HERE. WE. GO.
After a horrendous 0-3 start, the Houston Texans, incredibly, finished 11-5, barely missing the No. 2 seed in the AFC Playoffs. The Indianapolis Colts, similarly, started 1-5 and were understandably left for dead before rallying to finish 10-6.
A little thing happened on the way to January football. The Jacksonville Jaguars reclaimed their birthright, returning to their rightful place at the bottom of the AFC South. The Texans and Colts slowly figured some things out, stacked a bunch of wins up against mediocre competition, and in the process each team has become a formidable playoff opponent.