Yes they mailed it in and sat starters
****** The Official Houston Texans Thread 2025 ******
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Buck Compton said:
In short, I don't fear anyone in the AFC.
Jags offense is good but they have some stinkers as well. Bills are great but thankfully won't have home field and for some reason we own Josh Allen. Denver's offense can have some real issues as well. But the real contenders are JAX, BUF, DEN, and HOU.
This is a very solid take.
The Texans do seem to own Josh Allen in Houston, but this isn't the Josh Allen that played in Houston in the playoffs in 2020.
His playoff stats are 25 tds, 4 ints, 3359 pass yards.,668 rushing yards with 7 rushing tds
In 13 playoff games he has a stat line that is pretty identical to his mvp season of 17 games.
His playoff stats are 25 tds, 4 ints, 3359 pass yards.,668 rushing yards with 7 rushing tds
In 13 playoff games he has a stat line that is pretty identical to his mvp season of 17 games.
Sea Speed said:
So was Stroud pulled just as a precaution the other day or what? I asked the board but didn't get an answer. I thought it was odd seeing the back up in when driving to win the game. Did a win or loss not matter at all for the playoffs?
Yes - as were all the defensive starters and Schultz. I believe Lassiter has a lingering issue, which he's played through and Howard had an in game injury. Outside of that, I don't think there are any material concerns.
redag06 said:
The Texans do seem to own Josh Allen in Houston, but this isn't the Josh Allen that played in Houston in the playoffs in 2020.
His playoff stats are 25 tds, 4 ints, 3359 pass yards.,668 rushing yards with 7 rushing tds
In 13 playoff games he has a stat line that is pretty identical to his mvp season of 17 games.
Hopefully, Allen does not enter "playoff" mode. His last three games have been statistically lackluster.
@Patriots (win): 193 yd, 3 TD , 0 Int
@Browns (win): 130 yd, 0 TD , 0 Int
Eagles (loss): 262 yd, 0 TD , 0 Int
josh allen "playoff mode" doesn't scare me.. this Bills team is not what it has been in years past; not because of Allen, but because of the surrounding cast. their run defense is bad. Ed Oliver, Milano, and other injuries have them playing just bad defense. Their offense lacks vertical passing game. WRs corps isn't good. TE injuries, etc. Allen trying to do too much with a weak cast has him turning the ball over too much. I think the Texans could feast on buffalo again, easily.
Just sack Josh 8 times again and we will be fine.
Get his ass to Pittsburgh on Monday, man might be the Anti Ted Cruz. https://t.co/Kf3viTSnyM
— Patrick (@PatTalksTexans) January 6, 2026
oh no said:
josh allen "playoff mode" doesn't scare me.. this Bills team is not what it has been in years past; not because of Allen, but because of the surrounding cast. their run defense is bad. Ed Oliver, Milano, and other injuries have them playing just bad defense. Their offense lacks vertical passing game. WRs corps isn't good. TE injuries, etc. Allen trying to do too much with a weak cast has him turning the ball over too much. I think the Texans could feast on buffalo again, easily.
His stats for this season for an "off" year are look to be almost identical to his MVP season which led the team to the AFC Championship.
Their offense while lacking the vertical threat, they somehow are top 3 in yd/att, which is obviously a lot of yac.
While their defense has been awful in the run defense, they have a top tier passing defense(#1 in ypg) and they have shut teams down in the second half the last month or more of the season. They are the #2 defense in the league the last 3 weeks of the season. Good teams round in to form and their defense seems to be doing just that.
They lead the league in rushing so as long as they aren't facing themselves their defense should be ok. NE is the only other AFC playoff team with a top 10 rushing attack.
well i'll be damned. I would not have guessed that. It feels like their defense sucked this year.
So what would the playoff picture been like if Texans had lost that game?
Sea Speed said:
So what would the playoff picture been like if Texans had lost that game?
It would have depended on what Buffalo and the Chargers would have done.
Could have fallen to the 6th seed or as far as the 7th seed. Most likely would have fallen to the 6th seed because the Chargers chose to rest up.
Texans took a gamble they could win with the backups in the second half to avoid injury of their starters.
Sea Speed said:
So what would the playoff picture been like if Texans had lost that game?
