The 2018 season was the Houston Texans’ 17th season in the National Football League and their fifth under head coach Bill O’Brien. Despite losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 16, the Texans clinched a playoff berth after the New Orleans Saints defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers later that day.

The Texans have been eliminated from playoff contention. The Jaguars have been eliminated from playoff contention.

When was the last time the Texans were in the playoffs? The Houston Texans last made the playoffs in 2019, when they lost the Divisional Round. They’ve been in the playoffs a total of 6 times in their 19 seasons.

Chiefs rally from 24-0 hole to beat Texans 51-31 in playoffs The Kansas City Chiefs are back in the AFC championship game.

HOUSTON — In 2018, the Houston Texans became a rare team to start 0-3 and then make the playoffs. It became that much harder Sunday after the Texans lost 31-23 to the Minnesota Vikings to fall to 0-4. Only the 1992 San Diego Chargers have made the playoffs after starting the season 0-4.

Houston won’t be picking until No. 67 thanks to the Laremy Tunsil deal. The Miami Dolphins were willing to part ways with the Pro Bowl left tackle in exchange for two first-round picks and a future second-round selection.

Because of O’Brien’s mismanagement of resources, the Texans no longer hold the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. In fact, they don’t pick until Round 3. That’s bad news for Houston, especially considering quarterback Deshaun Watson doesn’t appear to be happy with the franchise.

For the first time since 2019, Houston will have a first round pick in the NFL Draft. The 2022 seventh round selection from Dallas came in exchange for defensive lineman Eli Ankou. Houston traded its seventh round pick to the Patriots for tight end Ryan Izzo.

Win–loss record As of the end of the 2020 season, the Texans’ overall regular season win-loss record is 135–169. The Texans notched the 100th regular-season win in their history when they defeated the Tennessee Titans on October 2, 2016.

The Houston Texans 2020 win total opened at 7.5, after going 10-6 and winning the AFC South for the fourth time in five years in 2019. The lone year they did not win, it was Deshaun Watson’s rookie season in which he sustained a season-ending injury seven games into the season.

The Houston Texans finished 4-12 in 2020. Pro Football Focus’ Anthony Treash considers the Texans to have the 31st-best roster in a league of 32 teams. Houston was one of the more interesting teams in free agency, handing out a plethora of cheap one- and two-year deals to veterans.

The Texans are the newest franchise in the NFL. Despite some growing pains in the first nine years of their existence, the Texans have become a dominant team in the NFL’s AFC South division in the 2010s, though they have yet to appear in a Super Bowl.

Originally Answered: Why did Houston change from Oilers to Texans? Because the Houston Oilers moved and became the Tennessee Oilers (later changed to Titans), then Houston acquired another franchise that became the Texans (iirc the Tennessee team was still going by Oilers at the time).