Official Texans vs. Rams Game Thread, 10/13/2013

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by barrett

I agree completely with the 2nd paragraph. I disagree that the division was a mess last year. 2 of the 6 playoff teams were out of the AFC South making it one of the tougher/toughest AFC divisions last year.

Well, somebody has to win the division so 1 playoff spot is a given and I can't give too much credit for that. Admittedly, the Colts went 11-5 and grabbed a wild card, but they went 11-5 while giving up more points than they scored. As I understand it, this had never happened before and all of the advanced stats guys think that last year's Colts team was one of the weakest 11-5 teams in history. In any event, we went 1-1 against that team.

But train wreck might have been a little strong.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Well, somebody has to win the division so 1 playoff spot is a given and I can't give too much credit for that. Admittedly, the Colts went 11-5 and grabbed a wild card, but they went 11-5 while giving up more points than they scored. As I understand it, this had never happened before and all of the advanced stats guys think that last year's Colts team was one of the weakest 11-5 teams in history. In any event, we went 1-1 against that team.

But train wreck might have been a little strong.

I agree the Colts were a weak 11-5, but they were clearly better than the 2nd best team in any other AFC division (bengals, Miami, San Diego). The Bengals were the last playoff team and they got beat up by the free falling Texans.