MATT WESTON:
In previous seasons, in past lifetimes, Week 17 would be meaningless because the Texans would be 3-12 or 2-13 or 4-11. Something along those lines. So we’d watch them play a game against Tennessee, like in 2013 where it mattered not one bit, because each team was an abomination, an affront to the football gods, or in that specific case, extremely unlucky and roasting in a season from hell.
Yesterday was different. The Texans clinched the AFC South last week with a win in Tampa, which made this game meaningless unless the Chiefs lost to the Chargers.