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Houston Texans can clinch NFL playoff berth Sunday
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TexansFanatic
Extremist
First team to clinch. That would be incredible.
DX-TEX
#TomSavageDontCare
Scary IMO. I would rather they be in a dogfight to the bitter end.
Malloy
Hall of Fame
Everything short of the Raiders winning sounds plausable
If you mean by the "bitter end" the Super Bowl and that we're playing in the it, I agree.
If you mean that we won't know whether we've made the playoffs until the last week of the season, then I think that's nuts.
So which is it?
Not just that but we should'nt be in a dog fight 'less we already forgot about Vicks, LOL.
I need a JJWatt's finger waving emoticon here
Still, it wouldn't hurt my feelings one little bit if all those guys lost and we clinched a playoff berth in freakin' November!
The Pencil Neck
Hall of Fame
Remember that one year when Shanahan's Broncos went 8-0 to start the season and then went 0-8 to finish it and missed the playoffs.
Yeah.
I won't believe we have the #1 seed until we have the #1 seed.
Thorn
Dirty Old Man
Still, it wouldn't hurt my feelings one little bit if all those guys lost and we clinched a playoff berth in freakin' November!
That would be nice, and it might just get us a few seconds extra on NFLN if you can make it past them talking about the Jets or Cowboys. We could win 50,000 super bowls and be well on our way to the next stage of human evolution and they'd still be talking about the Jets and Cowboys before us.
The number 1 seed will still take some doing, that's for sure. I hope we get it as well. Just making the playoffs at this stage is a done deal. Seriously.
TexansFanatic
Extremist
Agreed --- there's hardly any way the Texans don't make the playoffs at this point.
But clinching a spot early means the team can then focus exclusively on clinching home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
OzzO
.. and then?
I think I read in the chronic today that if we win 3 more, we clinch home field. But I ain't gonna try to figure all that fancy math to confirm... just let me know when we do.
TexansFanatic
Extremist
I wish that were true, but my math tells me that three more wins for the Texans equals 12 wins.
The Ravens have only lost 2 games and could thus conceivably win as many as 14 games. If the Ravens win 13 or 14 games while the Texans win only 12, then the Ravens win home field advantage.
The Patriots and Broncos have only lost 3 games and could thus conceivably win as many as 13 games, thus eclipsing a 12-4 Texans record.
Is it time to visit the playoff machine again?
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine
You know, if you set "Offensive Ranking" as the determining factor. The Colts win the division and we get in as a wild card.
Oh, it gets better; we have to go play the Steelers IN Pittsburgh because they're division winners and we're the wild card team.
Yeah... forget patience, the sooner we clinch, the better.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine
You know, if you set "Offensive Ranking" as the determining factor. The Colts win the division and we get in as a wild card.
Oh, it gets better; we have to go play the Steelers IN Pittsburgh because they're division winners and we're the wild card team.
Yeah... forget patience, the sooner we clinch, the better.
TexansFanatic
Extremist
Meh. Just win out and go 18-1 for 2012. That would be tons better than NE's 18-1 season.
Ha! Damn right. And just as good as Chicago's 18-1 season.
rush2112mn
Rookie
Doing my Spicoli impression from Fast Times at Ridgemont High
"Awesome.....totally Awesome"
"Awesome.....totally Awesome"
I'd rather be in a dogfight to the bitter end. Being the first to the dance has a tendency to take the pressure off too long and lose focus. There have been way too many times that a team with the best record get its clock cleaned in its own house by some wild card team that's loose, and has everything to gain, and nothing to lose.
I'll never understand that mindset.
It's the freakin' playoffs. EVERYONE is in the "everything to gain, nothing to lose" situation.
It's Win or Go Home for everybody.
TheMatrix31
Hall of Fame
I want the home field advantage but part of me doesn't want a bye. We seem to always be sluggish after a bye. We're a momentum team more than many others, it seems.
I hear what you're saying but it'll be tough to have the one without the other.
fiasco west
All Pro
I am hoping that the Colts draw the Broncos in the wildcard round.
Would be fun to watch at least.
Would be fun to watch at least.
GP
Go Texans!
If a fan doesn't want a playoff spot locked up in November, I have to really wonder about that fan.
It ranks up there with fans who get bummed if we don't face a fully stacked opponent. I mean, Lord forbid we have an easier game because opponents have significant players out of a game.
I have a feeling those fans also love Kubiak's "Get Cute" play calling episodes. After all, it wouldn't be fair to defenses if we played our cards straight.
It ranks up there with fans who get bummed if we don't face a fully stacked opponent. I mean, Lord forbid we have an easier game because opponents have significant players out of a game.
I have a feeling those fans also love Kubiak's "Get Cute" play calling episodes. After all, it wouldn't be fair to defenses if we played our cards straight.
Nuts.
I think you're referring to the 2009 season where Josh McDaniels began his had coaching career 6-0, then the Broncos went 2-8 the rest of the way.
12 of the past 14 AFC Champions had a 1st round bye. I'm hoping the Texans get that bye, myself.
ATXtexanfan
Hall of Fame
hell yeah get that bye. a week off will make our guys hungry and we got a qb who hasnt played in the playoffs. man talk about an itch.
JCTexan
Hall of Fame
Not just tough but impossible. The two bye teams will have the home-field advantage in the divisional round of the playoffs.
ATXtexanfan
Hall of Fame
As much as it would be nice to clinch that playoff spot this week, how about going into Tennessee and kicking their ass to wrap it up next Sunday? That would be sweet.
right and then we whip the pats just for fun
TexansFanatic
Extremist
It would certainly BE fun but that game with the Pats will almost certainly be very meaningful.
The Pencil Neck
Hall of Fame
I'm just getting old and my memory isn't as trustworthy as I think it is.
I conflated McDaniel's 6-0 start with Shanahan's last season where he was sitting at 8-5 and lost the last three games. Either way, they both had promising starts to their seasons go down the tubes. Which was the point I was trying to make in a befuddled and brain-addled way.
I fully expect this team, the way they are playing, to have a playoff spot wrapped up, if not this week, it will be the next, and I'm perfectly fine with that. The likelihood of them "taking it to the bitter end" is about as likely as an actual day going by without GP pulling wild-eyed sh!t out his ass.
darnbni99a
Waterboy
it would indeed be epic if it happened this weekend. i highly doubt it though
Speedy
Former Yeller Dweller
Exactly! Getting the bye week is winning the 1st round without having to play it. Plus it means you're playing that 2nd round game at home instead of on the road.
Lurvinator11
Veteran
The most unlikely one is the Titans game, but if they lose, I will have hope.
I can certainly see the Bengals losing, and I can see the Chargers losing.
I know the Ravens aren't too good on the road, but this Chargers team is imploding, and it wouldn't surprise me if they lose out.
Clinching a playoff berth is nice, but let's get the number one seed!
I can certainly see the Bengals losing, and I can see the Chargers losing.
I know the Ravens aren't too good on the road, but this Chargers team is imploding, and it wouldn't surprise me if they lose out.
Clinching a playoff berth is nice, but let's get the number one seed!
Lurvinator11
Veteran
Well since the Bengals and Dolphins won, guess we have to wait until next week.
Stemp
Brew Master
I think we have the tiebreaker over the dolphins, so we just need to get up one more game on the Bengals.
brakos82
Yaters Gonna Yate.
Signed, 2009.
