Houston Texans Daily Roundup: 9 straight wins and counting

The Houston Texans have nine straight wins and are nearing a potential AFC South championship, as the season has just four games left on the schedule with a three-game lead.

Once again, the Houston Texans did what they needed to do to gain a win and in their 29-13 win over the Cleveland Browns the Texans improved to 9-3 overall.

The lead of the Texans in the division is now three games over the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans who are both 6-6, and five games over the Jacksonville Jaguars who are 4-8 overall.

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The Texans have four games left on the schedule with those being vs. Colts (Week 14), at New York Jets (Week 15), at Philadelphia Eagles (Week 16) and vs. Jaguars (Week 17). Those are all winnable games for the Texans and they are on the verge of winning their fifth AFC South championship in franchise history.

Until then, here is what is being said about the Texans following their Week 13 victory.

• Sarah Barshop of ESPN.com wrote about how the Texans are riding their defense this season during their nine-game winning streak. Barshop quoted the Texans head coach Bill O’Brien in the article:

"“I think it’s hard to play against our defense as a rookie quarterback,” O’Brien said.”"

This Texans defense has been strong and grabbed three interceptions against star rookie Baker Mayfield in the win over the Browns on Sunday. There is also the fact many of the players on the defensive side are having strong seasons. Veterans J.J. Watt and Tyrann Mathieu are the leaders of the defense. There is also rookie Justin Reid who is playing at a high level too.

• Andy Benoit of Sports Illustrated brought up two words that the Texans have yet to achieve in franchise history. Those two words are Super Bowl. Benoit wrote the following:

"“Houston’s defense is more than capable. Up front, J.J. Watt looks like his old self, Jadeveon Clowney has dominated playing more reps inside where his explosiveness is maximized, and linebacker Zach Cunningham is operating with the athleticism that made him a 2017 second-round pick.”"

This defense keeps getting more and more exciting every time they take the field. If they can not only keep the pace they are going, but even exceed their current play thus far there is a chance for a strong run in January. Thoughts?

• Tweet of the Day

The number of the day for the Texans in nine, as in nine consecutive wins. This current run of wins has been nothing but exciting, unless you want to add stressful too.

Watching this team improve and play at a high level has been a great sight to behold. Now onto Week 14 and the Colts.