[Patriot1259]

Sports Editor, Matt Pemberton files this report from Houston Texans training camp. It's the playoffs or bust for this years "other" Texas football team.

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That isn’t a typo. It’s a Freudian slip.

[Terpfen]

The Texans need to hope for continued mediocrity in JAX, a decline in IND or TEN, and they need to go at least 5-1 in their division. A tall order all around.

That said, if the Texans played in, say, the NFC West, I’d be penciling them for a home playoff game.

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I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility that the Texans make the playoffs. I don’t think they’ll go far, but meaningful games in December are a very nice thing.

When I look at them, my concerns would be RG and C on the O line, and the secondary (outside of Robinson). They’re going to need a lot of pressure from the front seven to make up for that secondary.