Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera
Sep 11, 2026 · 41 min · 10 segments
The conversation has changed with the Texans. Winning the AFC South isn't enough anymore. The Texans have assembled a roster capable of competing with anyone in the AFC — and now the question is…
Daniel GoteraHostBrandon ScottGuest
My prediction this year is the Texans will get to at least an AFC Championship.

I've been seeing all these shows and predictions and rage bait segments online and social media accounts trying to get me to get all upset about the Texans and be upset at them and click their content.


Maybe I'm reading the situation the wrong way, but I think the Texans not only will win the division, I think going away, but they have enough pieces to get that second or first playoff seating and then host that divisional round and hopefully get to an AFC championship.

Texans have never done that, never hosted a divisional round game, which is why probably they've never advanced to that AFC championship.

If CJ Stroud had played a little bit better, and he knows this, if they had played a little bit better, they would have gone to Denver to play the Broncos in the AFC Championship.


I was sitting in our hotel in the Dominican Republic watching this game on a laptop.

My prediction this year is the Texans will get to at least an AFC Championship.

I've been seeing all these shows and predictions and rage bait segments online and social media accounts trying to get me to get all upset about the Texans and be upset at them and click their content.


Maybe I'm reading the situation the wrong way, but I think the Texans not only will win the division, I think going away, but they have enough pieces to get that second or first playoff seating and then host that divisional round and hopefully get to an AFC championship.

Texans have never done that, never hosted a divisional round game, which is why probably they've never advanced to that AFC championship.

If CJ Stroud had played a little bit better, and he knows this, if they had played a little bit better, they would have gone to Denver to play the Broncos in the AFC Championship.


I was sitting in our hotel in the Dominican Republic watching this game on a laptop.
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