Name: Are the Texans AFC Favorites Over the Buffalo Bills?
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Description: Kevin Walsh and Joe Lisi discuss the Texans' potential to lead in the AFC, focusing on quarterback C.J. Stroud's role and their emerging dominant defense.

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Kevin Walsh and Joe Lisi discuss the Texans' potential to lead in the AFC, focusing on quarterback C.J. Stroud's role and their emerging dominant defense.

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I said last night, I think the Texans have an argument for AFC favorites and I think one of the reasons they have that argument is the current AFC favorite is the Buffalo Bills. People are gonna push back and say, well, Josh Allen, Josh Allen, and all his pedigree. Well, let's just talk about that for a moment here. CJ Stroud has more pedigree than both Drake May and Bo Nix combined. CJ Stroud has won a playoff game in each of his first two NFL seasons. If we can come to terms on pedigree for quarterbacks jumping guys, then the Texans make that case as well. Buffalo is a much bigger dog in their division. And if the Texans host a home playoff game, you would expect as the 3 seed, they don't even project to be in the same portion of the bracket, if you will, as the Buffalo Bills. Again, I'm not saying I'm surprised they're not priced as the favorite, Joe, but over 6 to 1, the Texans' numbers continue to look interesting to me. They do, and they knocked off the team that knocked them off in the playoffs last year. So if you're if, if you're gonna. Talk about Kansas City being that roadblock for the Texans. They're smooth sailing now, right? Think about the playoff teams that they knocked off. We keep talking about it, the Colts, the Bills, the Jags, all teams potentially that they might have to meet up in a playoff type of situation and format. So again, I think from a defensive perspective, Houston is as good as anybody. I think they have a claim for the number one overall seed. The problem that I have is that they have a Franchise quarterback in CJ Stroud that has regressed from an offensive perspective from year number one. They fired Bobby Slolik. I don't think the offense is better, and they have added weapons like Noel, like Higgins that they brought on to help out with Nico Collins. They have Christian Kirk that doesn't get utilized. They have an above-average tight end Dalton Schultz. When are we gonna open up, if they were as aggressive as other teams. Right, that have those type of weapons. I'd be buying all into D'Amico Ryan's, but he's another head coach that plays very close to the vest, relies on his defense, and again, I keep, keep talking about it. It's the Doctor Evil of the NFL. Why win games 40 to 20 when you can lose them 21, 17 because that's what's gonna happen in a playoff type of situation when you're afraid to score points. So my the draw, Joe. Alright, let me, let me, let me actually revert back. I wasn't in on the Texans coming into the year because of offensive concerns that stem from the offensive line, and those have not been fixed. Those are still there undoubtedly, and I think the Texans have a great. Outlook is a franchise because they're gonna pour money into that offensive line, I think undoubtedly and then you have Tank De will come back, Collins, the emergence of one if not both of the Iowa State rookies at the wide receiver position. Woody Marks is coming on there, but I didn't know if this team could make up for the offensive line being that bad. Where they make up for it is the fiercest defense in football, a 12 combination of Anderson and Hunter that feel the Texans are horrifying teams. Again, that was one of the interesting elements. The, the Chiefs went into that game, Joe, and I felt they were submissive. They're like, ah, nothing we can do. Let's, hey, hope we score 17 and that's enough. Like you hear Matt Acky in press conferences leading up. The Texans are the defense is so scary right now like.

Are the Texans AFC Favorites Over the Buffalo Bills?

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