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Can CJ Stroud and the Texans better their unexpected success from a season ago? The next step is to go from upstart to elite, from hunter to hunted. You get all the buzzy analogies. Texans ownership serious about making sure that their team could win well into the AFC playoffs. Houston spent an NFL-high $144.5 million in guaranteed money during free agency. Cynthia Frelund, an analytics expert at NFL Network, recently predicted the win totals for all 32 teams. She based her formula on a mixture of stats, history and trends. It’s all numbers, with no gut feelings involved. She believes the Texa…