Three wild-card games from the NFL playoffs are finished, and the divisional-round matchups for the AFC teams are officially set.
, we asked our NFL Nation reporters to pick out one thing we learned about the teams they cover during the wild-card round. Seth Walder also explored how each team can win to advance to the conference championships, and we provided opening lines from, when the Chiefs erased a 24-0 second-quarter deficit to storm past Houston 51-31. Kansas City went on to win the Super Bowl that season.
Well, the biggest reason the Chiefs will win is that they're playing the Texans. Houston, despite advancing to the divisional round, has not been a consistently effective offensive team since losing in Week 8. From Week 9 on, the Texans rank 27th in EPA per play on offense -- including negative EPA per play on both dropbacks and designed runs against the Chargers.but not ending with him. Earlier this season, one could make the argument the Chiefs were short on playmaking receivers.
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