The 9-5 Houston Texans head off to Tampa Bay to play the 7-7 Buccaneers this Saturday in an early game. The Texans are coming off a 24-21 road win over the Tennessee Titans. The Bucs are coming off a 38-17 road win over the Detroit Lions. No one has thrown for more yards than Bucs QB Jameis Winston (4,573). No one has thrown more INT's than Jameis Winston (24) and it's not close (Rivers has 18). Winston has 30 TD passes so obviously, the Texan defense can expect to run into a pass-heavy offense.
I think the Texans are flat out going to have to outscore these guys because I expect the Bucs to put up some points although the Bucs will be missing a couple of good receivers. I think they (Texans) will. I think the Denver game snapped them out of their euphoria of beating the Pats and that they should be focused and want to take care of business. I've got it:
Texans 38, Bucs 28
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TV = NFLN, noon CST, Saturday, 12/21/2019
Announcers = Rich Eisen, Joe Thomas, Nate Burleson
The line = Texans by 3
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Other Saturday games:
NFLN (late) = Buffalo @ New England (3:30 PM CST; NFLN; Mike Tirico, Kurt Warner)
NFLN (night) = LA Rams @ San Francisco (7:15 PM CST; NFLN; Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis)
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Sunday viewing in the Houston area:
CBS (early) = Baltimore @ Cleveland, Jim Nantz, Tony Romo
FOX (early) = New Orleans @ Tennessee, Kenny Albert, Ronde Barber (large
map coverage)
FOX (late) = Dallas @ Philadelphia, Joe Buck, Troy Aikman
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Prime time:
TNF = done for the year, no more TNF
SNF = Kansas City @ Chicago (NBC)
MNF = Green Bay @ Minnesota (ESPN)