Happy Friday, everybody, it is Friday, which means last night we had Thursday night football, the Texans and the Colts.

The Texans needed to bounce back after getting waxed by the Ravens, and they did against my guy, Jacoby and the Colts.

Deshaun Watson played well.

That man right there, way too open to be one of the best wide receivers in the NFL.

He had two touchdowns on the night.

After they got beat so badly on Sunday by the Ravens, they looked pretty good last night.

Can you take them seriously as a contender in the AFC?

So I want to separate this in the classes.

So for me, it's the Ravens and the Patriots.

Then there's Kansas City in the class of their own, depending on Mahomes' excellence, the reigning MVP.

And then it's the Texans.

And then it's everyone else.

That's how I'm separating the AFC.

Only four true top-tier teams in that conference.

So they deserve to be in the discussion.

But anytime you're playing without JJ Watt, you traded Clowny.

I don't think that defense is going to be clearly as stout as you hoped that it would be as the season progresses.

Yep.

They played against a coach team.

It was a good win.

But like you said, DeAndre Hopkins, while not physically as imposing as

Julio Jones, he has to be the second best receiver in football. People got to start giving him

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