The Roller Coaster That Is Texans Fandom
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 […]
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The Texans are riding high after a huge win over the Chiefs on Sunday Night Football — a win that bumped them up to the 7-seed in the AFC standings. A Chargers win over the Eagles bumps them up to the fifth seed, moving the Bills to No. 6, but the Texans stand firm at […]
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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 a playoff spot on the line. The 2018 season, which was the first […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Let’s be crystal clear here, the Houston Texans don’t have a margin for error for the rest of the season. They have five games which are all eminently winnable games. If there WERE a game the Texans could lose, tonight’s game against the Chiefs is not it. If the Texans want any chance of getting […]
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The Texans and the Chiefs is becoming an annual affair. That is usually how things go when you sit at the top of your division. You eventually play most of the divisional leaders along the way. Maurice Elston is our new contact with Arrowhead Pride and it was nice catching up with him. We started […]
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Football is ultimately a violent game and players are lost to injury on a regular basis. The Houston Texans lost another good one when defensive tackle Tim Settle was lost for the season with a foot injury that will require surgery. The loss of Settle leaves the Texans a little thinner on the defensive line […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Texans fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Heading into Week 14, we want to know how you’re feeling after watching the team so […]
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Welcome to week 13 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. Bills Jayden […]
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Houston has sole possession of the 8th spot in the AFC South… just one game out of the playoffs. Even with the four-game winning streak, they’re on the outside looking in and need to win at least three, if not four games to keep their season going. With that, I asked the other Battle Red […]
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I know I’m stepping on some toes here. We have a weekly feature where we look at the performance of the Iowa State rookie receivers. It isn’t my intention to overstep here, but I thought I would take a moment to look at the history of the Texans. The franchise is in it’s 24th season […]
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Seems awfully early to have a must-win game, but that’s exactly where the Houston Texans find themselves this week. Only 7 teams from each conference make the post season. The Texans are currently 8th in line. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are 9th. If you’ve been paying attention to H-Town pro ball at […]
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The Texans are currently one of the hottest teams in the NFL, and are now set to face the Chiefs in Kansas City. This is arguably the biggest game of the season for the Texans so far, and have the ability to stop quarterback Patrick Mahomes from getting into the playoffs, which would make their […]
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THE. TEXANS. ARE. BACK!!!! At one moment a little over a month ago, the world seemed to be imploding around the Houston Texans. During and immediately after the heart-wrenching loss to the Denver Broncos, several of the Texans’ impact players showed up on the injury report. Quarterback CJ Stroud and safety Jalen Pitre suffered concussion […]
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The Houston Texans have won four straight games but still can’t sniff the playoffs due to a competitive AFC race. While their chances to make the playoffs haven’t budged since last week’s article, their likelihood to win the division has never been higher. The leaders in the division, Indianapolis and Jacksonville, face off this week […]
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After opening the season with three straight losses, Houston has ripped off seven wins in their last nine outings and is suddenly charging toward the postseason. Most teams that start 0–3 don’t have the talent, composure, or resilience to claw back into contention. Houston is the exception — and that starts with their defense. The […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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This post is sponsored by FanDuel 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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