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HOUSTON (AP) Houston Texans.The Texans return to the playoffs Saturday for the third time in four years when they host the Indianapolis Colts in a wild-card game. The Texans have won three of their previous four such games.Their last playoff win came in the 2016 season Houston Texans Customized Jerseys , 27-14 win over the Raiders in Houston. Brock Osweiler was the quarterback and touchdowns by Lamar Miller and DeAndre Hopkins helped the Texans build a 20-7 halftime lead. Osweiler scrambled for a score in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. Oakland was missing starting quarterback Derek Carr for that game.Things didn't go nearly as well for Osweiler and the Texans the following week. Houston was down by only four points at halftime in New England, but Osweiler threw three interceptions in the second half to help the Patriots to a 34-16 win in what would be his last game as a Texan.The Texans' only wild-card loss came in the 2015 season in coach Bill O'Brien's first postseason game with the team. It was embarrassing.Houston hosted the Chiefs and the home crowd was stunned into silence when Knile Davis returned the opening kickoff 106 yards for a touchdown. That was just the first blow on a terrible day for the Texans where Brian Hoyer threw four interceptions and managed just 136 yards passing in a 30-0 rout.The Texans posted a franchise-record 12 wins in 2012 under coach Gary Kubiak to win the division and hosted the Bengals to open the playoffs. Houston got four field goals from Shayne Graham and 140 yards rushing and a touchdown from Arian Foster in a 19-13 win.Houston again advanced to face New England and also kept it close until halftime. But the Patriots scored the first 21 points of the second half to push their lead to 38-13 early in the fourth quarter. Matt Schaub threw two touchdown passes but the Patriots added a field goal late to secure a 41-28 victory.The Texans, who began play in 2002, reached the playoffs for the first time in the 2011 season, going 10-6 to win the AFC South. Their playoff debut came at home against the Bengals, with third-string quarterback rookie T.J. Yates after Schaub and Matt Leinart sustained season-ending injuries. Yates managed the game well early and it was tied 10-10 late in the second quarter. It was then that another rookie stole the show.J.J. Watt fought off a block, leaped in front of a pass by Andy Dalton to grab his first career interception and returned it 29 yards for a touchdown.After Watt's momentum-changing play Houston Texans T-Shirts , the Texans added touchdowns by Andre Johnson and Foster to cruise to a 31-10 victory.They moved on to face the Ravens in Baltimore. The Ravens jumped to a 17-3 lead and held on for a 20-13 win in a game when Yates threw three interceptions.On Saturday, Deshaun Watson will make his playoff debut and become the fifth quarterback to start a postseason game for Houston when the Colts come to town. O'Brien is certain that Watson, who led Clemson to a national title in 2016, will be ready for the big stage."The playoffs in the NFL are a totally different ballgame than the regular season, there's no doubt about that, (but) he's played well for us on big stages," O'Brien said. "He's played well on Monday night https://www.texansfanshop.com/hats , Thursday night, Sunday night. He loves it. He wants that … it just seems to me he has a lot of fun on those nights, on those days. He's done that really his whole career. He did that on big stages at Clemson. I know he's looking forward to the game on Saturday."Watson has played well against Indianapolis this season, throwing for 375 yards and two touchdowns in a 37-34 overtime win on Sept. 30 and finishing with 267 yards passing and a score in a 24-21 loss on Dec. 9. The Texans are AFC South champions for the fifth time in franchise history. The greatest prize in sports is once again theirs. Hang that banner up.The Jaguars have a bottom five offense. They don’t do anything well. Blake Bortles was the worst non-rookie quarterback in the NFL this season. Leonard Fournette didn’t play. T.J. Yeldon ate Doug Marrone’s bologna sandwich and has strangely been banned from the team. The Jags are on their backup center, their third string left tackle, and their third or fourth string right tackle. Corey Robinson stills has orange Cheeto dusted fingers from unemployment. This unit put together one of the worst offensive games you’ll ever see. Against these moldy dumpster cats, J.J. Watt abused Robinson and padded his stats. Angelo Blackson was unblockable. Shareece Wright made tackles along with the rest of the secondary. Carlos Watkins even had a sack. Bortles missed every open downfield throw available to him. Don’t run the ball against the Houston Texans.You know this.The Jaguars had to anyway.They had no other option Houston Texans Hoodie , and of course it didn’t work. On Houston’s end, the Texans brought out the electric paddles and jolted the ground game by using Deshaun Watson as a runner. It’s something they’ve flirted with but haven’t really stuck with since Watson’s lungs turned from pink to blue against the Cowboys. But with Watson healthy, the Texans went back to using some killer zone reads and red zone runs to help a line of scrimmage that’s been abhorrent in the run game. DeAndre Hopkins had the best game against Jalen Ramsey in his career. Watson was sacked often by a still ferocious defensive front, but well, whatever, who cares?Watson came out of this game healthy and alive. Those flashbacks of Arian Foster blowing out his Achilles and Cecil Shorts III smashing his brain in meaningless late game situations are just flashbacks; that’s all. The Texans will probably play next weekend since the Patriots beat the Jets, unless both the Chargers and the Chiefs lose to the Broncos and Raiders Braxton Miller Color Rush Jersey , The Texans will probably play the Colts at home next weekend, unless the Titans somehow win. This roast still needs three more hours in the slow cooker.