HOUSTON — Breaking down the Kansas City Chiefs’ 30-0 win over the Houston Texans in Saturday’s wild-card playoff game at NRG Stadium.
Big picture: The Kansas City Chiefs, who won their first playoff game since January 1994, are legitimate threats to reach the Super Bowl. They have now won 11 straight games after starting the season 1-5. The competition will get much tough after beating a Texans team that lacked a serviceable quarterback Saturday. The AFC’s top two seeds, the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots, are both vulnerable. The Chiefs, who continue to lurk under the radar, have an outstanding defense that intercepted quarterback Brian Hoyer four times.