{"id":10506,"date":"2025-01-14T15:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10506"},"modified":"2025-01-14T15:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:23:59","slug":"breaking-texans-could-have-one-major-advantage-against-the-chiefs-in-divisional-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10506","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Texans could have one major advantage against the Chiefs in Divisional Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_63,w_3968,h_2232\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/10\/01jhhchpcatg3nfrezyw.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Texans, Christian Harris\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">No one has said the Kansas City Chiefs get a bye week in the Divisional Round, but they\u2019re still the heavy favorites over the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">The No. 1 seed is looking for their third consecutive Super Bowl win and should be well rested. Not only did they have a week off for the Wild Card Round, but starters like Patrick Mahomes didn\u2019t play in Week 18 either.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">That could prove to be an advantage for the Texans when the two meet on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">While rest is always a good thing considering the length of the season, too much could lead to rust. That\u2019s a concern for teams with one week off in the playoffs and even more so with two \u2014 which will be the case for many playmakers in K.C.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Jeremy Fowler touched on the rest vs. rust debate in a recent piece on ESPN, saying the No. 1 seed has an advantage but not a decisive one. He states the top seed is 11-7 since 2020 and that many teams worry the rust is more of a detriment than the rest helps.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\"><em>\u201dThough the Chiefs are accustomed to the process, recent 1-seeds admit that guarding against coming out flat because of too much rest is a real concern.\u201d \u2014 Fowler, ESPN<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Fowler did share a new schedule Kansas City used in hopes of avoiding the rust, but it\u2019s hard to simulate real game action.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\">Texans are full of confidence<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">While the Chiefs are rested, the Texans are coming into this game with plenty of confidence.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">They had an impressive win over the Los Angeles Chargers, 32-12. Their offense found life late in the second quarter but the defense was lights out all day.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">If that remains the case for the defense this weekend, and the offense has a quicker start, Houston would have a shot at a massive upset.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"inline-text-11\"><\/h3>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They might be the underdogs but there&#8217;s one potential advantage for the Houston Texans against the Chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Texans could have one major advantage against the Chiefs in Divisional Round - 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