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...

Another week comes in the NFL as the Houston Texans clawed their way back above .500 for the first time in 2025. Week 13 marks the first time they play the Indianapolis Colts all season and this one is likely for all the marbles. A Colts victory will likely close out the Texans’ chances of winning the division. A Texans victory will suddenly make the playoff race that much more interesting. We have been partnering with Fanduel for a couple of years now and they offer a very affordable and easy process to get some action on the game.

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Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, we focus on Houston Texans safety Calen Bullock, the third-round pick in 2024 who has become that rarest of entities — a deep-third defender you simply never want to test.

If you weren’t already up on how great the Houston Texans’ defense is (and since you’re reading this on a Houston Texans website, I dare say you are), Thursday night’s 23-19 win over the Buffalo Bills sure put...

And here we are, at the end of another week of football (MNF excluded), and it might not be a bad matchup. Tonight, we have the Baker Mayfield Bowl as Mayfield’s current team (the Bucs) face off against the Rams (his former team) in the house that avarice built, SoFi Stadium.

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

Who: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-4) at Los Angeles Rams (8-2)

What: Sunday Night Football

Where: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, CA

When: Sunday, November 23, 7:20 p.m. CST

Why: Because if they don’t play we have an unbalanced schedule and...

If you haven’t gotten over the Texans win against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday, I can’t say I blame you. But just because the Texans are off today doesn’t mean football takes a day off. Here are week 12’s early game locations, brought to you by 506 Sports.

Here’s who will be playing in your part of the world.

CBS SINGLE GAMES

Red: Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs (Announcers: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo; Referee: Alex Moore)
Dark Blue: Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Bears (Announcers: Ian Eagle, J.J. Watt; Referee: John Hussey)
Green: New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals *(Announcers:...

The Most Interesting Defense in the NFL showed up on Thursday night. It wasn’t the greatest defensive performance in the history of football. There were breakdowns and plays that made you yell at your television. Still, it was a brilliant performance just the same and the Texans pulled out an improbable 23-19 victory over the vaunted Buffalo Bills.

Even a day after that brilliant win, emotions are running high. Most of them are of the positive variety. When the Texans were 0-3 this day didn’t seem possible. When they were 3-5 and without C.J. Stroud at quarterback it didn’t seem...

The Texans have had the pressure turned up to eleven all November long…and they just keep winning!

Each and every game since Davis Mills has mounted the starting job at signal caller, Houston has been clawing, scratching, and digging for every single point, barely escaping with victories that most other teams would have walked away with. Tonight’s pivotal Thursday night game against the Bills was no different: without Stroud and Jalen Pitre again, the Texans were going to have to prove everyone wrong and take it to the might Buffalo Bills. And, just like every other game this season, the...

Hello, good evening and welcome to week 12 of the NFL season.

Tonight, we have the unfortunate honor of watching the Houston Texans in prime time. Yes, Thursday night on Amazon still counts. And if you’ve watched the Texans in prime time at any point in the last, I dunno, 20 years, you’ll understand why it’s an unfortunate honor.

The Texans are at home and clad in their battle red finest to take on the Buffalo Bills.

If you are not a Texans fan watching this game, my sincerest apologies for what you’re about to see.

If you ARE a...

As if the Houston Texans hadn’t made enough news coming from their RB corps, now it looks like the team will be operating with one less running back.

The same day they announce that RB Joe Mixon won’t play for the rest of the season (which, again, has been disputed by Mixon himself), the Texans have also made the decision to waive former star running back Dameon Pierce.

Pierce, who started out really well, who nearly reached 1,000 rushing yards (939) in his first season, never quite got back the spark he showed in his rookie year. His production totals...

It is has been widely speculated that Joe Mixon was likely to miss the entire season with a mysterious foot injury. Now, it would appear that the Texans are finally acknowledging what has been speculated by people around the league and in press rooms in Houston and beyond. It would appear that the team will be stuck with Woody Marks and Nick Chubb as their primary ball carriers.

Both DeMeco Ryans and Nick Caserio have been dancing around that concept all season long at press conferences and interviews on the team’s flagship station (610 AM). We still don’t know what...