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- Thread starter Marshall
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Wouldn't mind that at all...that would mean they made the playoffs, a year after being 2-14. I think anyone here would take that.
TD
Super Bowl Mascot
What!?!?!? You mean the only way to the Super Bowl is by beating the best teams in the conference?!?!? Next thing you'll try to say is the only way to win one is to beat the best team from the NFC.
HJam72
Hall of Fame
What!?!?!? You mean the only way to the Super Bowl is by beating the best teams in the conference?!?!? Next thing you'll try to say is the only way to win one is to beat the best team from the NFC.
Making the playoffs is always important, because a team could always turn all New York Giants and just be the best team in the NFL at just the right time. The Texans have been the best team in the NFL before, but it was early 2012 and not playoff time. Shame to peak at the wrong time, but it would be worse to peak late and not be in the playoffs.
Marshall
Not pretty, but ALIVE!
ONLY if there is a three way tie would we advance over Pittsburgh because we lost to them H-H. But in a three+ way tie, we could advance.
Bulls on Parade
2017 Astros: Earn It!
The Colts will not lose to the Titans the final game of the season but they could lose the next three games in a row against the Browns, Texans and Cowboys That would give them a 9-7 record. Which means the Texans can just win out and finish 10-6 to win the AFC South outright. I don't want to worry about any complicated tiebreaking scenarios.
i swear I was just thinking about that today. What if this game just made it all click for Fitz and Clowney shows up in the playoffs healthy and lights it up? Oh man the kaos here would be hilarious.
Heres to that happening I really want to believe. But beating Indy in Indy?? eek.
Although this team has shown more guts at times than I can remember
The Pencil Neck
Hall of Fame
If they lose to the Browns (Cmon Manzeil kick some ass!!!) then we beat them the following week its all tied up baby. Anything is possible. Of course I'm jaded so I'll be expecting us to either lose a close game to Baltimore or even worse, win at Baltimore then lose big to the Jags in the final game.
dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
J-E-T-S. Jets! Jets! Jets!
dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
This team, under this coaching staff, is much more mentally tough that anything we are accustomed to. Of course it is unlikely, especially given our challenge at the QB position. However, it has happened... I vividly remember, as a Cowboy fan in the 80s and '90s, how the Jimmy Johnson Cowboys earned their first playoff appearence (1991)... Aikman was injured during a week 11 win at Washington. Steve Beurline played the remaining 5 regular season games and led them to 5 victories... and to a round one playoff win. That was a Cowboy team who had not made the playoffs since 1985, I believe. There are enough similarities to offer me hope, at least.
I've yet to see any evidence of this.
I'm hoping... & OB definitely says it enough, but I've yet to see it.
silvrhand
All Pro
which they just won..
Showtime100
Got JJ?
This is what has to happen for the Texans now....
Piece of cake.
Piece of cake.
This is what has to happen for the Texans now....
Piece of cake.
I think it can be done. Not by us but I think it can be done.
TejasTom
All Pro
Jets did everything they could to lose that game last night.
Bulls on Parade
2017 Astros: Earn It!
Too many teams are 7-5 in the AFC. ESPN listed them all on their playoff picture late on that ESPN game last night. They didn't even show the Texans at 6-6 anymore. But with four games left we're still very much alive in the playoff race. I think if we win out and finish 10-6 we'll clinch the last wild-card spot in the AFC. Hopefully the Colts lose to the Browns, Texans and Cowboys the next three games. We can still win the AFC South. I doubt the Colts will lose to the pathetic Titans in the final game. The Titans already maled it in this season. That team is a joke.
Titans have the Giants, Jets, & Jags over the next three weeks. If they don't win all three, then I'll think they're mailing it in. After winning those three, they may very well be looking forward to playing spoiler in week 17.
HOU-TEX
Ah, Football!
We've tripled our win total from last season, so that's an improvement. I think we'll win another game or two, but playoffs? Nah
@ Jags - Much tougher than their record
@Colts - Pfft! Haven't won there yet and don't see it happening this year
Ravens - Winnable, but doubtful. Likely won't matter anyway
Jags - Who cares
@ Jags - Much tougher than their record
@Colts - Pfft! Haven't won there yet and don't see it happening this year
Ravens - Winnable, but doubtful. Likely won't matter anyway
Jags - Who cares
That Baltimore game is going to be interesting. Wonder how Gary Kubiak is going to game plan against JJ Watt.
Here is the ESPN Playoff Machine. Pretty cool to project all the matchups here. The Texans only hope is to win the rest of their games and get some help from other teams.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/machine
TD
Super Bowl Mascot
With his back turned and eyes closed?
