After an eventful Sunday, the AFC will finish things off with a matchup between one team wildly underperforming this season and another overachieving, all things considered.
C.J. Stroud will play his second consecutive road game, which is a tall task for anybody. It becomes much tougher when you travel to Arrowhead Stadium. He’ll face a Kansas City Chiefs defense that has had a long layoff after losing to the Dallas Cowboys. Stroud is an obvious upgrade from Davis Mills, but the Chiefs going from the Bills,
Broncos, Colts, and Cowboys to the Texans is going to feel like a breath of fresh air.
The Texans’ defense is the best in the NFL. Will Anderson, Jalen Pitre, and Derek Stingley make it tough to move the ball. Patrick Mahomes will have his hands full.
The Chiefs have won the last two meetings by nine and eight points. I think this game will look a lot like that, with the Chiefs keeping Houston’s offense at bay, and the defense doing everything they can to keep their offense in the game, but it not being enough.
Both teams are on the outside looking in of the AFC Playoff picture, ranked eighth and ninth, respectively.
