Houston @ Tampa Bay preview

Last Meeting ( Sep 27, 2015 ) Tampa Bay 9, Houston 19

The Houston Texans can clinch the AFC South division for the fourth time in five seasons on Saturday afternoon when they visit the streaking Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A 24-21 win at the division-rival Tennessee Titans on Sunday put the Texans in the driver's seat while clinching the team's seventh winning season in the past nine.

"I don't think we should even think one second about anything other than Tampa Bay, and that should be the whole goal," Houston head coach Bill O'Brien told reporters Sunday. The Texans host the second-place Titans in Week 17 and they'd like to take care of business before that matchup, but the Buccaneers are not going quietly into the offseason. Tampa Bay's four-game winning streak is its longest since a five-game run in 2016, and the team has a chance for its second winning season in the last nine years. The league's third-ranked offense (400.1 yards per game) - No. 1 through the air (308.8) - saw Jameis Winston continue his hot streak with 458 passing yards and four touchdowns in last week's 38-17 win at Detroit.

TV: 1 p.m. ET, NFL Network. LINE: Texans -3. O/U: 50

ABOUT THE TEXANS (9-5): Quarterback Deshaun Watson was selected to the Pro Bowl for the second straight year as he nears another 4,000-yard campaign. Star wideout DeAndre Hopkins, also named to the Pro Bowl this week, needs one catch to record his third career 100-reception season and 17 over the final two games to establish a career high. Standout defensive lineman J.J. Watt (pectoral) has been out since Week 9 but the team is hopeful he can make a return in the postseason.

ABOUT THE BUCCANEERS (7-7): Winston on Sunday became the first player in NFL history to throw for at least 450 yards in consecutive games and he leads the league with 4,573 on the season as he makes a bid to stay in Tampa Bay going forward. "I hope I helped myself because I definitely want to be here in Tampa," he told reporters Sunday when asked about his impending free agency. The 25-year-old has a shot at becoming the 12th player in league history to throw for 5,000 yards in a season, but he will go the rest of the way without Mike Evans (injured reserve) while fellow wideout Chris Godwin is also nursing an ailing hamstring.

EXTRA POINTS

1. Winston's 24 interceptions are six more than any other NFL quarterback.

2. Texans RB Carlos Hyde had his third 100-yard game of the season last week while reaching 1,000 yards for the first time in his six-year career.

3. Houston has won three straight meetings by a combined margin of 84-32.

PREDICTION: Texans 28, Buccaneers 24