Brutal? Six games against Colts, Titans, and Jax. Bears were worse than I thought, and we barely squeaked it out. Patriots? Coach was fired. Bad team. Jets are horrible. They fired everyone but the limo driver, and we got our jaws knocked off. Cowboys? Let's not even go there.
All in all, against this group of bad teams, Texans were 8-2.
The other six teams were Bills, Dolphins, Ravens, Chiefs, Vikings, Packers, and Lions.
Against these quality opponents, the Texans were 2-5, and were absolutely mauled and embarrassed in two of them.
The Texans are a very average team right now. Let's be real about it. That doesn't mean next year won't be a lot better, but as of today, this is a mediocre football team thriving in an inferior division.