Texans Crush Browns 45-14 in AFC Wild Card Showdown
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00:03 According to our producer Joe Frizzo,
00:05 the Texans were plus 490 to even make a playoff appearance.
00:09 They were 10 to 1 to win the AFC South Divisional Championship.
00:13 They accomplished both of those feats and
00:15 booked as a home underdog on Saturday afternoon against Joe Flacco and
00:20 the Cleveland Browns.
00:22 The Texans blow out the Browns, 45 to 14,
00:27 the final score in H-Town, the Texans winning outright as a two and
00:32 a half point underdog, the game total of 44 and a half.
00:35 Donnie, CJ Stroud and his Houston offense go over by themselves.
00:39 >> I mean, blown away by this game, Ben.
00:43 You started talking about let's get ready for Super Wild Card weekend.
00:45 You wait on that early Thursday afternoon, and finally gets here at 430,
00:49 like what am I going to see here?
00:50 Look at this, 14-10 Cleveland, this is exactly what I expected.
00:53 Joe Flacco was burning and churning out there.
00:55 Kareem Hunt's already into the end zone.
00:57 The defense getting some pressure on CJ Stroud, and then poof,
01:00 it just went out of nowhere.
01:01 Because CJ Stroud looked like he's been playing in the league for
01:04 a decade as the former number one, not number two, number one overall pick
01:08 that already has seven All-Pros under his belt and three Super Bowls.
01:11 There wasn't a throw, Ben, he couldn't make in this game.
01:13 And we're not talking about, yeah,
01:15 he's supposed to do that against a really bad defense.
01:17 We were talking about Cleveland throughout the season as the single best
01:20 defensive unit from a pass rushing perspective, linebacker and
01:23 secondary in the NFL, what they had to offer.
01:27 And for myself, handicapping this ball game coming in best.
01:29 And you know what, man?
01:30 Cleveland took a bye week last week.
01:32 Houston had to go on the road, Ben, and use up all that energy.
01:35 And it was so emotional to get into the playoffs and win the division.
01:38 I know there's not gonna be a letdown, but boy,
01:40 that took a lot out of the tank, and boy, I was wrong.
01:42 From that second quarter on, Houston was so far away the better team, Ben,
01:46 they could have scored 65 points on that Browns defense.
01:49 You take a look at that bottom line on CJ Stroud, 16 of 21, 274, and
01:53 23 scores, that could have been 32 for 42, for 574, and six touchdowns.
01:59 He was like a magician out there, Ben.
02:01 Every single pass on the money, five yard out, 15 yard dig route, deep pass.
02:06 It was all there.
02:06 Quite frankly, he even missed one easy long touchdown pass
02:10 right around into that late second quarter.
02:12 I was so impressed by the Houston Texans that no more would you be looking from
02:15 an AFC as a opponent by going like, all right, man, Cleveland got knocked out.
02:19 Thank goodness it's the Texans, not Cleveland.
02:21 We were worried about the rounds.
02:23 No, sir, you better be worried about the Texans.
02:25 This team is young and hungry and learning how to win.
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