Taking The Pulse: Who Would You Prefer The Texans Play In The First Playoff Game In Franchise History?
What has to happen for a given team to win that final sixth seed in the AFC is outlined here. With that in mind, which team would you prefer to have as your Houston Texans' opponent in the first playoff game in franchise history? After the jump, vote and tell us why you voted the way you did in the Comments.
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I chose the Jets
because Sanchez is a turnover beast lately and they’re far too reliant on their run-game, which I trust our defense to dominate! Also, our run-heavy offense will eat up their suspect run D…
..the chance to humiliate Rexy at Reliant is certainly tantalizing...
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Sorry to vote Jets, but
i want to EARN a superbowl victory, and that means not backing into it with the easiest possible schedule or matchups. Rather, I want to play and beat real contenders. I can stand losing to a legit team. I do not however want to go to the superbowl and face a tried and true team that earned it the hardest possible way. I want to be that team that isn’t afraid of facing the best. May the best team win it.
We need to face down and beat the Titans out of the playoffs this week and run over a Rex Ryan Defense. They seem like the only potential SB team available to us in the first round…so I want them. If we can’t beat them, then we know exactly where we are as an organization and can address whatever they expose as our inhibitors (from taking us to a championship). Then we can use the offseason to address whatever those weaknesses are.
I don’t want to “get to” a superbowl. I want to be Champions & Championships are earned…and not by way of the path of least resistance.
I would not call the Jests a "poetential Super Bowl team"
especially after they got torn apart by the Giants Saturday
Official hype-man of the Flour Bluff Academic Decathlon team
call them whatever you prefer
But they look the most likely out of that group to me. Big stage experience, risk-taking yet competent coaching, tough defense. It would surpise me the least if they won it over the other teams we are potentially facing in round one. If I were convinced that there is a better team available, I would want them instead.
Opponents don't matter...
History remembers a Super Bowl champion as a Super Bowl champion.
And if having to run the table with a 3rd string rookie QB isn’t earning it then I don’t know what is.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Dec 30, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
I agree
but I’d still prefer to stomp the piss out of the Jets. I still remember Foot Boy’s smartass comments about the lousy Texans defense after the game last year. Also, the Jets are the media darlings, and I would love to shut those bastards up.
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
by Foster Child on Dec 30, 2011 5:07 PM CST up reply actions
yea, yea, yea,...
you’re making me so hot baby…..
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Agree 100%...
…with this:
Also, the Jets are the media darlings, and I would love to shut those bastards up.
Not the Titans.
Just the thought of a loss to them (although I wouldn’t expect one) makes me start thinking about a suicide plan.
Anyway, I picked the Bengals. I think they are the least talented and beating Baltimore will probably take a lot out of them.
lotta credance to being beatup after facing the Ravens.
and a Saturday game would help that scenario tremendously.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Also we beat Cincy in Cincy in Marvin Lewis's self-proclaimed "biggest game of his career". lol
I really don’t see a loss to them.
we barely beat them by the skin of our teeth
that doesn’t exactly give me confidence
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
It was at their place too. Reliant will shake...
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Beginning to get a little amped up for the game this weekend.
I just hope he is healthy enough to get through this one without reinjuring himself.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Id rather play the Bengals or Raiders.
I think were better and would beat all 4 of those teams but a loss to the Titans and Jets would kill me.
I would never
root for getting the Jets. We don’t have a good track record against that team, Rex Ryan, or Mark Sanchez. Also, I think that team could be dangerous in the playoffs (lots of postseason veterans who could boost their level of play). I think with the way our offense has played lately that we would be extremely vulnerable to some of Rex’s defensive schemes. The last team I would want to see in Reliant. We already know we can beat the Bengals, should have a healthier team if we play them again, so that’s my choice of team to play. It may be the most boring big-picture match up, but I want us to win. Second choice would be the Raiders.
God is not on our side because he hates idiots also.
We had the Jets beat in their stadium last year. Only the Red Carpet Defense saved them.
