What the Houston coach has to say about this crucial choice

Only a few days remain until Super Bowl Sunday, which will conclude the legitimately uncertain 2023 season.

How capricious? Given that their head coach and quarterback are rookies, did you really expect the Houston Texans would be a postseason contender?

Sports books and the football community, however, didn’t think so.

Before the first snap of the 2023 season, in August, the Texans’ odds to win Super Bowl LVIII were thirty-second best. Glass halfway filled.They were the least favorite of the 32 NFL teams (+20,000, or 200-1 odds), thus for the dimwitters among you, if you wagered $100 on a young team led by C.J. Stroud, Will Anderson Jr., and DeMeco Ryans and they won the Super Bowl, you would have made $20,000.

The indicated likelihood is, of course, 0.5 percent.

The video above is from a story about Bobby Slowik’s return to the Texans as offensive coordinator on January 31, 2024.

And so it goes, Stroud makes history in his first season, the Texans win the division on the last Saturday, and so on.Eyewitness Sports used historical context to help you understand the current state of football thinking. ESPN Bet offered +2,000 odds, or 20-1, as on Friday, the day after the Texans won all of the rookie categories at the NFL Honors ceremony. Houston is the favorite to win Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on February 9, 2025.At 35-1, Houston’s odds are better than those of Jacksonville, the Chargers under Jim Harbaugh (25-1) and even the Cleveland Browns (40-1).

In case you’re wondering, the 49ers and Chiefs, the teams from Super Bowl LVIII, have the greatest odds for the upcoming season.

What may this mean? In the weak AFC South, there is confidence in the Texans to capitalize on their unexpected success from a 10-win regular season. After all, you get to host a playoff game if you win the division.

This implies that Houston is now a rising destination for high-profile free agents. Houston now has the fourth-largest cap space going into the 2024 season, at $69.8 million, according to Sportrac’s NFL Team Salary Cap Tracker.At 35-1, Houston’s odds are better than those of Jacksonville, the Chargers under Jim Harbaugh (25-1) and even the Cleveland Browns (40-1).

In case you’re wondering, the 49ers and Chiefs, the teams from Super Bowl LVIII, have the greatest odds for the upcoming season.

What may this mean? In the weak AFC South, there is confidence in the Texans to capitalize on their unexpected success from a 10-win regular season. After all, you get to host a playoff game if you win the division.

This implies that Houston is now a rising destination for high-profile free agents. Houston now has the fourth-largest cap space going into the 2024 season, at $69.8 million, according to Sportrac’s NFL Team Salary Cap Tracker.

That’s prime space to upgrade the roster with studs like running back Saquon Barkley, Jacksonville’s Josh Allen, or wideout Mike Evans, who has expressed a desire to play closer to his Galveston hometown.

Whatever is implied, Texans fans are excited about what’s possible, and sportsbooks seem to be as well.