Official Divisional Playoff Round - Texans @ Chiefs Game Thread, 1/12/2020

[Arky]

Woohoo! Chiefs have to settle for a 24-yard FG.

Chiefs 51, Texans 31

8:06 left in the game.

[HPF Bob]

So we shut them out for one quarter and still allow 51 points? Utterly Texan.

[Arky]

Texans going for it on 4th and 3 at their own 32.

Pass to D Johnson gets the 1st down.

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Ball at midfield after a PI call against the Chiefs.

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Watson sacked. 3rd and 11 coming up.

Pass to Fells gets 8. 4th and 2 coming up.

Pass too high for Hop. Chiefs takeover on downs. Ball at the Chief's 42.

4:53 left in the game.

[Arky]

Chiefs have to punt after running for 3 downs and forcing the Texans to use up all their timeouts.

Punt is downed at the Texan 5. Texan's ball with 3:49 left in the game.

[Arky]

Texans have 1st and goal at the Chief's 8 at the 2 minute mark (1:51 actual).

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Watson sacked on 4th and goal. Chiefs takeover on downs. Ball at their 15 yard line. 1:34 left in the game.

Chiefs will probably kneel it out....

Final score:

Chiefs 51, Texans 31

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Texans keep their record at 0-fer in divisional round games.

[Arky]

Early line has Chiefs as a 7 to 9 pt favorite over the Titans...

[Keith]

In retrospect, the most surprising thing about this game was that the Texans were up by 24 in the first quarter. Had they lost more conventionally by 20 points would not have really surprised anyone.

Sad fact, since O'Brien has been hired, each of the other AFC South teams have advanced to the conference championship game.

[HPF Bob]

Bob Hulsey
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Coming to bookstores soon: "How to Piss Away a Three-Touchdown Lead and Lose By 20 Points" by Bill O'Brien, former head coach of the #HoustonTexans .

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Hmmm. I'm finding myself agreeing with the heckler at the Broncos game.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by Keith

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Sad fact, since O'Brien has been hired, each of the other AFC South teams have advanced to the conference championship game.

Huh. You are correct, I looked it up. Colts went to the AFCC game in '14, Jags in '17 and Titans this year.

If it makes anyone feel better, Titans were on a 0-3 run in divisional games before getting over the hump this year. Lost divisional games in '03, '08 and '17. The last time the Titans reached the AFCC game was '02 when they lost to the Raiders - that was Jeff Fisher/Steve McNair/Eddie George era...

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Early lines have settled down a bit. Chiefs now mostly a 7½ pt favorite over the Titans. Niners a 7 pt favorite over the Packers.