The Houston Texans rode career performances from Ryan Fitzpatrick and DeAndre Hopkins to a over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday to stay in the AFC playoff race. Our takeaways:
- Fitzmagic is back! You'd probably have to go back to his days at Harvard to find a more dominating effort. Fitzpatrick threw six touchdown passes and no interceptions with a 147.5 passer rating, picking Tennessee apart with surgical precision. This was one of the best quarterback performances of the season. Consider the opponent, but Fitzpatrick showed us why he'll have a job in this league for years to come.
- All due respect to Andre Johnson, but DeAndre Hopkins might be the best wide receiver on the Texans. He was Fitzpatrick's No. 1 target, setting career highs with nine receptions for 238 yards . He's over 1,000 yards on the season.
- It will get lost because of the offensive fireworks, but J.J. Watt had yet another dominant game. The MVP candidate had two sacks, and one ... wait for it ... . That's three on the season for Watt, or one more than Andre Johnson.
- Zach Mettenberger was knocked out of this game in the third quarter with . He was hurt when Watt drove the rookie into the ground after a completed pass. Watt probably should have been flagged for unnecessary roughness. Jake Locker came on and threw .
- Looking for a bright spot, Titans fans? Kendall Wright is a player: He had seven catches for a 132 yards and . Now he just needs a quarterback.
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