Why the Houston Texans are a legitimate Super Bowl threat

The FTN Football Almanac is as close as we have to religious text in the NFL analytics world. The 2026 version is set to drop shortly, so Robert Mays welcomed the founder of the Almanac, FTN's director of analytics Aaron Schatz, to this episode of The Athletic Football Show to highlight the most surprising nuggets from this year's edition.0:00 Welcome to the show2:01 Texans Super Bowl threat12:30 2026 Super Bowl was almost impossible18:50 Gap between Bears offense and defense25:38 Patriots ease of schedule32:10 Bengals, Cowboys playoff chances38:34 Rams 13 personnel41:36 Best/worst overside coverage corners46:20 Jets defensive improvement49:35 Steelers offense oddity54:03 Jordan Love with vs without pressureHost: Robert MaysExecutive Producer: Michael BellerSenior Producer: Katy DuffySocial Producer: Scott KrinchFollow Robert on Bluesky: @robertmays.bsky.socialFollow Robert on X: @RobertMaysTheme song: HauntedWritten by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love SongsCourtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.