While there might not be a risk for frostbite like there was for Kansas City Chiefs fans at Arrowhead Stadium in last year's playoff when they faced the Miami D

Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud understands there’s an emotional return heading back to Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday.

C.J. Stroud was pressured on a career-high 23 dropbacks on Saturday against the Chiefs. His pressure rate of 56% is the second-highest in an NFL playoff game since ESPN began tracking pressure in 2009 trailing only QB Tim Tebow (63%) in 2011.

The origin of one of the biggest plays by the Chiefs’ defense — Karlaftis’ 16-yard sack of Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud, on fourth down in the fourth quarter — could be traced to a practice session that took place two days earlier.

Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud experienced highs and lows in second NFL season after winning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in his first season in Houston.

On Saturday, Stroud will be trying to stop Mahomes from winning a fourth as the Texans play the Chiefs in an AFC Divisional playoff game. Stroud was asked this week by reporters what it’ll be like to face off against Mahomes and the Chiefs in the postseason at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Texans can still look back on a second consecutive AFC South title and that win over the Chargers. But they still have never won consecutive playoff games in the same season, something that is sure to fester within coach DeMeco Ryans, who was part of the first team to win a playoff game for the franchise when it beat Cincinnati in January 2012.

The Houston Texans often played well enough to advance to their first-ever AFC Championship on Saturday afternoon. A collection of self-inflicted wounds kept Houston from achieving franchise history in a 23-12 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round.

Arrowhead Stadium will give the Chiefs even more of a home-field advantage against C.J. Stroud and the Texans in the Divisional Round playoffs. However, there are plenty of NFL fans who doubt the ...

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud said emotions will be flowing for Saturday’s playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs. He and the Texans are returning to the site of teammate Tank Dell’s gruesome knee injury just four weeks prior,

C.J. Stroud just about had to be scraped off the field inside Arrowhead Stadium by the time the Kansas City Chiefs had sacked him for