With wins, a bunch of teams won a playoff spot. Three out of the four divisions in the NFC and one team in the AFC have clinched their divisions and one team has guaranteed themselves at least a wild card spot. The team that did not win their game this week to clinch their division was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They had an extremely poor outing against the Houston Texans.

Yes, I said that Tampa lost to Houston. It was a game that I expected to be a blow out, but not with Houston on the winning end of it!

Both teams had a backup quarterback starting this week. Sage Rosenfels has proven to the league that he can play the game, and he did so again this week. He was 27/36 in passing, 209 yards and 3 TDs. He managed the game perfectly, and he did it against a tough defense. Andre Johnson was the top receiver for Houston with 9 catches for 82 yards and 1TD. The offensive stats for Tampa were similar, but their 2 offensive TDs were from runs by Earnest Graham. Graham had 61 yards rushing, 6 catches for 45 yards.

Houston was beat for penalties against, total yards, and time of possession. So, why did they win the game? When it counted, the Houston defense played solid. They were able to hold Tampa out of the end zone...something we all know is needed to win a game! The special teams also played well. Their highlight for the game was a 97-yard kick return by Andre Davis.

This week was the start of seeing who will make it to the playoffs, but the next couple weeks will determine the rest of the brackets!

Today's sporting news: Week 14 - Houston Texans