Sentence:  The Texans have two more road games - at Buffalo and Houston - before they play for the home folks again , and it <WSD>looks</WSD> as if coach Hank Stram 's men will meet the Bills just as they are developing into the kind of team they were expected to be in pre-season reckonings . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect