The Houston Texans rebounded from their first loss of the season last week versus the Green Bay Packers, to come back and stomp the Baltimore Ravens 43-13 on Sunday afternoon in Week 7 of the NFL season.
One thing looks to be certain. Houston is the class of the AFC.
Fortunately for Houston, they do play in the AFC, as the NFC this season is looking mighty strong and will be a lot of fun to watch towards the end of the season and playoff time.
But the AFC is simply lackluster right now.
Baltimore came into this one 5-1 on the season, and primed to challenge for the Super Bowl, then lay an egg like this? I can understand a loss, but the fact that they lost by 30 points just goes to show that the injuries they have sustained right now is too much to overcome.
Ok, how about the Patriots?
Well, New England was an 11-point favorite at home against the Jets, and needed a last-second field goal to press the game to overtime, before winning on a field goal in the extra session. It’s not exactly what you expect from a team like New England, who were the biggest favorites of this NFL weekend.
The fact of the matter is that there are three or four NFC teams that I would take over Houston right now, and then a handful more probably before I would take another AFC team.
Atlanta, San Francisco, Green Bay, Chicago, and New York all come to mind as teams I would take over Houston. And even the Saints looked back on the offensive side of the ball, despite having just a 2-4 record right now.
The Texans are good, and proved that today. But the AFC isn’t very good on the whole.