At 7-5 and currently out of the postseason, the Texans have little margin to work with.

According to ESPN, they hold a 52% chance to get into the playoffs after their win against the then-division leading Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. Houston’s ascension up the AFC playoff polls has been remarkable even if offense lacks the same conviction.

Even with the win against Indianapolis, Houston’s playoff hopes didn’t budge from since last week due to every wild card team winning last week. Plus, Jacksonville’s stalwart refusal to go back to their den at the bottom of the AFC makes Houston’s chance...

Key to the Game: The Upright: Weather was not a factor inside Lucas Oil Stadium. Yet, kicks still hit the upright. In particular, the upright played a major role in two XP attempts, which altered the strategic direction of the game. First, in the 2nd quarter, Colts PK Michael Badgley doinked the XP off the left upright after a Jones-to-Pierce TD pass, giving the Colts a 6-3 lead vs.7-3. In the 4th quarter, the Texans, after a Nico Collins rushing TD, lined up for their XP attempt. Fairbairn hit it high and left. It went so high that it went...

To finish off the week, we have one of the most lopsided matchups on the MNF docket possibly all season, if you go by the record, that is. It’s a rematch (not really) of two previous Super Bowl clashes, both of which ended spectacularly well (the Patriots lost). But we shouldn’t live in the past. That’s unhealthy and we need to form good habits; like getting mad at inanimate objects when your team does poorly (looking at you, back-to-back-to-back penalties in a single drive in yesterday’s game).

But I digress. Boy, do I digress.

Here’s what you need to know...

Another week and another improbable Texans victory. If you had told the fan base that the Texans would be 7-5 at this point in the season at the beginning of the year, it would have made a ton of sense. This has been a 10-7 football team two years in a row and 7-5 points to 10-7 when you look at the remaining schedule. Obviously, there is an outside chance of 9-8 or 11-6 but I think everyone knows the score at this point.

When you look at how the Texans have done it then it doesn’t make a ton...

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The Houston Texans are now riding high as one of the AFC’s most feared teams after their upset victory in Indianapolis against the Colts. Now standing at 7-5, the Houston Texans have now won four straight against AFC opponents, yet will receive no reprieve in their sprint to the playoffs, as a visit to Arrowhead Stadium to face the Kansas City Chiefs is next up. Both teams are currently on the outside of the playoff picture as of Week 13, but since they’re only just barely on the outside, this upcoming matchup between the...

The Texans keep their win streak going and now we can all relax, for at least a couple of days as we await the Texans’ next game against Kansas City.

But let’s not think about that right now. Instead, let’s talk about the game that’s coming up right now. It’s the Clinton Portis Bowl (if you get that reference, your back hurts).

Denver at Washington, let’s get right to it.

Here’s what you need to know to watch tonight’s game:

Who: Denver Broncos (9-2) at Washington Commanders (3-8)

What: Sunday Night Football

Where: Northwest Stadium, Landover, MD

When: Sunday, November...

It all seemed so improbable four weeks ago. The Texans sat at 3-5 and C.J. Stroud was set to miss multiple weeks with a concussion. They trailed the Jaguars by nearly 20 points and they found a way to win. Then they beat the Titans in an ugly intradivision game. They followed up that victory with an improbable victory over the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night. Today, they completed the finishing touch on the four game winning streak beating the Indianapolis Colts 20-16.

Like the other games, this one wasn’t pretty. There were some shaky moments and missed opportunities. There...

If you read this week’s how to watch, you already know how important this game is for the Texans’ postseason prospects. While a loss wouldn’t knock them out of the playoff picture, it would effectively hamstring any attempt to bounce back from what could only be called a disastrous start.

But Stroud is back, the defense is playing at a level that is causing terror in offensive coordinator’s offices across the league, and we don’t have to watch Davis Mills throw any more lame ducks for the rest of the season…I hope.

A Texans win would increase their playoff chances...

Folks, he’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack. Yes, that’s right C.J. Stroud is coming back under center for your Houston Texans. And not a moment too soon either because this week they face the, somehow, division leading Indianapolis Colts in a not-technically-must-win-but-awful-close-to-it game if the Texans want any hope of repeating as AFC South champions; to say nothing of maintaining their playoff ambitions.

But will they be on a home television near you? Well, there’s one easy way to find out. Let us consult the boards from 506 Sports.

CBS EARLY GAMES

Red: **Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts *(Announcers: Ian Eagle, J.J. WATT; Referee:...

So, it’s pretty obvious that the Black Friday game on Amazon is a cynical ploy by the monopolistic retailer to keep people at home so they don’t go shopping elsewhere, right?

The weird thing about that is, despite this, the ads for said cynical ploy to keep people home shopping on Amazon is littered with commercials for traditional brick and mortar retailers like JC Penney (which I just saw).

Is this just ironic or a multi-level psyop by Amazon? Or should we reject the tyranny of “or” and assume both?

Whatever, it’s a football game.

For those of you working...

The Houston Texans have announced that C.J. Stroud has cleared the concussion protocol and will start Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts. The move was certainly expected and might have seemed like a formality, but nothing is guaranteed by the concussion protocol.

The addition of Stroud combined with the knowledge that Daniel Jones is battling a broken fibula is certainly enough to change the calculus of the game. There still has been no word on Jalen Pitre, but he also practiced this week, so we could presume that he will be back as well. The combination of the news is...

The AFC South-leading Indianapolis Colts received a gut punch yesterday when news broke that starting QB Daniel Jones suffered a fractured fibula (the bone in the back of the lower leg). Even though he plans to play against the Texans, the playoff implications loom large over the impending matchup.

Jones’ Herculean effort and gutsiness comes after their bye week and tough loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The Colts are second in the NFL with 384 yards per game and Jones has them seventh in the league in passing yards per game. Their run game has been their calling card...