The second round could have been waaay worse depending on who won in the first round. The NFL reseeds every round now. So Let's say the Texans, Bills, and Patriots win. Round 2 would be Denver hosting the Bills and Patriots hosting the Texans. But if we have upsets across the board (which could happen), Texans, Bills, and Chargers all win. Then Broncos host Chargers and we host the Bills. If we had lost that game we would be going to Buffalo in that scenario or going to the Broncos in the first scenario
I was kicking this around in my head this morning, it feels like the AFC might be about to go on some sort of tectonic shift. Mahomes, Jackson, and Burrow all missed the playoffs, and Allen could easily be 1 and done. Those 4 guys have been the status quo top 4 QBs in the conference basically since Burrow took off and got the Bengals to the Super Bowl . Other than the 2019 fluke of Chiefs v. Titans, the AFC title game appearances the last 6 years are:
Chiefs 6
Bills: 2
Bengals: 2
Ravens: 1
Mahomes obviously has 3 rings and is 30 years old
Allen will be 30 in May
Jackson turns 29 tomorrow
Burrow turns 30 December.
Burrow missed 9 games this year as well as 7 in 2023 and 6 his rookie year. He was 5-3 starting in 2025 and had good numbers when he was healthy, but seemed to imply he wouldn't mind a move out of Cincy
Jackson has the worst year of his career when you combine passing/rushing. He had 349 yards rushing in 13 games. Last year he had 915 in 17 games.
Allen remains the most dynamic weapon in the league. He was about the same as last year, with a few more INTs, but the Bills seem like they're turning him into John Elway - I have no idea who any of his receivers are. it feels like him and Cook on an island.
Mahomes didn't seem too bad, but he too has a real lack of weapons. Kelce was decent this year but might retire. Rice only played 8 games and was good, but not amazing. The Chiefs apparently never want to have a running game ever again.
So are these teams all going to hold out and hope that the 30s are better than the 20s for everyone but Mahomes? Do the Chiefs let Mahomes play as long as he wants and pile up a lot of careers #s even if they're not Super Bowl worthy anymore?
Just something to kick around until the weekend.
Chiefs 6
Bills: 2
Bengals: 2
Ravens: 1
Mahomes obviously has 3 rings and is 30 years old
Allen will be 30 in May
Jackson turns 29 tomorrow
Burrow turns 30 December.
Burrow missed 9 games this year as well as 7 in 2023 and 6 his rookie year. He was 5-3 starting in 2025 and had good numbers when he was healthy, but seemed to imply he wouldn't mind a move out of Cincy
Jackson has the worst year of his career when you combine passing/rushing. He had 349 yards rushing in 13 games. Last year he had 915 in 17 games.
Allen remains the most dynamic weapon in the league. He was about the same as last year, with a few more INTs, but the Bills seem like they're turning him into John Elway - I have no idea who any of his receivers are. it feels like him and Cook on an island.
Mahomes didn't seem too bad, but he too has a real lack of weapons. Kelce was decent this year but might retire. Rice only played 8 games and was good, but not amazing. The Chiefs apparently never want to have a running game ever again.
So are these teams all going to hold out and hope that the 30s are better than the 20s for everyone but Mahomes? Do the Chiefs let Mahomes play as long as he wants and pile up a lot of careers #s even if they're not Super Bowl worthy anymore?
Just something to kick around until the weekend.
This is the problem when your QB makes up 20% of your cap, it becomes hard to pay 52 other players.
Which is the real problem ahead for the Texans. Stroud isn't good enough to take up that much of the cap space.
Which is the real problem ahead for the Texans. Stroud isn't good enough to take up that much of the cap space.
Yep, either get Stroud to take less or trade him and get someone else on a rookie or close to deal. He's not good enough to make most in the league.
I know a lot about a little, and a little about a lot.
Harbaugh.... wow
Im looking for Ray Finkle.... and a clean pair of shorts. Im just a very big Finkle fan. This is my Graceland, sir.
Yikes. That's a crazy and unexpected opening.
They think another coach fixes Lamar and the defense in a year?
They think another coach fixes Lamar and the defense in a year?
Hopefully he doesn't land in Tennessee. Honestly there are some teams that should consider upgrading.
Ryan34 said:
Hopefully he doesn't land in Tennessee. Honestly there are some teams that should consider upgrading.