I want them back for the playoffs so J. J. Watt and Captain Crush can break Sanchez’s bones. It would be a nice touch if they could chase Sanchez into Fatso Ryan and break some of his bones, too.
They are a team with a lot of problems, mental and physical. They would make a handy victim.
Mrs. Vega doesn't approve of all the broken bones in this post.
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
by Foster Child on Dec 30, 2011 4:31 PM CST up reply actions
so how do we feed the Kraken?
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Bengals
We match up well against them.
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by Carter Liles on Dec 30, 2011 1:30 PM CST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
AJ Green still scares me
And Dalton looks like a competent QB. Plus they have a Top 10 defense. I think we can beat them but I have a feeling it will be another heart-stopper
by LouisianaTexan on Dec 30, 2011 1:32 PM CST up reply actions
5 catches 59 yards. Is what jwow held him to
Hes good, but as a rookie he dosent scare me too bad
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by Carter Liles on Dec 30, 2011 1:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Dalton to Green is on par with Sanchez to Plax/Holmes.
Hasselbeck to Washington is the scariest to me, followed by Palmer to the 4.2 squad. The Bengals and Jets are the least scary.
Didn't we hold Washington to 1 catch least time?
Washington only really seems to have his best games if Locker is the QB (which may end up happening by the second quarter when our pass rush shatters Glasselbeck)
by LouisianaTexan on Dec 30, 2011 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
Too bad they won't see the playoffs
"The greatest danger in planning for tomorrow is using yesterdays logic."
Marc Kahlberg
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I think we will learn that the Bo$$man was right
by Barryfromtexas on Dec 31, 2011 1:06 AM CST up reply actions
Isnt his shoulder still messed up too?
by Dmo_Htx on Dec 30, 2011 1:40 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Mabye.
but I’d assume hes relatively healthy 2 weeks from now.
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by Carter Liles on Dec 30, 2011 1:42 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I picked the Titans
Mostly because they are the least talented of those teams. Also, I think they will come out throwing everything they have at us on Sunday in hopes of grabbing that 6th seed so we should have lots of tape to go on from them. Conversely I think that we don’t show them anything and continue to keep Yates under wraps to keep them from formulating an effective gameplay against us. If we can beat them 41-7 with Schaub, then we should at least be somewhere around 28-7 with TJ on Wildcard Weekend
One hot offensive player could singlehandedly beat us if we continue to struggle on O.
I am far more scared of Hasselbeck, Washington or CJ getting hot than Dalton, Green or Benson.
by willieboyd on Dec 30, 2011 1:34 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
In order to play the Titans in the playoffs
It means we have to lose to them this weekend, and I’m not down with that.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
by Hydroshock on Dec 30, 2011 2:32 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Totally agree with you there!
"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." -- Benjamin Disraeli
"If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers." -- Homer Simpson
"There is no rehab for stupid." -- Chris Rock
Never try to baptize a cat.
I was going to say no one
but you know what? I want a second shot at the Raiders.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Raiders vote, too!
I want another shot at them without the ghost of Al Davis haunting Reliant.
"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." -- Benjamin Disraeli
"If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers." -- Homer Simpson
"There is no rehab for stupid." -- Chris Rock
Never try to baptize a cat.
Voted Raiders...
want that second shot at them, without the specter of Al Davis floating around.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
The thing that makes the Raiders scary is that they run an offense similar to ours.
This exposure to it in practice makes me worry that their defensive ass whipping in the first meeting might be repeated. (Ravens also mainly run the ZBS stretch and those are the only two defenses to dominate our O this year).
Also
I have a feeling dre is gonna go crazy stoopid good in his first playoff appearance. and I don’t wanna face a team that might slow him down like tenn or the jets.
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by Carter Liles on Dec 30, 2011 1:46 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I'd rather play the Titans
but to get there we would have to lose Sunday and get a lot of help from other wildcard teams. So Jets, to further humiliate Sweater Vest Rex
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I'd quite like to play the Titans
cz I think they’re the weakest of the teams left, and it’d be an interesting story to face the old Houston team in the new Houston team’s first playoff game ever… plus I’d get to take the piss out of my dad for being a Titan fan still.
