Why the Texans are at a fork in the road after the bye week

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00:00I'm going to tell you, man, I watch, as usual,

00:02watch everything through a Texans' lens.

00:04And here's the picture that I want to paint, right?

00:06The Texans are at a fork in the road on this schedule.

00:10You're sitting at 2-3.

00:12You've got a chance to get 2-3-3 so you can get to 500.

00:15You come home with three straight home games, right?

00:20Here's the thing, Sean.

00:21If you get to 500 by beating Seattle in primetime on the road in Seattle,

00:29then I think you can come back home confidently

00:32versus the three opponents that you have at home, right?

00:37It's not a pushover schedule.

00:39There's some good opponents on that schedule here at home,

00:42but it is three home games where you come home and the thought is,

00:45hey, man, let's get this ship right, let's get above 500,

00:49and let's get rolling, right?

00:52Or you go up to Seattle, the environment, the primetime game,

00:58gets the best of you.

01:01Maybe the offense slides back down to more of what we thought it was

01:04the first three weeks of the season versus what we saw,

01:06and it scored 70 points in two weeks versus Tennessee and Baltimore.

01:09That fork is does your record – because here's the thing, Sean.

01:14I think the last two games, I think it's fair to say the product that is the

01:20Houston Texans – and look, we've talked a lot about the offense,

01:23but the whole thing.

01:23I think the football product is closer to the top of the league

01:26than it is the bottom of the league.

01:28When you go out there and you destroy two of the bottom feeders in this league

01:32the way you did, I think the product is closer to the top half of the league

01:36than it is the bottom half of the league.

01:38I would agree with that, yeah.

01:39But in reality, Sean, you know, nothing matters other than your record.

01:44Sure.

01:44You're sitting at two and three right now, and what's sitting between you

01:48and where you're at right now and being two and four and getting to 500

01:53and getting this thing right is a really good football team

01:56in the Seattle Seahawks.

01:58Yeah.

01:59And if you look at what the Chiefs did last night,

02:01the Chiefs were sitting at two and three.

02:02And look, I understand it's the Chiefs.

02:03I understand we're talking about the winningest franchise in the sport

02:07over the last several years.

02:09I bet the Texans are the Chiefs.

02:11I'm just saying that's the blueprint.

02:12They were sitting at two and three, and what they did –

02:14now they did it at home against the Detroit Lions,

02:16but they had a really good Detroit Lions team come in,

02:19albeit they were banged up on the defensive side of the football.

02:21I get it.

02:22But when I watched that game, I walked away from that game thinking

02:27on both sides of the ball the Chiefs are the better football team.

02:31And I'm not saying that they are.

02:32I'm saying in that particular instance, the product that they put out there

02:36against a really good NFC opponent was a product that you can go,

02:41yep, the Chiefs are going to get right.

02:42Yep, the Chiefs are still a contender.

02:44Yep, look out.

02:44The Chiefs could still get this thing and be real towards the end of the year

02:48and be a problem.

02:49Yeah, I told T-Mill this earlier.

02:51The thing that I've noticed about the Kansas City Chiefs in the last two weeks

02:55is I saw them come in last week against Jacksonville.

02:57I thought they looked more like the Chiefs in instances against the Jaguars

03:01than they had all season up to that point.

03:04Last night, fourth quarter, at home, when that thing is still a football game,

03:08they stepped on the Lions' throat.

03:10They were making plays, but they were keeping it second and manageable.

03:14So, when it's second and five, they're getting eight yards.

03:17You know, it's third and one, they're getting four yards.

03:19They kept that thing moving, and they did just enough when they were supposed

03:24to do it at home against a quality opponent.

03:26The thing is, the Texans, they've got to go to Seattle.

03:29They have to help with the record, to help with what they're doing.

03:32That's a tough place to play, period, no matter what kind of hole you've dug yourself in.

03:39And that's what I'm a little worried about in the fact that, boy, Seattle.

03:44Did you watch that game?

03:45Seattle and the Jags.

03:46Did they not turn up on the freaking offensive line?

03:50Yeah.

03:50It was a 33 pressures, seven sacks on Trevor Lawrence this weekend.

03:55Holy crap.

03:56That's what scares the hell out of me.

03:57They're a problem.

03:57The Seattle defense, they had a little bump in the road two weeks ago, and then they

04:01just turned it right back on this past week.

04:02The Seattle defense is a problem.

04:04Their offense is really good.

04:06I mean, look, the reality of it is, I think this is an opponent, I liken it to the Chiefs

04:11because I think Detroit's a good NFC team this year.

04:15There's still some, I mean, you look over the last several years, it's been great, but

04:17they've got new offense coordinator, new defensive coordinator.

04:20And, you know, who are the Chiefs?

04:22This is a game where you've got to rebound and get this thing right, and they did it.

04:26Right?

04:26No turnovers, no penalties.

04:28I think the Chiefs are legit contenders.

04:31I think they, right now, now they may not, they may, you know, down the road, they may

04:34turn out to be frauds.

04:35I don't know.

04:36But right now, I think you look at that product, you look at the record at three and three,

04:39it's early in the season.

04:40Okay.

04:41I think they're contenders.

04:42I think there's a lot to be decided in that particular division and how the playoffs

04:48and the AFC unfold.

04:50Yeah, I think Rishi Rice had back.

04:52That's right.

04:52Can the Texans do to next Monday what the Chiefs did last night with the Detroit Lions?

04:58Again, I think the Texans product, product wise, I think they're capable of being a top

05:02half of the league team.

05:05But the reality is the record is what counts.

05:07Can you get to three and three or do you backslide and get back, you know, go to two

05:12and four and you end up down there with teams?

05:16I mean, let's be honest.

05:16I mean, the way the division, the AFC, the way it unfolds right now, man, is there is

05:23a clear divide in the top, let's call it nine teams, in the bottom.

05:29Democrats, they ain't got a chance.

05:31No, they're way down there.

05:32They're bad.

05:33They are bad.

05:33And there's some one and two lost teams, but they are awful, man.

05:38And so, you know, do you keep your record wise, do you stay up there with Denver's and some

05:44of these other teams that are emerging like New England and kind of stay in that mix for

05:48the wild card?

05:51Yeah.

05:51Or do you start to slide back down with like the Cincinnati Bengals right now who are without

05:57Joe Burrow and they just look like they're plummeting?

05:59Like, who are you?

06:00And that is what's at stake, in my opinion, come Monday night for the Houston Texans.

06:06I think the Chiefs gave you the blueprint last night.

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