There’s an annual tradition in the NFL, after two or three weeks in the season, when the stat nerds will begin to pepper the fans, cities whose teams are winless, with the percentage chance their team has of making the playoffs, once they are 0-2, or 0-3, or 0 and whatever. Consider this an alert for all cities with football teams that are 0-1.
The Houston Texans happen to be one of those teams, on the heels of a 14-9 loss in Los Angeles to the Rams. They are 0-1 on the season. Now, 0-2 is not a death blow, by any means. DeMeco Ryans knows this, as his first iteration of the Houston Texans started the season 0-2 back in 2023. They ended up going 10-7 and winning a playoff game.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers come to town for a Monday night football game this week, fresh off a 23-20 season open