But I don’t want to lose to them this week and have a week of doubting and negativity before the inaugural playoff game either, so I’d probably go Raiders, especially if run DMC is still injured cz I can’t see Palmer performing all that well.
We can follow the "knock the BeelzeBitches back to Methpotamia" analogy this weekend,
and I would enjoy it immensely. My Dad is also a Titans fan, to some degree. Think he is more of an observer of the NFL and a rabid Vol fan.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
we will knock out the besfs on sunday so that isnt a choice.
i would have to say jests, raiders, then bengals.
- Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
"It's either gonna make you a man or a coward. One of the two. I'm a be a man. I ain't never seen a coward, heard a coward, coward not in ma vocabulary." - Lawrence Vickers
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Dec 30, 2011 2:11 PM CST reply actions
I want the Raiders
I think it’s a good match-up…so long as our guards don’t get their asses handed to them by Kelly/Houston/Seymour.
Do not want the Bengals whatsoever.
"Lord, beer me strength."
What scares you about the Bengals?
I think a rookie QB paired with a rookie as their main big play threat plus an apathetic Ced Benson would be perfect for Wade to dissect.
Their defense does scare me.
Particularly that front seven which is built to penetrate and disrupt a zone game. I think they’d be much tougher the second time around….and I wouldn’t be happy to see them.
"Lord, beer me strength."
We kind of knew this already, but this should confirm it.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-texans-johnson
Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore
I would say anyone but the Jets works for me.
I think it’s a bad matchup for us. I would not mind another crack at the Raiders. If it didn’t take a loss by the Texans, I’d almost ask for the Traitors, only so we can annihilate them in the playoffs.
That said, I think I’m with TDC, I want revenge against the Raiders.
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According to Chris Burke of SI
Oakland actually remains in the best wild-card position if Cincinnati slips up. If the Raiders win (and don’t take the AFC West because of a Broncos victory), a Tennessee loss or Jets win, coupled with a Bengals loss, would give the Raiders a wild-card spot.
Official hype-man of the Flour Bluff Academic Decathlon team
Even though the Bengals might be the toughest choice on the list I went with them
The reasoning is multifaceted. First, playing the Titans would mean we would therefore have lost to them this Sunday, and I can in no way stomach that thought. The Jets have looked pretty terrible, but they do seem to play better once the post season rolls around so avoiding them would be nice. I would be ok with the Raiders as well, but there is one crucial factor that made me choose the Bengals. A win by the Bengals over the Ravens means that most likely the Steelers will be the North champs. So WHEN the Texans beat the Bengals next weekend, the second game would be at Pittsburgh as opposed to at Baltimore. This would be more favorable for our boys IMO. Add in the fact that if the Texans got by Pittsburgh and the Ravens took out the Patriots (which I would expect to happen) the AFC Championship is at Reliant!
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
by Mumford on Dec 30, 2011 2:56 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I been wanting the Bengals
But I voted the Raiders. I am convinced the Texans can beat them.
Madame de Staël once said, "One must choose in life between boredom and suffering." De Staël is dead but there is always an alternative.
This is where the cool is.
This
No way do I want to play the Titans twice. and we’ve already beaten the Bengals.
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by 5stringJeff on Dec 30, 2011 5:16 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I voted Raiders....
To get vengeance!
Even though I wouldn’t mind facing the Titans or Jets, voting that I actually want to face them indirectly means that I wish success for them, and that is one thing I cannot do.
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With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!
Yean, because only way the Broncos make it is as division champs.
With a win or loss plus Oakland loss, whereas Oakland is guaranteed out if they lose their final game.
We shouldn't be looking at these teasms as pushovers
Remember, they all know that whichever one of them wins, They will be playing us, and will psych for it accordingly. I picked the Jets because I don’t like Rex Ryan’s ego, but I could go with the Raiders just as easily, unless Al Davis dies again.
