The NFL will announce Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. CT on NFL Network the Pro Bowl rosters for the AFC and the NFC. Some Houston Texans will make the cut to visit Orlando in the winter.
DeAndre Hopkins and Deshaun Watson are natural additions to the Pro Bowl. Others like Laremy Tunsil, D.J. Reader, Justin Reid, Benarrick McKinney, Zach Cunningham and Carlos Hyde could sneak in.
While earning a Pro Bowl bid is a nice resumé booster and will bring some fan attention, it’s not on the mind of the Texans’ locker room.
“Not a lot of guys have been talking about that,” Watson said on Tuesday on making the Pro Bowl. “If it happens, it happens, but that’s not the main focus.”
What is the main focus?
“The main focus is taking care of business on Saturday and then take care of the next step,” Watson said.
The Texans have unfinished business. Though they defeating the red-hot Tennessee Titans on Sunday to take the lead in the AFC South, they haven’t won it yet. To do so, they will need a victory on Saturday over the 7-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in Tampa Bay.
The Texans appear playoff bound, needing one more win out of two attempts or a Titans loss to the New Orleans Saints to get there. From there on, their focus goes directly to the playoffs.
Houston does not have a chance to steal a first-round bye from the Baltimore Ravens or New England Patriots. If the Watson-led Texans want to reach the Super Bowl in Miami, they will have to play five more games and win three in a row.
The Pro Bowl is not one of those games they have to play and win.
The Texans want to be in Florida in late Janurary and February. However, they want to be in the southern part, not central.