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As the New England Patriots prepare for their next playoff battle, fans are optimistic that the team will be able to find a way past the tough Houston Texans defense.<\/p>\n
Sunday’s game will be the third time the Patriots and Texans have met in the playoffs, with the Patriots winning both times.<\/p>\n
Houston’s offense is not considered to be that strong, with the team’s offensive line having a tough time this season and one key receiver set to possibly miss the game.<\/p>\n
The Texans are known for their tough defense, limiting the Pittsburgh Steelers to just 6 points in the wild card game.<\/p>\n
>> PATRIOTS ON WMUR: Patriots to host Texans for next playoff game Sunday at 3 p.m. on WMUR-TV <<<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh just gave up. They just totally gave up,” said Richard Carr of Tewksbury, Massachusetts. “That’s what my son says, and he’s a sports aficionado.”<\/p>\n
Fans at the Patriots pro shop at Gillette Stadium said they think the Patriots are in for a tough fight but will prevail.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s going to be really a battle, and I think it’s going to be a really close game, but I really have a good feeling about this,” said Lisa Johnson of New Bedford, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
Some said they are concerned about the Texans’ defense, while noting that the Patriots’ defense has been solid.<\/p>\n
“The defense played great last week,” said Boston College student Ella O’Brien. “So, I think the tests will really be on the offense, what they can do against the Texans D-line.”<\/p>\n
The game will be on WMUR-TV at 3 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOXBOROUGH, Mass. \u2014 As the New England Patriots prepare for their next playoff battle, fans are optimistic that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[7,853,221,253,2368,15902,98729,249,98732,6,1551,1482,208,359,189,3667,185,222,98731,149,98730,51458],"class_list":["post-677269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-texans","tag-football","tag-game","tag-houston","tag-houston-texans","tag-houstontexans","tag-matchup","tag-new-england-fan","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-next-playoff-game-sunday","tag-nfl","tag-offense","tag-offensive-line","tag-patriots","tag-playoffs","tag-season","tag-sunday","tag-team","tag-texans","tag-third-time","tag-time","tag-tough-houston-texans-defense","tag-wmur-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115895009926879648","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}