Texans clinch division title with 30-6 win over Jags

“I think for a little while there people started to forget and today was a little bit of a reminder of what it’s like when I have both hands”. Houston opponents mustered just 22 points during the Texans’ three-game winning streak to close the season, with Sunday representing another highlight. He got up after the sack, held his wrist and wiggled the fingers on his left hand to display that he wasn’t wearing a cast. “They caused issues. We said some of these guys have the ability to disrupt the game, and they did… here is a team that won our division and kind of as a measuring stick of where we are at and what we need to do”.

-DE J.J. Watt finished with three sacks, increasing his season total to 17.5 to join Reggie White as the only players with three 15-sack seasons in their first five National Football League seasons. Fortunately for Houston, stud wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins stepped up and offered the Texans’ rotating cast of signal-callers a steady presence on the outside, while the defense consistently set the tone. “There are bigger goals ahead of us”.

Quarterback Brian Hoyer returned Sunday after two weeks in concussion protocol.

The Jacksonville Jaguars (5-10) are coming from a 38-27 loss to the New Orleans Saints.

We know that Gus Bradley is keeping his job as head coach.

-LB Whitney Mercilus became the first player in franchise history with two career games with 3.5 sacks.

Left tackle Duane Brown suffered a right knee injury in the first quarter that was serious enough to prompt the entire Houston team to surround him on the field as he received medical attention. Hoyer fumbled on the next play, but Houston left guard Xavier Su’a-Filo grabbed it in the air and turned it into an 8-yard gain. Hoyer has a career-high 18 touchdown passes with over 2,000 yards passing.