Giants at Texans: Not all 0-2 teams are created equal

There are currently seven 0-2 NFL teams. Mathematically, we know that history tells us the overall chance of making the playoffs from that sad plight is about 11 percent.

The New York Giants and Houston Texans, who meet Sunday at Houston’s NRG Stadium, are among those teams.

ESPN’s Bill Barnwell tells us that using a variety of factors the Giants, at playoff odds calculated by ESPN of 5.3 percent, have the second-best chance of those 0-2 teams of turning their season around and making the playoffs.

Unfortunately for the Giants, Barnwell also tells us that the Texans — at a whopping 24.4 percent in comparison to the Giants — are the team most likely to reach the playoffs from that 0-2 ledge. He…