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Browns look to continue playoff push against Texans

Nov 25, 2007 - 11:29 AM Houston (5-5) at Cleveland (6-4) 1:00 pm EST

CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Just call them the new "Kardiac Kids."

After splitting two road games that were decided in the final seconds, the Cleveland Browns return home to host the Houston Texans on Sunday.

After years of bad football along Lake Erie, the Browns (6-4) are thinking playoffs. They enter the final six games of the season tied with the Tennessee Titans for the final wild card spot in the AFC.

In 1980, the original "Kardiac Kids" saw 13 of their 16 games decided in the final two minutes. While the current Browns have a ways to go to equal that craziness, they have experienced a wild season.

Cleveland has two overtime wins in the last three weeks and has rallied from behind in four of its six victories.

The Browns will be hard-pressed to duplicate the bizarre finish in last week's 33-30 overtime victory at Baltimore.

Phil Dawson's 51-yard field goal at the end of regulation was originally ruled no good after it hit the upright and bounced back into the end zone. The Ravens' players went to their locker room thinking they had won the contest.

But after a lengthy delay, the officials counted the field goal after replays showed the ball hit an extension behind the left upright before bouncing back.

Dawson then kicked a 33-yard field goal in overtime, giving the Browns their fourth win in five games.

"I think your team being able to win some of those close games like that says that they are maturing and they are able to make the plays that they need to make to win the game," Cleveland coach Romeo Crennel said.

However, the Browns can't look past the Texans (5-5), who have won two in a row to reach .500 after 10 games for the first time in the franchise's brief history.

Last week, the Texans got a huge lift from wide receiver Andre Johnson, who had been sidelined since Week Two with a knee injury.

Johnson caught six passes for 120 yards, including a 73-yard TD in the Texans' 23-10 win over the New Orleans Saints.

Quarterback Matt Schaub also returned after missing a game with a concussion and completed 21-of-33 passes for 293 yards and two touchdowns.