HOUSTON — The Houston Texans certainly didn’t look like a playoff team in a rout by the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday. With just one game left until the playoffs begin, the AFC South champions know they’ll have to get much better to be competitive in the postseason.

Quarterback C.J. Stroud summed up Houston’s performance in an embarrassing 31-2 loss to Baltimore on Wednesday. “Sometimes you go out there and lay an egg,” Stroud said. “It’s not easy to say that, but that’s what happened.

The Houston Texans won’t be playing for anything more than a second 1o-win season and a 5-1 record in the AFC South next Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. They’re hosting a playoff game once and nothing else.

Baltimore’s 31-2 rout of Houston on Wednesday capped a sweep of a grueling stretch of three games in 11 days. Baltimore looked like a Super Bowl contender while handling the Giants, Steelers and Texans. A win next week would give the Ravens the AFC North title — and a third MVP award for Jackson seems to be very much in play.

Not much separates Baltimore and Pittsburgh, and the division race will be determined by their last two games.

Lamar Jackson passed for three touchdowns, Derrick Henry rushed for 162 yards on 24 carries and the Baltimore Ravens clinched an AFC playoff spot with a 34-17 victory over the

With a volume of 27 carries, Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry shredded the Texans for 147 rushing yards and one touchdown and finishe

Adrianna Rivas, the longtime girlfriend of Baltimore Ravens star Derrick Henry, celebrated the running back's record-setting mark in the team's Christmas win over Houston.