The Houston Texans’ veteran defensive tackle stepped up on third down to record his first sack in the postseason on Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Hebert in the third quarter of the wild-card round. The Bolts’ offense was driving, but the sack led to a punt.

Texans veteran defensive lineman Denico Autry had a sack and a blocked extra point against the Chargers in a playoff win.

The Houston Texans will face off against the Los Angeles Chargers in the wild card round. The Texans will host the Chargers in a crunch AFC wild card round game on Saturday.

Houston Texans defensive end Denico Autry's thunderous sack of the Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert forces Chargers to punt.

Autry (knee) is active for Saturday's wild-card matchup against the Chargers. Autry missed Houston's regular-season finale due to a knee injury and began this week by sitting out practice. However, he upgraded to a limited session Wednesday before logging a full practice Friday and is good to go for the wild-card game against Los Angeles.

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The Texans heard how the Chargers' improvement in seed gave them an easier opponent in Houston, but the home team's defense shut down L.A.'s playoff hopes.

Powered by a stifling defense that intercepted Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert a career-high four times and an offense that came to life at the end of the first half, the Houston Texans’ wild-card victory sees them advance to the divisional round of the playoffs.

But Houston’s offense managed to turn it around ... Jr. and defensive tackle Mario Edwards had 1½ sacks each. Denico Autry also added a sack. And Anderson added several more pressures ...

Cameron Dicker's extra point attempt was blocked by Denico Autry. Recommended Videos The ... Ross grabbed it and returned it for the score that pushed Houston's lead to 25-12.

Houston Texans defensive end Denico Autry's thunderous sack of the Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert forces Chargers to punt. Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud's accuracy is 100 ...

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