Texans vs Patriots Free Streams: TV Channels and Preview for NFL 2026 Divisional Round Game

If defense alone wins championships, it would make the Texans one of the favorites for the Super Bowl. But CJ Stroud fumbled the ball five times on Monday and threw in a red zone interception to start. You won’t win anything with that level of ineptitude no matter how good your defense is.

Of course, it fell to Houston’s defense to bail out the misfiring offense, but that might not be possible against anyone but 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 on a Monday in the Wildcard round don’t tend to do that well in a short week.