The Houston Texans have unfortunately stumbled out of the gate of the 2025 season, beginning 0-2 after heartbreaking losses to both the Los Angeles Rams and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This is their worst start since 2023, where they also started 0-2.

In both contests, the defense held serve for the most part, only allowing 14 to L.A. and 20 to Tampa.(It was 14 for the majority of the game before Baker engineered the game winning drive in the fourth for the final score.)

However, the Texans offense didn’t do their part to help secure the victories, scoring a measly...

The first two weeks of the 2025 NFL Season have not been kind to Houston Texans, who have fallen into the dreaded 0-2 trap after losing in the final seconds to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A start like this is a far cry from the lofty prognostications many of Houston’s faithful made (including myself) on the eve of the regular season, putting significant doubt into our championship aspirations. Personally, the positive development of new starting offensive guards Laken Tomlinson, Ed Ingram and rookie left tackle Aireontae Ersery during training camp and throughout the preseason stoked a sort of optimism within...

The Day After the Day After…when the raw, immediate emotions from the aftermath of a game diminish into the realm of clarity and the proverbial (or literal) hangover no longer haunts the mind. With that, a review of Week 2:

The script for the “Most Interesting Defense in the World” flips: In the 2+ years under the most interesting defensive coordinator in the world Matt Burke, the Texans’ defense found itself needing to hold off the opponent in the final seconds. In 2023, the defense held off the Saints, Cardinals, Broncos, Colts when those teams needed touchdowns to tie or...

The NFL season is a cruel mistress. My other love is baseball. There are 162 of those suckers, so no one in their right mind jumps to any conclusions after just two games. In a 17 game schedule, you are talking about nearly 15 percent of the total season. In baseball terms, that equals about 25 games. Suddenly, slumps take on new significance. Things that might seem like blips on the radar become trends. When you see them in both games then you have to take notice.

Unlike baseball, the NFL is a capped sport. Teams find it much harder...

The Houston Texans have begun the season 0-2 after coming into the season with lofty expectations. Unlike the first game, there will be some coaching decisions that come under the microscope in this one. In particular, the Texans had second and goal from the one and came away with zero points. Those lack of points ended up being the difference in the game. Obviously, if he had known then what he knows now he would have kicked the field goal. Hindsight is always 20/20.

There were more positives in this one as the Texans almost pulled it out in the...

Still reeling from Monday night’s disappointing loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Houston Texans have to turn the page quickly. With a short week to prepare, and travel to Jacksonville to face the Jaguars upcoming, there’s no time to lick the wounds or lament the mistakes.

The fine folks at Fanduel posted their opening odds and it looks like anyone’s game, despite the Texans having the better team on paper.

+1.5 is a normal give for a visiting team, meaning they view this game as up for grabs.

Their total points line has the Texans over/under at 21.5 and...

The Houston Texans defense could not hold Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of the end zone at the end of the game. Houston falls to 0-2 for the second time in the DeMeco Ryans era as they lose 20-19 at home on Monday Night Football

After one great drive to start the game ended with a Nico Collins touchdown, the Texans offense failed to score another touchdown for the rest of the game. Houston’s offense has yet to get Nico Collins going. He only had three receptions for 52 yards and one touchdown.

The defense put up...

To finish off week 2, we have a west coast bout for those of you out east who struggle with insomnia or a pathological need to watch football or you have money on the game; so really it’s fun for everybody!

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

Who: Los Angeles Chargers (1-0) at Las Vegas Raiders (1-0)

What: Monday Night Football (part two)

Where: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV

When: Monday, September 15, 9:00 p.m. CDT

Why: Because the west coast deserves some love too.

TV: ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes

Radio: Westwood One

Streaming: ESPN*,...

Well, this is awkward. Usually when there’s a twin bill like this, they put the undercard first to build up hype for the main event. The NFL apparently doesn’t believe in this and is settling for the old east coast game and west coast game for their MNF double feature.

Anyway, you’ve waited long enough for Texans football that I don’t want to make this last too long, so here’s what you need to know to be able to watch/listen to/stream tonight’s home opener:

Who: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0) at Houston Texans (0-1)

What: Monday Night Football

Where: NRG Stadium,...

To close out the Sunday slate, we have a blast from the late 90s, a rematch of the 1998 NFC championship game.

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

Who: Atlanta Falcons (0-1) at Minnesota Vikings (1-0)

What: Sunday Night Football

Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

When: Sunday, September 14, 7:20 p.m. CDT

Why: Because much like the rest of us, you have also been waiting all day for Sunday night.

TV: NBC, Universo

Radio: Westwood One

Streaming: Fubo*, Hulu + Live TV*, NBC Sports, NFL+*, Peacock*, SlingTV*, YouTubeTV* (*subscription required)

Enjoy the game, y’all.

Go,...

As promised in the early game thread, we have all the late game information you need and a place for y’all to talk about whatever game is on in your part of the world.

Let us consult, once more, the big boards from 506 Sports!

LATE GAMES

CBS

Green: Denver Broncos at Indianapolis Colts (Announcers: Kevin Harlan, Trent Green; Referee: Craig Wrolstad)
Orange: Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals (Announcers: Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta; Referee: Ron Torbert)

FOX

There is only one game on Fox in the afternoon:

Philadelphia Eagles at Kansas City Chiefs *(Announcers: Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady; Referee: Alex...

The bright side of having the Houston Texans play on Monday night is you know where and when to watch the game. It’s gonna be on ESPN and ESPN2 (with the Manning boys) at 7:15 CDT.

The downside is that you have to go through an entire Sunday waiting for the Texans to play. What could one do to pass the time between then and now? Well…there’s a lot of football out there. And here is your open thread for the early slate of Week 2 games, with the big board from 506 Sports.

EARLY GAMES

CBS

Red: Buffalo Bills...