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2019 NFL Playoffs: Week 17 AFC Playoff Picture

Did you already forget?

You might have. Saturday was a lifetime ago. If you did, the Texans scored 6 points on their own and 17 off Tampa Bay turnovers to beat the Buccaneers 23-20. By scoring more points than the Bucs, the Texans clinched the AFC South and turned the thing we’ve always wished for, a week 17 AFC South Championship game, from dreams into dust.

Sitting on the #4 seed and the AFC South all sewn up, do the Texans have anything to play for this weekend?

For all the criticism they’ve received for recent trades and their use of quarterback Deshaun Watson, the Texans are AFC South champions for the fourth time in five seasons.