They didn’t have Nico Collins or Dameon Pierce, or Henry To’oTo’o, or Ka’imi Fairbairn, or Jimmie Ward.
They had to go against a team that was playing some of its best football of the season against one of the best quarterbacks in the league.
They had to play against the ALCS umpires moonlighting as NFL refs.
They gave up 10 points to the Bengals in the span of 100 seconds-ish in the four quarter to tie the game 20-20.
And none of that mattered.
Your Houston Texans have a winning record for the first time since the opening game of the 2021 season where the Texans beat the Jags to go up 1-0 on the season.