.

Anybody confusing the 2012 Colts to the 2010 Colts has got a little Luck juice on his chin.

He ain't Elway. He ain't Manning. He ain't Stafford. He won't win at Reliant & if he wins in Indy, it's because we let him.

[Thorn]

The Colts are good, but they ain't as good as the Texans. Until that team is built up some more, the Texans own the division.

And yes, I've seen Luck play, and not everything good that happens to that team comes directly from his skill set. The Colts have gone from horrible to above average in one year. But the Texans are one of the best teams in the NFL right now, and are just a flat out better team. For this year.

Make no mistake about it, for now we can take the Colts at home and at their place. But Luck with good coaching is going to grow into a very long lasting pain in our sides for the next decade and a half.

[76Texan]

Originally Posted by Thorn

The Colts are good, but they ain't as good as the Texans. Until that team is built up some more, the Texans own the division.

And yes, I've seen Luck play, and not everything good that happens to that team comes directly from his skill set. The Colts have gone from horrible to above average in one year. But the Texans are one of the best teams in the NFL right now, and are just a flat out better team. For this year.

Make no mistake about it, for now we can take the Colts at home and at their place. But Luck with good coaching is going to grow into a very long lasting pain in our sides for the next decade and a half.

It will be fun to watch!