Official Texans @ Steelers Game Thread, 9/27/2020

[Arky]

The 0-2 Texans head out to Pittsburgh this weekend to play the 2-0 Steelers at Heinz field in an early game. The Steelers beat the Broncos last week at home 26-21 while the Texans were losing at home 33-16 to the Baltimore Ravens. Texan QB Deshaun Watson is usually pretty good coming off a loss but if he has no time to throw the ball, we'll probably be looking at another loss. So far, the chemistry is not good yet with the new receivers. Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger is mostly healthy and has a good compliment of young receivers led by JuJu Smith-Schuster and 7-year vet TE Eric Ebron, the old man of the group. I expect we will see a lot of Steeler RB James Connor.

The Texans are 2-4 all time vs. Pittsburgh and 1-2 in Pittsburgh. The last time these two met was in Houston, the Texans losing 34-6 on Christmas Day 2017 with a team that would eventually finish 4-12.

I've got the Texans with a better effort here but still not enough:

Steelers 28, Texans 27

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TV = CBS (channel 11 local), noon CST, Sunday, September 27, 2020

Announcers = Ian Eagle, Charles Davis

The line = Steelers by 3½ to 4

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

FOX (early) = Washington @ Cleveland, Kevin Kugler, Chris Spielman

FOX (late) = Dallas @ Seattle, Joe Buck, Troy Aikman

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Prime time:

TNF = Miami @ Jacksonville (NFLN)

SNF = Green Bay @ New Orleans (NBC; Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth)

MNF = Kansas City @ Baltimore (ESPN)