Houston Texans: Why Wade Phillips Makes the Texans a Playoff Team

March 30, 2011   ·   Jake Langenkamp   ·   Jump to comments

The ultimate goal of any team is to win championships, but in order to do that you must first make it to the playoffs. 
The Houston Texans have failed to do just that in its first nine years of their existence.  Every preseason they are the trendy pick to finally crack the postseason, but every year they have disappointed.
Since Gary Kubiak took over in 2006, the team has seemingly been on the cusp of becoming an elite team.  Every year though, the offense produces numbers for fantasy football enthusiasts’ dreams, but the defense is abhorrent.  Inevitably, the lopsided team has failed to win double digit game totals in any season because it is incapable of stopping opposing teams when necessary.
After a 6-10 record in 2010, many believed that owner Bob McNair had seen enough and would pull the plug on the Kubiak regime.  Defying convention, however, McNair decided to give Kubiak a stay of execution and hired recently fired Cowboys head coac...

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