The Houston Texans were a determined team in their wild-card meeting with the Oakland Raiders.
The sting of a 30-0 home defeat at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs in last year's playoffs was still top of mind, and there was no way the Texans wanted to experience that kind of humiliation again.
A quick field goal by Nick Novak established there would be no shutout, and then head coach Bill O'Brien saw a complete effort on the part of his offense and defense, and the Texans soundly defeated the undermanned Raiders 27-14.
Oakland was forced to start rookie Connor Cook against the league's top-ranked defense, and the results were fairly predictable.