The 6-4 Texans will host the 6-4 Indianapolis Colts on Thursday Night Football this week. The Texans are coming off a 41-7 beatdown administered by the Baltimore Ravens on the road. The Colts are coming off a 33-13 home win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Winner will get the lead in the AFC South division.
Hard to say which way this goes so I'm going to refer to a pair of games in the Texan's past this year. Earlier in the year, the Texans had a pitiful showing against the Carolina Panthers at home but rebounded nicely against the Atlanta Falcons the next week. Since the Texans are coming off another similar pitiful outing against the Ravens, I'm going to say they rebound again. Of course, the Falcons are not the Colts but I think the Texans will play with more focus and cover the 4 pt. spread.....
Texans 26, Colts 17
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TV = FOX/NFLN (channel 26 local), 7:20 pm, Thursday, 11/21/2019
Announcers = (probably) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman
The line = Texans by 3½ to 4
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Sunday viewing in the Houston area:
CBS (early) = Carolina @ New Orleans, Jim Nantz, Tony Romo
FOX (early) = Seattle @ Philadelphia, Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis
FOX (late) = Dallas @ New England, Joe Buck, Troy Aikman
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Other prime time:
SNF = Green Bay @ San Francisco (NBC)
MNF = Baltimore @ LA Rams (ESPN)
Byes = Arizona, Kansas City, LA Chargers, Minnesota