The Houston Texans are playing the biggest game of their season, so far, on Thursday night.
They'll host the Buffalo Bills in a Week 12 matchup that has massive playoff picture, wild card and tiebreaker implications.
Here's the basic key: Head-to-head is the first tiebreaker in the wild card standings. If teams end up with the same record and have played one another, the team that won the head-to-head matchup gets the higher spot in the standings.
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Bills-Texans tiebreaker scenarios for wild card in Week 12
The Bills are 6-3 and currently hold the No. 5 seed in the AFC.
The Texans are 5-5, one game back for the final wild card spot, which currently belongs to the Jacksonville Jaguars (6-4).
Houston wouldn't make up all its ground on Buffalo with a win, but it'd get close.
ESPN's DJ Bien-Aime shared this stat:
"The Texans enter the game with 26% odds to make the playoffs, according to ESPN Analytics; if Houston wins Thursday, it'll increase its odds to 37%. A loss would drop it down to 15%."
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