The Roller Coaster That Is Texans Fandom
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Texans fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Heading into Week 13, we want to know how you’re feeling after watching the team so […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Welcome to week 11 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 […]
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I love to do this every now and then for both football and baseball. The general idea is that removing names is a purer way to look at numbers. We feel a certain way about players positively or negatively. There is nothing wrong with that, but those emotions often get in the way of dispassionate […]
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The Houston Texans have won their last two games with backup quarterback Davis Mills under center, and they’re looking to keep that momentum rolling at home against the Buffalo Bills. The last time these teams met was a season ago — a game that ended up being one of the worst performances of Josh Allen’s […]
3 months ago | 1 read
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Texans fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Heading into Week 12, we want to know how you’re feeling after watching the team so […]
3 months ago | 1 read