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Defense Needs to Dominate for Texans to Beat Chargers

Get back to what the Texans do best and clinch a playoff spot

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Cody Stoots
Dec 26, 2025
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The Houston Texans need to get back to what works.

The league’s top defense has looked like anything but in the past two weeks. If that trend continues, the Texans won’t be clinching their playoff spot tomorrow.

Two struggling offenses put up more points on Houston than Josh Allen, Bo Nix, or Matt Stafford. The Arizona Cardinals scoring 20 is a bit easier to understand than the debacle against the Las Vegas Raiders. Arizona was trailing from the jump, and the offense was rolling for the Texans. The Raiders came in with no juice and managed three scoring drives.

The Los Angeles Chargers are much better. The defense for the Texans might need a performance resembling their playoff game from last year.

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