Hello, good morning (hey, not all of us get to live in Central time, okay?) and Happy Thanksgiving to all you loyal Texans fans. Have you had enough to eat yet? Or has Thanksgiving dinner not even started yet? Well, whether it has or it hasn’t one thing is certain: there is a lot of football for us to watch today.

Starting with the traditional opening course of football, the appetizer course. For that, we travel up to sunny (I presume) Detroit where the Lions will play their traditional Thanksgiving Day host to the Green Bay Packers.

I can’t remember...

Welcome to week 12 of the Cyclone tracker!

This is where we follow our resident weather-themed duo in rookie receivers Jayden Higgins and Jaylin Noel, both out of Iowa State (hence, the “Cyclone” twins).

As always, there will be analysis, projections, commentary, and relevant updates that happen in real time.

Jayden Higgins, Jaylin Noel statistics vs. Bills

Jayden Higgins

Position: WR

Projected Week 12 storm path: 6.0 targets, 4.5 receptions, 45.5 yards, 1 TD, 10.5 fantasy points

Actual Week 12 path: 9 targets, 4 receptions, 38 yards, 1 TD’s, 13.8 fantasy pts

**Total stats through Week 12: 45...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Even happier the Houston Texans are off today in order to build on the 10-day lead up to their first encounter with the 2025 Indianapolis Colts.

Right now, the thousand foot view sure seems like the Colts are the best of the best and Houston is overachieving.

But when you dig deeper, the numbers tell the real story.

The baby horses have narrowly defeated the Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons. They’ve lost to the LA Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. Their only decisive victories have been against the bottom-feeding BESFs, Las Vegas Raiders and...

The Houston Texans have six more games to cement their legacy as the seventh team ever to make the playoffs after going 0-3… the last team being the 2018 Houston Texans. According to CBS Sports, “since the NFL schedule was expanded to 17 games in 2021, NO team has lost their first three games and rebounded to make the postseason.”

The AFC is fairly clear-cut this year. 10 teams vying for seven spots. Currently, Houston sits on the outside-looking-in along with Kansas City and the Pittsburgh Steelers. This season has featured several surprising AFC teams including the New England Patriots...

The Houston Texans dominated the Buffalo Bills and quarterback Josh Allen on Thursday Night Football last week, and it’s safe to say the rest of the league has taken notice.

Houston’s defense played at an elite level, while the offense did just enough to close it out with backup quarterback Davis Mills leading the way. Mills delivered another strong performance and has now helped push the Texans back into playoff contention with three straight wins.

Now, another tough matchup awaits as the Texans travel to Indianapolis to face the Colts on Sunday afternoon. According to Pro Football Focus, Houston’s playoff...

Quarterback CJ Stroud and safety Jalen Pitre, while remaining in concussion protocol, were participants in Wednesday’s practice. Stroud was a full participant Wednesday while Pitre practiced in a limited capacity. Take a look at the full injury report here:

CJ Stroud being a full participant in Wednesday’s practice enforces the expectation that he will be medically cleared for Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts, per DJ Bien-Aime and Aaron Wilson:

DeMeco Ryans spoke to the media after practice on Wednesday, as well, adding that “As things stand today, [CJ Stroud and Jalen Pitre] are still in concussion protocol:

Pitre being...

Rejoice! Bust out that jersey! Bring out the party poppers, because the Texans are a winning football team for the first time in 2025! They welcome the favored Buffalo Bills, led by reigning MVP quarterback Josh Allen, and they kicked their butts all the way back to western New York!

In seasons like these, unlikely heroes emerge to save the season. In 2018, the last NFL team to make the playoffs after an 0-3 start, the Houston Texans counted on lesser known players like Brandon Dunn, Kendall Lamm, and Alfred Blue to keep the season alive is dire straits. Players...

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No Houston Texans fan will ever say that Davis Mills throwing 40+ passes is the recipe for success, but that’s what was necessary to secure the win over the NFL’s worst 1-9 Tennessee Titans. Fortunately, a 10 of those 41 passes were directed towards Houston’s elite WR Nico Collins, who hauled in 9 receptions for 92 yards and a touchdown. Most recently, Mills threw only 30 passes against the Bills, but that was due to a game strategy of attacking the Bills weak run defense.

Nico Collins has seen a resurgence in production since Davis Mills took over for a...

Thursday night games present a bit of a challenge on the writing side of things. A normal Sunday week provides a bit of a routine. We look at the numbers from the previous game and then later in the week offer some kind of commentary on the next Sunday’s game or a commentary on news affecting the Texans that particular week. We have already done “By the Numbers” last Friday. So, today we take a look at something unique about the 2025 Texans.

One of the things I have to do as an analyst is analyze my own analysis. That...

For the final game on the week 12 slate, we go all the way to the city by the bay…by which I mean Santa Clara, which is a solid 30 miles (I think) away from San Francisco proper.

Tonight, the 49ers take on the Carolina Panthers who find themselves thrust into the possibility of leading the NFC South; the only division more dysfunctional than ours.

Here’s what you need to know to watch tonight’s game.

Who: Carolina Panthers (6-5) at San Francisco 49ers (7-4)

What: Monday Night Football

Where: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA

When: Monday, November 24, 7:15 p.m....

The 2025 regular season has been quite and interesting one for the Houston Texans: they kicked off the season by going 0-3, practically left for dead by much of the football viewing public, and now have since gone 6-2, most recently defeating the mighty Buffalo Bills in the final seconds of Thursday Night Football. Recuperated and reenergized, the Texans have to thank multiple rookies for their return to playoff competition, but some have done more for the team than others. Which rookies have been the most important? In this draft class where offense was the clear focus, which of the...