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If defenses alone win championships, that would make the Texans one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl. However, C.J. Stroud fumbled the ball five Times on Monday and threw a red zone interception to boot. You won’t win anything with that level of incompetence, no matter how good your defense is.

Naturally, it fell to Houston’s defense to bail out the misfire once again, but that might not have been possible against anyone other than the Steelers. Also consider that star receiver Nico Collins is out with a concussion, that the Texans have gone 0-6 in Divisional Round games, and that teams playing Monday in the Wildcard Round don’t tend to do well on a short week.