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