Fansided · Jan 18
Patriots’ defense gets unexpected boost from surprising Texans' absence
AFC Wild Card Playoffs: Houston Texans v Pittsburgh Steelers | Cooper Neill/GettyImagesThe Patriots are set to host the Texans in the divisional round on Sunday, after quite an exciting slate of games that already determined where the conference championships will be held. If New England wins to head to the AFC Championship Game, they will face the Broncos in Denver, whereas the winner of the Rams-Bears game will head to Seattle.
But before that, the Patriots have to get their second playoff win this season against a very good Texans' defense, which they are hopefully more prepared for after taking down the Chargers last week, who also had a dominant defensive front.
