Defense may not win a championship for Houston this year, but that group's rise from embarrassing disaster to dominating play has saved the Texans season.
On the back of a defense that has held three of their last four opponents to only six points scored, the Texans have won four games in a row and with a 6-5 record, they currently occupy the last playoff spot in the AFC.
They actually control their own destiny at this point; isn't that crazy? If someone had told us after the embarrassing loss to Miami that the Texans would control their own playoff destiny heading into Week 13, we would have put him in a straight jacket.