The Texans are the hottest team in football, winning eight of their last ten, and somehow it still feels like there’s another level they haven’t reached yet.

Houston marched into Kansas City and took down Patrick Mahomes in a game both teams desperately needed — a win that signals just how far this franchise has come. The offense came out blazing, cooled off for stretches, and then delivered when it mattered most, with Dare Ogunbowale punching in the go-ahead score late.

But once again, the story of this team is the defense. Houston’s unit has been nothing short of dominant,...

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The Houston Texans face two of the biggest decisions in the history of their franchise this offseason. C.J. Stroud and Will Anderson will be eligible for extensions. Essentially, they can go down three different roads on both players. With a player like Anderson they will likely go through door number one and give him his extension. That would mean a contract with an AAV likely north of 40 million dollars a season. That would make him the highest paid Texan in history until Stroud gets his deal.

The second road is what I would lovingly call the “kick the can...

The Houston Texans have won five straight games and for the first time this season own a playoff spot. They made huge strides in their chances since last week’s article. While they’re still one game back from the division lead, Houston has a clear path to maintain a wild card spot through the remainder of the season.

Realistically, Houston can only afford to lose one more game and manage to keep their season alive. That goes for most of the teams in the hunt too. This past week saw the Chiefs and Colts hopes crash drastically while a resurgent Miami...

The Texans currently boast the best pass rush and overall defense in the entire NFL through 14 weeks. Head coach DeMeco Ryans has done another incredible job building this unit to the strength of the team and it’s starting to look like something that could be the identity of this franchise for years to come.

But what if it could get even better?

In a new mock draft by the great Field Yates of ESPN, he has the Texans selecting massive Oregon defensive tackle A’Mauri Washington with the 22nd overall pick.

*‘‘While it seems like the NFL’s top scoring defense...

Welcome to week 14 of the Cyclone tracker!

This is where we follow our resident weather-themed duo in rookie receivers Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel, both out of Iowa State (hence, the “Cyclone” twins).

As always, there will be analysis, projections, commentary, and relevant updates that happen in real time.

Jayden Higgins, Jaylin Noel statistics vs. Chiefs

Jayden Higgins

Position: WR

Projected Week 14 storm path: 5.0 targets, 4.0 receptions, 55.5 yards, 1 TD, 10.5 fantasy points

Actual Week 14 path: 5 targets, 3 receptions, 34 yards (11.3 avg.), 0 TDs, 6.4 fantasy pts

**Total stats through Week...

Down goes the Chiefs! Down goes the dynasty! The Houston Texans marched into Kansas City’s home stadium, lined up against Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, and kicked them straight out of the playoff race! Okay, maybe it’s an exaggeration to say the Chiefs are actually out of the race when they’re only 6-7 (get it), but their chances of making the postseason have now fallen all the way down to 10%. Meanwhile, Houston’s playoff chances have surged all the way up to 87%, something that…I just simply can’t believe. As the north pole has gradually tilted away from the sun,...

The Houston Texans currently hold the 7th seed in the AFC Playoffs. It’s the first time all season the Texans are in poll position to make the playoffs. While Houston’s five-game winning streak is impressive and has captured the attention of news outlets across the league, they are still on the fringe of missing the playoffs in a crowded AFC. The conference has so much parity that 12 teams have a chance to make the playoffs with four weeks left.

With that, I asked the other writers two provide their tw0 cents about which of the current playoff teams they’d...

The Day After the Day After…when the raw, immediate emotions from the aftermath of a game diminish into the realm of clarity and the proverbial (or literal) hangover no longer haunts the mind. With that, a review of Week 14:

Houston Bested a Defensive Master: If you love you some defense, this was your game. The Texans brought in their #1 ranked unit into Arrowhead Stadium, the laboratory of defensive mastermind Steve Spagnuolo. “Spags” especially showcased his prowess in a dominant 3rd quarter, when his squad held Houston to -2 yards on four drives. This all came after Stroud torched...

The Texans have clawed back from their 0-3 start, mounted a glorious return to the AFC playoff race that included a 5-game win streak, and have done the impossible: defeating the defending AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs on their own turf with the season on the line for both teams. 2018 was a year for the books for Houston, but this year is quickly becoming one of the most improbable, unthinkable turnarounds in football history!

With a franchise-defining game like that, there’s a whole lot of takeaways to be thought of and talked about all across the Texans’ fanbase, but...

It all started when the Texans were 0-3. They had lost three close games and the offense seemingly couldn’t do anything right. Ten games later and the Texans are sitting at 8-5. They have the best scoring defense in the NFL and the offense still hasn’t been great, but they have been good enough to win. They went from near dead to being more likely than not to make the playoffs. There is still work to do, but the oddsmaker might even make them the odds on favorite to win the AFC South for the third season in a row....

It was a familiar formula for the Texans on Sunday night. They got off to an early lead and held on for dear life. The Kansas City Chiefs briefly tied it up 10-10 in the fourth quarter before the Most Interesting Defense in the NFL showed up and dominated the fourth quarter. The Chiefs went for it twice on fourth down deep in their territory and the Chiefs turned it over on downs twice. They also intercepted Patrick Mahomes three times on the evening as Mahomes and the Chiefs offense easily turned in their worst performance of the 2025 season....