So at the end of the season key injuries are Mason, Diggs, Dell and Pitre. Two big hits to the WR corps hurts but considering Stroud, Nico, Mixon, Tunsil, Howard, Harris, Al-Shair, WAJ, Hunter, Lassiter and Sting are all healthy, we are very fortunate injury wise.
Chargers Redzone Offense vs. Texans Redzone Defense Season Totals: Texans’ red zone defense is ranked 27th, allowing touchdowns on 63.64% of opponent red zone trips. Chargers’ red zone offense is ranked 18th, scoring touchdowns on 56% of their red zone trips. At Houston: Texans at home are even worse, allowing touchdowns at a rate of 66.67%. Chargers on the road drop to a 48% red zone touchdown rate. While the Chargers’ road red zone efficiency (48%) isn’t elite, it’s still good enough to challenge the Texans’ poor home RZ defense (66.67%). The Chargers should have the edge here. Texans Redzone Offense vs. Chargers Redzone Defense Season Totals: Texans’ red zone offense is ranked 26th, scoring touchdowns on 49% of their trips. Chargers’ red zone defense is ranked 18th, allowing touchdowns on only 45% of opponent trips. At Houston: Texans at home stay consistent, scoring touchdowns on 48.15% of their trips. Chargers on the road improve, allowing touchdowns at a stingy 40% rate. Chargers with the advantage in this matchup. Their strong road red zone defense will likely allow the Texans’ already below-average offense to settle for field goals. I haven't watched the Chargers so I don't know how their defense plays. I'm hoping it is not similar to the Vikings or Ravens and we see a confused Texans offensive unit. -- 24-16 A Key takeaway from looking at the numbers - F the F'n numbers! It is a new season starting Saturday. It's the Playoffs! LFG!!
If you look at the chargers schedule, they’ve only beaten one good team. They beat the broncos twice, three if you count Cincinnati but they didn’t even make the playoffs. Really unimpressive if you ask me. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/schedule/_/name/lac/los-angeles-chargers
The Texans will wear their Deep Steel Blue jerseys and pants this Saturday against the Chargers. Houston hosts Los Angeles in a Wild Card Playoff at NRG Stadium, and they'll don the all-blue look for the playoff game. The Texans wore the same uniform combo three times this regular season, beating the Cowboys on the road and the Dolphins at home, and falling to the Packers in Green Bay. In the postseason, Houston's gone with the Deep Steel Blue combo three times before as well. They triumphed over the Bengals in the 2012 Wild Card Playoff, and the Bills in the 2019 Wild Card Playoff, and lost to the Chiefs in 2015. Kickoff against the Chargers is set for 3:30 p.m. CT
I feel like when people told him last year that the Browns were gonna win, he immediately responded "alright, bet" This seems a little more down this year, knows whats on tape and that they are weaker and not performing unlike the year before...
They also beat the breaks off the teams they beat and barely lost most of their tough games. Scored 23 on baltimore where we scored 2.
If the same team we have seen all season shows up, Texans will lose by double digits. If they have made critical adjustments and play better than they have played all season there is a 50-50 chance they win. Let's hope for a "Brown's game repeat."
I'm just hoping to not be a laughingstock on national TV again... I'll be drunk beforehand so I'm better equipped for the inevitable
Honestly a litlte surprised by the level of gushing over the Chargers and overwhelming predictions to win. Not saying we should be favored by any means but this should be a tight game IMO. I think our path to win relies on a couple of key takeaways. And just maybe Stroud can be one of those guys that elevates himself for the playoffs, note his great bowl game performances for OSU in his last two years there.
We have to be able to get the running game going for sure, and play a turnover free game. If we can do that our chances aren't bad to win.