.exactly
Im looking for Ray Finkle.... and a clean pair of shorts. Im just a very big Finkle fan. This is my Graceland, sir.
this may sound eerily familiar...
but Harbaugh was not going to last long without Justin Tucker
Tucker bailed out the Ravens and Harbaugh (and frankly Lamar too) so, so, so, so many times
coaching in the NFL is much easier when you have a near automatic FG kicker from long distance
but Harbaugh was not going to last long without Justin Tucker
Tucker bailed out the Ravens and Harbaugh (and frankly Lamar too) so, so, so, so many times
coaching in the NFL is much easier when you have a near automatic FG kicker from long distance
Pretty wild to see it cost Harbaugh his job after 18 years.
I'm not sure having a great kicker is a bail out.
If that were the case, I really wish we could have been bailed out in our last Aggie games this year.
And Bills fans would have 2-3 super bowls if their kicker could have bailed them out.
If that were the case, I really wish we could have been bailed out in our last Aggie games this year.
And Bills fans would have 2-3 super bowls if their kicker could have bailed them out.
Gig ‘Em Baby!
I've put together a pick'em game for the playoffs. Feel free to respond on the actual post -
https://texags.com/forums/23/topics/3590523/replies/71692739
or in this thread is fine too.
Pick your entire playoff bracket. Fabulous cash prize to the person with the best bracket.
Rules:
NFC BRACKET
Round 1
#5 LA Rams @ #4 Carolina Panthers
#7 Green Bay Packers @ #2 Chicago Bears
#6 San Francisco 49ers @ #3 Philadelphia Eagles
Round 2
Panthers/Rams winner at #1 Seattle Seahawks
Packers/Bears winner vs. 49ers/Eagles winner
Round 3
Divisional Winner A vs. Divisional Winner B
AFC BRACKET
Round 1
#5 Houston Texans at #4 Pittsburgh Steelers
#6 Buffalo Bills at #3 Jacksonville Jaguars
#7 LA Chargers at #3 New England Patriots
Round 2
Texans/Steelers winner at #1 Denver Broncos
Bills/Jaguars winner vs. Chargers/Patriots winner
Round 3
Divisional Winner A vs. Divisional Winner B
Super Bowl:
AFC Champ vs. NFC Champ
Winner: ______________________
Tie-Breaker: Combined points scored in the Super Bowl: _____________
https://texags.com/forums/23/topics/3590523/replies/71692739
or in this thread is fine too.
Pick your entire playoff bracket. Fabulous cash prize to the person with the best bracket.
Rules:
- You pick your bracket from wildcard weekend to the Super Bowl, all before the playoffs start on Saturday.
- 2 points for every game you get right on wildcard weekend
- 4 points for every game you get right on divisional weekend
- 6 points for every game you get right on conference title weekend
- 10 points if you pick the winner of the Super Bowl
- 1 point-bonus per game if you've correctly picked both teams that square off in the divisional/conference/Super Bowl rounds.
NFC BRACKET
Round 1
#5 LA Rams @ #4 Carolina Panthers
#7 Green Bay Packers @ #2 Chicago Bears
#6 San Francisco 49ers @ #3 Philadelphia Eagles
Round 2
Panthers/Rams winner at #1 Seattle Seahawks
Packers/Bears winner vs. 49ers/Eagles winner
Round 3
Divisional Winner A vs. Divisional Winner B
AFC BRACKET
Round 1
#5 Houston Texans at #4 Pittsburgh Steelers
#6 Buffalo Bills at #3 Jacksonville Jaguars
#7 LA Chargers at #3 New England Patriots
Round 2
Texans/Steelers winner at #1 Denver Broncos
Bills/Jaguars winner vs. Chargers/Patriots winner
Round 3
Divisional Winner A vs. Divisional Winner B
Super Bowl:
AFC Champ vs. NFC Champ
Winner: ______________________
Tie-Breaker: Combined points scored in the Super Bowl: _____________
The fans weren't the only ones that noticed how bad Wallace was in the last game.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/texans-activate-de-darrell-taylor-from-ir-waive-s-kvon-wallace
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/texans-activate-de-darrell-taylor-from-ir-waive-s-kvon-wallace
It may not be a true bail out, but to have 3 points from 55+ at a fairly reliable rate at the end of games is a huge weapon.
