Monday night’s meeting between the New England Patriots and Houston Texans was prepackaged and sold a playoff preview — possibly of the conference title game — but one of these teams still has plenty of work to do.
“It doesn’t feel like we have more wins than New England right now,” Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips told the Houston Chronicle after his team’s 42-14 meltdown. “… You let them get ahead of you like that, you’re going to have problems.”
