Texans postgame reaction

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The Houston Texans are officially the fifth seed in the AFC playoffs after securing the spot with a 38-30 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

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00:00It's Houston Methodist, Heineken, and Cajada Casino Resort.

00:06Five seconds to go. First down Colton there, 25.

00:09Leonard over the middle. He goes to Josh Downs.

00:11Takes it across the 30. Ladder is back to Pittman.

00:14Pittman throws it back to Leonard, and Leonard is going to be sacked.

00:18He gets rid of the ball. Togiai picks it up.

00:21Togiai across the five. Togiai into the end zone.

00:25Touchdown, Tommy Togiai to end the game!

00:29And the Texans win their 12th. What a way to finish the season!

00:34There was no going down for Tommy Togiai.

00:39Tommy Togiai was going to house that baby, and that's exactly what he did.

00:44Oh, the entire team celebrating in the end zone with Tommy Togiai.

00:50Nine wins in a row for the Texans as they wrap up the regular season with a...

00:56And saying a week long that the probable outcome today will be Jacksonville beats Tennessee.

01:03That happened, and the Texans beat the Colts.

01:06That happened, and then we all watched tonight to see who the Texans are going to face in the first round of the playoffs,

01:12the wild card round, the winner of the Ravens-Steelers game tonight.

01:15That is what is going to end up happening.

01:18It was a much more circuitous route to get there here today at NRG Stadium.

01:23Whatever was going on in Jacksonville went according to plan.

01:25Whatever went on here was a back and forth that ended up being a whole lot of fun to watch

01:29because the Texans end up on top in the final play of the regular season.

01:33Probably appropriately in some way was Tommy Togiai scoring a touchdown for the Texans.

01:38It's 38-30, the final score of the Texans.

01:40Win today, they clinched the most wins in franchise history with 12 in the regular season.

01:46They have an ongoing winning streak right now that will carry into next season,

01:50a nine-game winning streak that they'll try to break the record in week one next year.

01:55Most importantly, they're going to be the five-seed in the AFC,

01:57and we wait to see who wins between the Ravens and the Steelers tonight

02:00as to where the Texans will be traveling.

02:02We'll know all the where and when by the time the NFL closes out the regular season tonight.

02:07Good to be with all of you here.

02:08Texans postgame here on Texans Radio from the Hyundai Texan Studio presented by Reliant.

02:13I'm Sean Pendergast alongside Clint Sterner.

02:15Clint, I don't know if there's a ton to take away from this game here today

02:18as far as how it impacts whoever they play next week,

02:21but I think the Texans, my big takeaway is at the five-seed,

02:25they're not going to win the division.

02:26I think they're in a great spot heading into the postseason.

02:29No, they're in a tremendous spot.

02:30Like you said, you won nine in a row.

02:31You won 12 of the last 14.

02:33You somehow resurrected the season after starting 0-3.

02:36You've been in a great spot.

02:37You've got more moment ball right now.

02:39And with this defense, you've got one of the best,

02:42if not the best unit in all of football right now.

02:45And so, yeah, I think they're in a great position.

02:47Like you said, the five-seed obviously going to play either Pittsburgh or Baltimore,

02:52which I think if you had to hand-select an AFC playoff team right now,

02:55you would probably hand-select those two teams to play.

02:58Maybe the L.A. Chargers.

02:59I know you can't because they're wild cards as well.

03:01But I'm talking about the seven-team AFC pool right there.

03:05You would probably pick Pittsburgh or Baltimore, given how their season's gone.

03:09So, yeah, man, the Texans sit in a tremendous spot right now.

03:13Today was very interesting, Sean.

03:15Today was very interesting.

03:16Everybody that I ran into that follows the Texans, watches them closely,

03:20whether it's fans or media members, we're talking about, hey, man,

03:25don't we need to win this game?

03:27I know Jacksonville's winning and we can't win the division,

03:31but don't we need to win this game for seeding in a sense of where we have to go

03:34in the playoffs?

03:35And I was like, yeah.

03:36I mean, I would think so.

03:37I'm not real sure that I understand the approach,

03:40given that that was what was at stake.

03:41But it at least made for a good conversation piece and a hell of an ending

03:45with Tommy Togia getting tugged.

03:47Yeah, I wasn't wild about them pulling guys at halftime of this game.

03:50Well, I knew.

03:51Of a one-score game.

03:51When I walked in, I heard them announce that Nico Collins wasn't playing.

03:57And I thought, well, that's interesting.

03:58Maybe there's a little something there and maybe that's injury-related.

04:01Maybe there's something that's tender, something that's been bothering him.

04:05Well, then all of a sudden you look up and there's guys getting yanked left and right.

04:07And then after halftime, it was – I mean, the defense was full of twos and beyond.

04:12And so –

04:13They finished the game playing with seven defensive backs.

04:15Yeah.

04:15In their base defense.

04:18I was one of those – I mean, I don't know how to take it other than D'Amico Rines

04:22and Nick Casario feel very comfortable either going to what could have amounted to –

04:27now, I don't know how this thing's all going to unfold –

04:28but what could have amounted to be in Denver.

04:31But really, any of the top four seeds.

04:34Jacksonville mathematically can still be the number one seed in the A.

04:37Right, right.

04:38If the Patriots and the Broncos both lose this afternoon.

04:40Yes.

04:41So, I mean, it could have been any of those teams.

04:43Clearly, he didn't feel as strongly.

04:45The team didn't feel as strongly about Pittsburgh.

04:47The advantage of going to Pittsburgh and Baltimore is, I think, the rest of his team.

04:49Yeah, I definitely – well, I definitely think there's a mentality to this team that is –

04:53we don't care who we play and where we play and when we play them.

04:55Line up the ball and we're going to – ours against yours and we feel like we can win.

04:59That's right.

04:59And they've won in plenty of tough, hostile environments this year

05:02and against good teams both here and on the road to feel that way, I suppose.

05:07I just think there's such a difference in the AFC right now

05:09of getting the winner of that Baltimore Steelers game

05:11versus having to go to Jacksonville or Denver or New England.

05:14I just – I don't have a ton of fear of those two teams as I do the other three teams.

05:20Well, I mean, Sean, you look at Denver and New England

05:22and I know they maybe had some ups and downs of late,

05:25but you look at them, those have been two of the best teams in the AFC from the start this year.

05:28This isn't a flash in the pan.

05:29And those are really, really good football teams.

05:32And then, you know, you look at Pittsburgh and Baltimore.

05:36I mean, they've been – I mean, Pittsburgh's been up and down.

05:38Baltimore's been just downright the worst team in the AFC at times

05:41when they had all the injuries.

05:43And so, yeah, nonetheless, you're sitting in a great spot.

05:46I mean, we can talk it six ways this Sunday.

05:48And we will.

05:49And today is Sunday, so here we are.

05:51But, you know, they've landed in a tremendous place getting the win today

05:55and locking up, you know, a match-up either in Pittsburgh or in Baltimore.

05:59No question.

06:00I'm stoked about it.

06:01That's a hell of a card to draw right now in this AFC.

06:04Can't wait.

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