The Roller Coaster That Is Texans Fandom
With great drama, suspense, and even terror, the Houston Texans surmounted the surmountable Tennessee Titans, swept them off their porch with a 35-yard kick, and grasped their fifth win the 2025 season. After much deliberation was spent after starting 0-3, the Houston Texans scratched and clawed their way back into playoff contention with seven weeks […]
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In last week’s broadcast, Chris Myers, the commentator voted most likely to sound like an exaggerated cartoon character, said something along the lines of “the team with the #1 defense at the end of the season has never failed to make the playoffs…” /paraphrase While this may/may not be true, it’s hard to recall a […]
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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 […]
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The Houston Texans hit the accelerator on their drive to make the playoffs when they host the 7-3 Buffalo Bills on Thursday Night Football. The Bills bounced back from their worst loss of the year against the 3-7 Miami Dolphins with a commanding win over the NFC South-leading Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bills hold the […]
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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 11: Sometimes, rookies play like rookies: This season, Houston has relied on its rookies to help […]
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Tonight’s MNF matchup is a matchup of two underwhelming teams that the league, for reasons all their own, insist on inflicting on America. Maybe a squirrel got loose in the scheduling computer? Maybe millions of people have made the poor life decision of being a Cowboy fan. Whatever reason it is, and I’m sure it’s […]
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This always takes on a different tone than the recap. The recap reflects the emotions of the moment. When you win a game 16-13 on a walk off field goal there are bound to be a number of emotions. The Value of Things is always about analyzing the data to see if we notice any […]
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Have you recovered from the dumbness that was today’s Texans/BESFs game yet? No? Too bad because we still have more football tonight. And this might even be a good game! It’s an NFC matchup that could potentially be an NFCCG preview. Here’s what you need to know to watch tonight’s game: Who: Detroit Lions (6-3) […]
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The final score will say the Houston Texans won a close game over the Tennessee Titans 16-13. If you watched nothing but the last two minutes you will be forgiven if you wanted to canonize Davis Mills. After all, Mills led another go ahead scoring drive late in the game. It would seem like all […]
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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 LATE GAMES Red: Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos (Announcers: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo; Referee: Adrian Hill)Blue: Baltimore Ravens at […]
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Hate week? Hate week. HATE WEEK! Yep, it’s time for the Texans’ annual pilgrimage to that most unholy of lands, Nashville, Tennessee. Or, as it is known in traditional BRB parlance: Methopotamia. No Stroud, no Fairbairn this week, but hopefully playing against the BESFs will mitigate those losses enough that the Texans come out with […]
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The bad news is that we’ll still be without QB C.J. Stroud and K Ka’imi Fairbairn, so we’ll have to expect Davis Mills et al to be the offense tomorrow. The good news is the Texans play Tennessee tomorrow, so if there was going to be any game where you could theoretically go without your […]
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Right now, the Texans’ season sits on a knife’s edge. At 4-5, they sit on the outside looking in for the playoffs. Victories need to get banked, the more the merrier. Yet, Houston faces one of the roughest schedules in the league to close out the year. Over their last 8 games, they have to […]
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Week 11 brings the second of the divisional bouts with the Tennessee Titans and Cornelius Bumfuzzle of the Possum Holler Tribune was kind enough to join us for five questions for the upcoming titanic bout between the Texans and the Titans. The Possum Holler Tribune has been covering everything Tennessee sports for the past few […]
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Hello, good evening and welcome to week 11 of the NFL season. Tonight, we travel to the chilly northeast for an AFC East “battle.” The New York Jets travel to Foxboro to take on the, unfortunately, resurgent New England Patriots. I ain’t gonna lie, this game looks like it could be ugly. Uglier than Amy […]
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The Houston Texans are coming off a thrilling home win over the Jacksonville Jaguars and are looking to carry that momentum into another divisional matchup — this time against the Tennessee Titans. Quarterback Davis Mills got the start last weekend after C.J. Stroud suffered a concussion against the Broncos. Outside of the opening drive, Mills […]
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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 11, we want to know how you’re feeling after watching the team so […]
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Welcome to week 10 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. Week 10 Cyclones Tracker: ————————————- […]
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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 guard Ed Ingram, who washed out with the Minnesota Vikings, was traded in the offseason to a less stable offensive line, […]
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“There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.” — Mark Twain The line above is often attributed to Mark Twain, but we have no proof that he was the first one to say it. The Googles will say that it was either him or someone else and that rabbit hole is a perfect example of the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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