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
I'm honestly not looking at wanting Oakland b/c they seem to be the easiest matchup.
We lost to them at home this year, not to mention there were quite the number of Raider fans in the stands. I want revenge.
And here's to not having anyone from our team on the Madden cover next season
Although with all the injuries to our stars that could be candidates, we don’t really have anyone who may contend for the cover other than Foster and Cushing.
Kareem
needs to be on the Madden cover.
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
by Foster Child on Dec 30, 2011 4:40 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I want a 2 WR in the next draft and a 2nd round NT
All I want to do is FAAAARRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMM!!!....and COok.
You'll get nothing and like it!
/Caddyshack’d
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
by Foster Child on Dec 30, 2011 4:41 PM CST up reply actions
Texans trade up to draft David DeCastro.
Offense averages 300 ypg rushing.
Foster and Tate battle to the wire for the NFL rushing title.
Texans set NFL record with 50 min/game time-of-possession.
Championship.
It’s that simple.
The more I think about it, the more I realize we need d-lineman... still.
Antonio’s solid, but 30 (can he play with his trademark energy for much longer as a starter?)
Watt’s solid
Cody’s there
After that, we’re pretty weak. This is the one unit that hasn’t had an injury (other than Bulman) and we’re lucky.
Jets are the best shot for easier advancement
The Texans are going to eliminate the Titans Sat. The Bengals are the scariest team of the choices their D is super and Dalton can put up points. The Raiders already got them once this year with Schaub so Ill pass on seein Yates try it. The Jets seem like the most favorable QB and D match ups both ways to me.
Jets
Because the ways we’ve lost to them the last two times we played piss me off. Except for the Titans, who, as someone mentioned above, would have to beat us to get in, the Jets are the team I would most wanna beat in the playoffs.
The say the f**king smog is the f**king reason you have such beautiful f**king sunsets. - Ray Barboni
A loss to the BESFs is realistic, unfortunately.
They have their season on the line. I doubt (all) of the starters play the whole game (really, shall we risk more injuries?). So if we treat the second half like a preseason game, losing is realistic, even if we dominate the first half.
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"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 30, 2011 10:03 PM CST up reply actions
Not the Jets
Dear god please not the Jets
Free Earl. Occupy Reliant
by NewJerseyTexansFan on Dec 30, 2011 9:36 PM CST reply actions
What happens if both NE and Baltimore Lose
and we win? Still a 3rd seed? Then who do we play?
Doin stuff so nasty that you have to do it twice to confirm the level of nasty!!
Just in case you really wanted to know
Here are all the possible outcomes for the AFC Playoff Seedings. The Winner of the Seven relevant games is on the left, and the Teams and seeding is on the right.

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by distant_texans_fan on Dec 30, 2011 11:45 PM CST reply actions
Super Troopers sig for the fucking win
Can’t express enough how much i love that movie. right up there with American Beauty, Memento, and Fight Club in my top 4
Nice...gracias.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Who gives a f*ck
/not knocking the post
But whoever it is the Texans can easily beat
I can tell you it won’t be the BESFs as they will lose this Sunday
"The greatest danger in planning for tomorrow is using yesterdays logic."
Marc Kahlberg
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I think we will learn that the Bo$$man was right
why are people picking the Raiders?
they already won, in our house, with a worse QB…
Bengals is the most obvious choice prior to this week, with Titans the 2nd (although that would mean they beat us the week prior and thus doesn’t look as good).
Look, we already beat the Bengals, in Cincy; given homefield, it won’t come down to a final 2 minute drive with 0 timeouts for us
by darkmagician1184 on Dec 31, 2011 11:00 PM CST reply actions
We will see you Sunday. Win? Maybe. Easy - I don't think so.
I have an idea. Why don’t we just cut out all of the sissy chest thumping and play ball. We won’t be hard to find. We will be on the opposite sideline waiting to line up. Remember,you just lost three games in a row to teams we beat I believe. This is going to be fun.
"If we always agree, one of us is not necessary"

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