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With a Houston Texans Week 12 game scheduled against the Tennessee Titans, a lot of eyes will be on the Texans to see if they can continue their push toward the 2024 NFL Playoffs. Ahead of the Texans-Titans game, we’ll be making our Texans Week 12 predictions.
It has not been the dominant season the Texans were hoping for in C.J. Stroud’s second year, but they still are 7-4 and in first place in the AFC South. Their best chance at making a deep playoff run is through winning the division, and that’s what makes this game against the 2-8 Titans so important. On paper, this should be a game that the Texans easily win, but Houston can’t afford any letdown.
The Titans put their collapse against the Detroit Lions in the rearview mirror by beating the Dallas Cowboys, 34-10, but they need to finish this season strong in order to maintain their momentum. Sometimes, it’s not the best overall team that ends up winning the Super Bowl, but rather, the hottest. This is a big game for Houston. They all are. As such, let’s move on to our Texans Week 12 predictions.
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Titans quarterback Will Levis became the butt end of NFL memes earlier this season with back-to-back, to back, terrible outings at the start of the 2024 campaign. A terrible pick-six against the Chicago Bears led to this picture in Week 1 and then he went on a roll. He threw four touchdowns compared to six interceptions in his first and though he has improved a bit in his last few outings, he’s been sacked 12 times in his last two appearances and he seems primed to have another meltdown — especially with the stakes for high for the Texans in this one.
The Texans are a top-three team this season in interceptions with 14. Sure, much of that came from the game against the Lions, which saw them pick off Jared Goff an incredible five times, but this is a DeMeco Ryans-led defense that knows how to take away the football. They’ll steal it away from Levis twice in this game, and they’ll potentially create another meme-worthy moment.
It’s easy to predict that Stroud will succeed just about every week because of the incredible rookie season he put up for the Texans. The issue is that this has really been a rough campaign for him as he’s hit somewhat of a “sophomore slump. He’s thrown for 2,628 yards, which is fifth amongst NFL quarterbacks, but he’s also thrown seven interceptions to go along with his 12 touchdowns.
Even in Houston’s blowout win against the Cowboys, Stroud didn’t throw a touchdown while he threw another interception. Much like his counterpart in Green Bay, Jordan Love, though, Stroud says it’s all part of being an aggressive quarterback in the...
