AFC Wild Card: TEXANS vs BROWNS -unofficial-

Why are we always the first game of wildcard weekend?

Texans v Bengals
Saturday Jan 7, 2012
Start Time: 4:35pm

Texans v Bengals
Saturday Jan 5, 2013
Start Time: 4:35pm

Texans v Chiefs
Saturday Jan 9, 2016
Start Time: 4:35pm

Texans v Raiders
Saturday Jan 7, 2017
Start Time: 4:35pm

Texans v Colts
Saturday Jan 5, 2019
Start Time: 4:35pm

Texans v Bills
Saturday Jan 4, 2020
Start Time: 4:35pm

 

Because we're a non marquee team, and as usual we happen to be facing another non marquee team.

 

Because they usually have the least national following of any playoff team, and they're usually the worst of the division winners.

Having an extra game now has raised the debate of whether the MNF game is for the "worst" game or is the Saturday 3:30 pm game still the worst time slot.

Honestly, I like Saturday NFL games... and 3:30 pm is just fine in terms of still being able to get stuff done during the day and have options open for night.

 

Don't get me wrong, Saturday at 4PM is fine (vastly preferable to MNF), but 7 times in a row is a bit much.

 

YEAH, agreed. Hmmph!

 

I'm just glad we're not exclusively airing on The ****

 

They had it easy facing maybe the worst starting qb in the NFL.

 

Tank made it easy for WRs not named Nico to get catches.

Now that Dell is out, they better figure it out quick on what to do to get open.

 

Clay martin is the ref who screwed us in the jags game

 

Going to be a really tough one. I thought maybe our other WRs would show up against Colt's pass D, but sadly no. Browns only needs to key in on Nico and Schultz. Going to need someone else to step up if we want this dub. Might need a good Singletary game more than ever.

 

Having Will and JG back would be huge

Need Noah back as well

 

Big yikes. NFL setting us up to fail.

 

Just considering the best scenario for Houston:

Wild Card Round

Bal 1 bye

PIT 7 over BUF 2

MIA 6 over KC 3

HOU 4 over CLE 5 NRG

Division Round

PIT 7 over BAL 1

HOU 4 over MIA 6 NRG

AFC Championship

HOU 4 over PIT 7 NRG

Superbowl

HOU over DAL LV

 

I don't have much faith in Metchie and Hutchinson. We need Woods and/or N. Brown back.

 

He will at some point, and it might even be this year!

 

Would be sweet, but Dallas won't be anywhere near the SB. You list a boatload of upsets, possible but not likely. Miami is a possibility over KC. Pitt over Buffalo is a long shot. Anybody over Ravens, unlikely. Nice to think about and I will ride the Texans as far as they take me.

 

Same. They did dick all in the Colts game and the Browns' secondary is 100,000 times better than Colt's

 

Have there been Monday playoff games as of late?

 

It was definitely a best case scenario and not a prediction or expectation. It's just a theoretical way to play at home or at a neutral site every game.