It can cover quite a bit.
It can cover quite a bit.
Yes
But the coach has to have a good enough team in place where a great kicker matters. So that's a positive for the head coach.
Take the Cowboys for example. They might have the best kicker in the league but it does not matter bc the head coach does not have his team ready so that it does.
But the coach has to have a good enough team in place where a great kicker matters. So that's a positive for the head coach.
Take the Cowboys for example. They might have the best kicker in the league but it does not matter bc the head coach does not have his team ready so that it does.
Gig ‘Em Baby!
FG kicking makes an inordinate amount of importance when you've got great defenses… Harbaugh lost his defense and his kicker… and now he's looking for a job. Good luck, Ravens… but not really.
CharleyKerfeld said:
I've put together a pick'em game for the playoffs. Feel free to respond on the actual post -
https://texags.com/forums/23/topics/3590523/replies/71692739
or in this thread is fine too.
Pick your entire playoff bracket. Fabulous cash prize to the person with the best bracket.
Rules:Get your picks in before kickoff of the first game on Saturday (3:30 p.m. Saturday January 10th)
- You pick your bracket from wildcard weekend to the Super Bowl, all before the playoffs start on Saturday.
- 2 points for every game you get right on wildcard weekend
- 4 points for every game you get right on divisional weekend
- 6 points for every game you get right on conference title weekend
- 10 points if you pick the winner of the Super Bowl
- 1 point-bonus per game if you've correctly picked both teams that square off in the divisional/conference/Super Bowl rounds.
NFC BRACKET
Round 1
#5 LA Rams @ #4 Carolina Panthers
#7 Green Bay Packers @ #2 Chicago Bears
#6 San Francisco 49ers @ #3 Philadelphia Eagles
Round 2
Panthers/Rams winner at #1 Seattle Seahawks
Packers/Bears winner vs. 49ers/Eagles winner
Round 3
Divisional Winner A vs. Divisional Winner B
AFC BRACKET
Round 1
#5 Houston Texans at #4 Pittsburgh Steelers
#6 Buffalo Bills at #3 Jacksonville Jaguars
#7 LA Chargers at #3 New England Patriots
Round 2
Texans/Steelers winner at #1 Denver Broncos
Bills/Jaguars winner vs. Chargers/Patriots winner
Round 3
Divisional Winner A vs. Divisional Winner B
Super Bowl:
AFC Champ vs. NFC Champ
Winner: ______________________
Tie-Breaker: Combined points scored in the Super Bowl: _____________
on the texans bingo spreadsheet, shouldn't Henry Rushing Yards be green?
https://ts.la/eric59704
I haven't looked at it in a while, I had a friend updating it, but I'll look at it this weekend.
Are you ready for us to send you the funds for the payouts?
apparently there are several crazy streaks on the line for this Texans-Steelers game
of course the Texans have never won a road playoff game
Mike Tomlin has not won a playoff game in 9 years
the Texans or Oilers -- the city of Houston -- has not won a road playoff game since 1988 (24-23 at Cleveland)
Mike Tomlin has never lost a Monday night home game
in fact 1991 was Pittsburgh's last home loss on Monday night -- 35 years ago
in Fairbairn we trust
of course the Texans have never won a road playoff game
Mike Tomlin has not won a playoff game in 9 years
the Texans or Oilers -- the city of Houston -- has not won a road playoff game since 1988 (24-23 at Cleveland)
Mike Tomlin has never lost a Monday night home game
in fact 1991 was Pittsburgh's last home loss on Monday night -- 35 years ago
in Fairbairn we trust
3B Paul 97 said:
Are you ready for us to send you the funds for the payouts?
Let met get to the weekend and we'll hash it out. One of my kids is recovering from surgery in the hospital and I am trying to do too much at once right now.
CharleyKerfeld said:3B Paul 97 said:
Are you ready for us to send you the funds for the payouts?
Let met get to the weekend and we'll hash it out. One of my kids is recovering from surgery in the hospital and I am trying to do too much at once right now.
yikes! sorry to hear that, go be a parent, definitely more important!
https://ts.la/eric59704
Praying for you and your kid.
Just let me know.
Just let me know.
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