The Houston Texans are reeling after losing two games in the span of five days to the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, two teams that could appear in the gauntlet for the AFC playoffs. The losses showed that the Texans are a step or two behind those teams,

The Houston Texans certainly didn’t look like a playoff team in a rout by the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday. With just one game left until the playoffs begin, the AFC South champions know they’ll have to get much better to be competitive in the postseason.

Following a 31-2 loss on Christmas Day against the Baltimore Ravens, the Texans (9-6) are locked into the No. 4 seed for the AFC postseason. Even if they finished 10-7, their record wouldn’t surpass either team in the AFC North to catapult up to the No. 3 seed.