The rest of the football world may be overlooking the Houston Texans, but Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo assuredly is not.
Spagnuolo soutlined some of the challenges the Chiefs will face when they take on the Texans Sunday at 12:00 p.m. Central Time from NRG Stadium in Week 15.
“”Listen, it’s a good football team,” Spagnuolo said via Charles Goldman of the Chiefs Wire. “Well coached; they still have (something to play for).”
Spagnuolo says he has “been on both ends” of being the frontrunner, as the Chiefs are with a 10-3 record, and being the doormat, as the St. Louis Rams were in 2011 when they finished with a 2-14 record and Spagnuolo was fired at the end of the year.
“Guys are prideful in this league,” said Spagnuolo. “They’re going to play. Nobody is going to walk out there and lay down. We don’t expect that. I’m expecting a really tough battle.”
The Texans are a blip on the Chiefs’ radar because of what they nearly pulled off against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 14. With Houston’s dual quarterback offense led by Davis Mills and Jeff Driskel, the Texans were two yards away from going up 30-20 with 3:27 to go in the fourth quarter and salting away the game.
Said Spagnuolo: “We’re going down there, they played Dallas really well and gained some confidence. They’ve got two quarterbacks now. They scored some points, they almost win the game. That’s a scary team. So, we better be ready.”
The last time the Texans beat the Chiefs was on Oct. 13, 2019, at Arrowhead Stadium.