Patrick Mahomes’ Comeback Against the Texans will Go Down as one of the Greatest in Sports History: Insiders Predict Unprecedented Legacy
The Houston Texans were 1-5 against playoff teams in the regular season, and without wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell, it seemed all hope was lost heading into the postseason. Now, after a surprising 32-12 wild-card rout of the Los Angeles Chargers, the Texans are set for a divisional-round matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs, a team against which Houston has some playoff history.
C.J. Stroud’s sophomore season has not exactly been a success, as Houston’s offense ranks in the bottom third of the NFL, yet they compiled 429 yards of offense against the Charger’s 11th-ranked defense in the wild-card round. Joe Mixon ran rampant, and Houston’s defense intercepted Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert four times.
The Chiefs spent the week on the couch, having secured the bye and No. 1 seed in the AFC with their 15-2 record. Houston and the Chiefs are scheduled to play at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday in the first matchup of the NFL divisional round, but it won’t be the first time these teams have met in the postseason.
NFL fans might remember when Deshaun Watson met Patrick Mahomes in the divisional round in the 2020 playoffs. That matchup, like Saturday’s, was at Arrowhead, with the Chiefs coming off a bye and Houston coming off a home win. The Texans had just come back to defeat Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills in an overtime thriller in the wild-card round.
Watson was at the peak of his powers. Mahomes had arrived as the NFL’s best quarterback. Let’s revisit the divisional duel between the Chiefs and Texans after the 2019 season.
