HOUSTON — The Houston Texans are back in their usual position with one month left in another season — 5-7 and barely clinging to playoff hopes.
But since Gary Kubiak became the coach in 2006, this has also been the time of year when the Texans start playing their best.
Houston has earned a winning record in December in each of Kubiak’s four seasons, and the Texans are 7-2 in that month over the past two years. Last season, the Texans finished with a four-game winning streak to go 9-7, the franchise’s first winning record. In 2008, Houston won five of its last six games to go 8-8.
The Texans are two games behind Jacksonville in the AFC South and play Baltimore (8-4) next Monday night. They have road games at Tennessee (Dec. 19) and Denver (Dec. 26) before the regular-season finale against the Jaguars at Reliant Stadium.
