Your Houston Texans currently have the #1 defense in all the land. Danielle Hunter was awarded AFC Defensive Player of the Week. He a fellow quarterback predator Will Anderson Jr. are both within 3 sacks of double digits on the season.

Derek Stingley Jr. has 3 INTs so far, including an amazing 1-hander against Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars last week. That puts him at 14 in his career, only 3 back of Jonathan Joseph, the Texans all-time leading interceptor.

Based on the #2 defense on the Los Angeles Rams facing the Seattle Seahawks this weekend, it’s very likely...

It’s never a good sign when players get hurt one after another at the same position. The Texans strength this season has been their secondary, where they have two of the top 10 leaders in interceptions. Kamari Lassiter leads all CBs in tackles… and that’s not because opposing QBs are throwing at him. They are seventh in coverage grade according to PFF and have 20 pass breakups on the season.

The defense works because the Texans coverage is so dominant that Danielle Hunter and Will Anderson Jr. have enough time to get to the QB. Unfortunately, the mounting injuries to...

Yesterday, Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans announced that starting safety M.J. Stewart would require season ending quad surgery:

This comes as a destabilizing blow to the number one defense in the NFL. Houston’s defensive backfield relied heavily on Stewart after former free agent signee CJ Gardner-Johnson was released in week four after struggling to gel with the Texans’ defensive scheme.

In his nine appearances and four starts during the 2025 regular season, M.J. Stewart tallied:

• 228 Snaps on Defense, 102 Snaps on Special Teams
• 30 Tackles (5 on Special Teams)
• 2 Pass Deflections
• 7 Reception...

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 10:

The Entire Davis Mills Experience: Coming into this game, there wasn’t a lot of expectations that Mills could spark anything out of this Houston offense. For the 1st three quarters, those fears bore out. He had a horrid INT on the first drive and despite showing a few flashes, he could not get the offense going. Mills had an unfortunate...

The season has been on the line for the Texans since September. Three weeks into the regular season schedule and without a win to show, it quickly became obvious to those watching that this was going to be a difficult year for Houston. Regardless of whether or not the struggle was justified, Houston was not the powerhouse Texans fans have to come to expect after two very successful years with quarterback CJ Stroud at the helm. Losing the first three games in a row to start the big 2025 season put both the team and fans in a crisis of...

Tonight’s MNF game might actually be kinda good. The Philadelphia Eagles go to northern Wisconsin to play the Green Bay Packers. It’s Jordan Love vs. the ironically named City of Brotherly Love.

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

Who: Philadelphia Eagles (6-2) at Green Bay Packers (5-2-1)

What: Monday Night Football

Where: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI

When: Monday, November 10, 7:15 p.m. CST

Why: Because sometimes life pats you on the head and says “good boy (or girl, or enby, whatever suits your needs).”

TV: ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes

Radio: Westwood One

Streaming: ESPN*,...

It’s hard to look at a game like Sunday’s dispassionately, but that is what we are called to do in this segment. The By the Numbers segment looks at the numbers of NFL games to predict which categories will lead most to success and failure. Some of the numbers may surprise you when you look at a 36-29 result. In point of fact, the game was a 30-29 game for all effect and purposes.

As we do in most wins, we will look at the great, good, and bad in this one. The other three Texans victories were effectively blowouts...

We still haven’t fully recovered from the 26-point, come-from-behind victory the Houston Texans pulled off this week, breaking dozens of hearts in Jacksonville. So we’ll keep this short and to the point. It’s Sunday Night Football time!

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

Who: Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3) at Los Angeles Chargers (6-3)

What: Sunday Night Football

Where: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, CA

When: Sunday, November 9, 7:20 p.m. CST

Why: Because after today, watching a pair of other fanbases tie themselves in knots is downright therapeutic.

TV: NBC, Universo

Radio: Westwood One

Streaming: Fubo*, Hulu +...

An NFL final score of 36 to 29 has never happened in NFL history until today. When the Houston Texans returned the ball for a last-second score against the Jacksonville Jaguars and declined to go for the extra point, we got NFL Scorigami for the third tie this season.

An NFL “Scorigami” is a final score that’s never happened before in the history of the league. Scorigami has been happening more and more as teams use analytics to go for two, offenses are scoring more points than ever, and sometimes weird stuff just happens.

Thie is the 1094th unique score...

It had the makings of a lost game in a lost season. The Houston Texans trailed the Jacksonville Jaguars 17-0 in the first quarter and it seemed like all was lost. Slowly but surely the team clawed their way back into the game with a smothering defense and suddenly effective passing and running game. Pound for pound, it was the most exciting game of the 2025 season to date as many of the faithful at NRG Stadium had given up. Mills scored the go ahead touchdown with 31 seconds left to make the score 30-29. They added a pick six...

Did the Texans game leave a bad taste in your mouth? Well not all football is gonna be that bad. Have some late afternoon football to act as a palate cleanser.

Anyway, the maps.

CBS SINGLE GAME

Green: Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks (Announcers: Kevin Harlan, Trent Green; Referee: Alan Eck)

FOX LATE GAMES

Red: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers (Announcers: Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady; Referee: Land Clark)
Blue: Detroit Lions at Washington Commanders (Announcers: Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma; Referee: Scott Novak)

Sunday Night thread to come. See y’all there.

Enjoy the games, y’all.

Go Texans!

You know, last week, when I made the extremely funny joke about C.J. Stroud potentially being a target for a bounty, I WAS NOT BEING SERIOUS, SEAN PAYTON.

Fight me, you coward! For the honor of Coleridge Bernard Stroud IV!

Davis Mills will be lining up under center with a banged up offensive line missing two pieces which weren’t very good to begin with, to say nothing of the heart and sole of the offense: PK Ka’imi Fairbairn.

We might not even get the all field goal offense today! This is gonna be interesting.

Here’s what you need to know...