JokersUpdates.com: The Score - Texans vs. Chargers: Two must-know storylines for Saturday's Week 17 game….

A rematch of one of last season's AFC Wild Card Round games has massive implications closing in on another postseason.

For the Texans, Saturday represents a chance to punch their playoff ticket. There's only one wild-card spot remaining in the AFC, and it's the Texans' for the taking if they can handle business.

Houston is in with a win, and although the team could clinch through several other Week 17 results falling the right way, the Texans will want to tie a bow on things before a regular-season finale against the Colts -- who are on the bubble but can still steal the seventh seed.

While the Chargers are already in the dance, there's a lot remaining on their to-do list. A win sets up a Week 18 game against the Broncos in Denver for the AFC West title.

A defeat ensures the Chargers will have to travel for whatever wild-card matchup they end up with. Although the chances are extremely slim -- requiring winning out with a loss each from the Jaguars and Patriots over the final two weeks -- the Chargers could also potentially earn a top seed and bye.

Those are the stakes for Texans-Chargers, a showdown in which something has to give, considering Houston's riding a seven-game winning streak and Los Angeles has emerged victorious from seven of its last eight.

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