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
sandman
Brexit Advisor
They started the season 0-4 losing by an average of 38-14
Week #5 - played a good defensive game and lost a close one to Pittsburgh
Week #6 - lose a close game 16-14 to another equally bad team in Tennessee
Week #7 - play a good game and beat a Cleveland team that every now knows was smoke and mirrors
Then they go 0-4 again losing by an average of 29-14
Week #13 - win a close game 25-24 against another equally bad team in NYG
I am honestly trying to see anything in these numbers that say they play tougher than a 2-win team.
I was at the game against Dallas here in London. That was not a good team that they put on the field.
As far as the defense forcing 6 fumbles in their last two games, it needs to be noted that both Indy and NYG rank at the bottom of the NFL in fumbles lost. So that was just as much them as it was the Jags.
Actually, I got us getting in at 9-7, losing to the colts with the steelers sweeping the bengals. We get the 6th seed and winning tie breakers over KC and Miami
Sigma
Veteran
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/mac...0554405~1~400554429~1~400554419~2~400554361~1
this also doesn't seems THAT unlikely
(I bothered to change only meaningfull games)
The Pitt/Cincy games will be critical to our chances. A sweep by either and we're good to go, a split will knock us out
Sigma
Veteran
We just need them to end at 9-7 or less
splitting The Pitt/Cincy but having pitt lose vs KC would be the same.
I don't think our chances are as remote as they were making them seem on the radio.
they were saying we HAVE TO win in Indy.... to me it seems like the single games could easily end up in a way we need them to. all of them, that's more difficult of course, but not impossible
We just have to finish 9-7 or better and have a couple things fall into place. We can't lose both the Indy and Ravens games.
DX-TEX
#TomSavageDontCare
While it is possible that 8 AFC teams end up 9-7, I find it very improbable.
The Pencil Neck
Hall of Fame
1. Buffalo: @Broncos, @Packers, Raiders, @Patriots -- 8-8
2. Dolphins: Ravens, @Patriots, Vikings, Jets -- 9-7 or 10-6
3. Bengals: Steelers, @Browns, Broncos, @Steelers -- 8-7-1?
4. Steelers: @Bengals, @Falcons, Chiefs, Bengals -- No idea... 9-7
5. Browns: Colts, Bengals, @Panthers, @Ravens -- 8-8, maybe 9-7
6. Ravens: @Dolphins, Jaguars, @Texans, Browns -- 9-7, maybe 10-6
7. Chargers: Patriots, Broncos, @Niners, @Chiefs -- no idea, they could lose all of these and finish 8-8, or win 2 and go 10-6.
A lot of these teams that are competition for a wildcard spot may be in better positions right now, but there are a lot of tough games in their future.
amazing80
Hall of Fame
Thats what I have been saying. If we win out, it is HIGHLY likely we get in at least as a 6th seed. Those other teams have very tough schedules and lucky for us, they play each other.
The perfect scenario is for the Bengals to win the division.
It is too bad the "HIGHLY likely we get in at least as a 6th seed" is cancelled out by the HIGHLY unlikely "if we win out".
While the Texans looked great this past weekend, the Ravens and Colts aren't the Titans. I think their playoff hopes, while still alive, are on life support.
If we can win one of those two (long shot I know), the odds are very very good that we will get in
Bulls on Parade
2017 Astros: Earn It!
Thankfully we have a legitimate MVP candidate in J.J. Watt who may come up with some big plays to win those two games against the Colts and Ravens. We can also beat the Jaguars twice. He nearly brought us back from down 24-0 to beat the Colts in Houston. Had we won that game our odds to win the AFC South would look a lot better right now. 10-6 is our goal right now. This is not the time to doubt it. We have to support the cause until the end.
dream_team
Hall of Fame
Bulls on Parade
2017 Astros: Earn It!
9-7 isn't going to be good enough. It's 10-6 or bust at this point. If we lose one more game I'll be discussing the draft (doing a three-round mock) and looking at who we may select in the first and second rounds, in particular. We'd be picking kind of low in each round. Compared to last year anyways. The perfect time to gamble on either a quarterback, secondary help or perhaps another wide receiver. If Ryan Fitzpatrick plays like he did last game in these final four games we'll probably make the playoffs. Ice that arm up and let it rip. Also the fact Arian Foster is back helps our offense look more complicated to defend.
One out of two is much less a long shot than sweeping them, so there's that.
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Speaking of sweeping, I've already chalked up the two Jags games as wins. What was the Texans record against them last year when the Jags were almost universally acclaimed "the worst team in the league"? The Texans need to take care of business every week the remainder of this season. In years past they haven't always beaten the teams they were supposed to.