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American Football Conference · AFC South
The Houston Texans were founded in 1999 and play their home games at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The franchise is owned by Cal McNair, with Nick Caserio serving as general manager and DeMeco Ryans as head coach. The Texans have experienced notable swings in fortune over the years. After playoff appearances in 2015 and 2016 at 9–7 each season, the team slipped to 4–12 in 2017 before rebounding with an 11–5 mark and playoff berth in 2018. A run of difficult seasons followed from 2020 through 2022, including a 3–13–1 record in 2022. The arrival of quarterback C.J. Stroud helped spark a turnaround, with the team posting back-to-back 10–7 playoff seasons in 2023 and 2024, then improving to 12–5 with another playoff appearance in 2025. The current roster features Stroud alongside notable players such as Nico Collins, Tank Dell, Will Anderson Jr., Danielle Hunter, Derek Stingley Jr., and kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 83 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 47 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–1 | — |
| 2025 | 12–5 | Made the playoffs |
| 2024 | 10–7 | Made the playoffs |
| 2023 | 10–7 | Made the playoffs |
| 2022 | 3–13–1 | — |
| 2021 | 4–13 | — |
| 2020 | 4–12 | — |
| 2019 | 10–6 | Made the playoffs |
| 2018 | 11–5 | Made the playoffs |
| 2017 | 4–12 | — |
Each pundit’s standing lean on Houston Texans, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 96% of the room, across 3 articles · 0.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
more bullish than 92% of the room, across 10 articles · on this team not settled yet
Page 5 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“lock and load with an alpha stud wide receiver who's gonna put up fifteen hundred yards this season if he stays healthy”
| 2016 |
|---|
| 9–7 |
| Made the playoffs |
| 2015 | 9–7 | Made the playoffs |
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| 2010 | 6–10 | — |
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| 2009 | 9–7 | — |
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more bullish than 91% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 95% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 94% of the room, across 3 articles · 67.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
more bearish than 85% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
“Nico Collins is by wide receiver four, Drake Leonard is by wide receiver five”
“I just feel more confident that a Nico Collins at this point is a better football player than a Brian Thomas junior... To me, he is a top five dude, like as just at the position”
“Simon, you and I both have the Texans back in the playoffs.”
“Simon, you and I both have the Texans back in the playoffs.”
“my AFC playoff predictions Bill's Ravens, Texans, Chargers, Patriots, Bengals are new in chiefs”
“Step Right up the houston Texans And, they go joshua simon Tight End. Out of south carolina ... a, pick two fifty. Five”
“I have the Bills, Ravens, Texans Chargers, and then the Patriots, Bengals che Thiefs”
“C J. Stroud's probably gonna make the playoffs.”
“CJ. Allen, I'm a big fan of I like the fact that he had tax downhill... Georgia linebackers are pretty much, you know, rubber stamps”
“Texans. Take Caleb Banks defensive tackle from Florida”
“I am going road dog style. I think the Texans win eleven in a row. I like Houston.”
“I cannot possibly express how good the Texans defense is... Texans all the way.”
“I feel good about taking the Texans... So I'm taking the Texans to cover those three points.”
“I think the winner of this game, I really think it's going to be Houston.”
“I'm gonna go to Texans here. I think that begged up Chargers offensive line. They're gonna have some issues with that front for Houston... The text has been will win this one out right”
“Cynthia's picks to recap. She's got the Texans minus two touchdowns fourteen... they have an eighty one percent chance”
“I'm just gonna go with Houston to win by more than ten.”
“I like the Texans to win this game and at the very least cover that spread.”
“I think it's a choppie game. I'm gonna take the Texans twenty seven to twenty three.”
“C J Stroud is a pro Bowl level”
“The Texans go ten and seven”
“I'm picking the Houston Texans ... And I have them going over the Eagles”
“Let's go Tyler Booker Guard. I'm just leaning towards DJ.”
“Let's go Tyler Booker Guard... the Houston Texans at twenty five”
“Josh Connerly here from Oregon offensive tackle... But that is with the Texans”
“a Mecca Buka. He gets reunited with his college quarterback C J. Stroud Houston.”
“I actually have Houston winning in that first game. This weekend, I have Houston at home upsetting the Chargers.”
“Next up at twenty eight with the Houston Texans ... Max Einatchor from Arizona State”
“you had Caleb Lomu the tackle going to the Texans at twenty eight”
“The Texans who still need offensive line help... Besides just from A and M goes there at twenty eight.”
“It's a Magno pregnant in the interior offensive lineman from Oregon, and like I said, I didn't consider anybody else.”
“I'll take Houston. I think they're going to go two in a row here... I'll take the Texans at home.”
“The Texans after that Jaguars game seem to have woken up... I'm going to take the Texans as a money line.”
“we have the Texans at my number one Seattle Seahawks... I'll take the Texans getting the points”
“I mean they are in rough shape. I just on principle, I gotta go with the Texans here”
“he's going to be the starter in two wide receiver sets opposite Nico Collins”
“C J. Stroud made the playoffs. My guess is c J. Stroud will make the playoffs again this year.”
“So Higgins ceiling is still, you know, just the number two receiver on this team... there is room For higgins to be the number two. Target”
“4. Texans RB Dameon Pierce (2 votes: Long, Thomas)”