Official Texans @ Browns Game Thread, 11/15/2020

[Arky]

The 2-6 Houston Texans head to Cleveland this Sunday to play the 5-3 Browns in an early game on FOX. The Texans are coming off a 27-25 road win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Browns are coming off their bye week. Browns QB Baker Mayfield is back at practice and the Texans can expect to see a lot of RB's Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. In the Browns passing game, look for WR's Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry. The Browns also have three productive TE's in Austin Hooper, Harrison Bryant and David Njoku.

The Texans are going to have their work cut out for them. RB David Johnson suffered a concussion in the Jags game and his status for the game is unknown at this point. Duke Johnson may be called upon to takeover the RB duties. The Texans are going to need CB Bradley Roby for this game. Whitney Mercilus, Dylan Cole and Max Scharping are all coming off the Black Plague list and will be elegible to play.

I don't think the Texans have enough to beat a rested up Browns squad, here, but would love to be wrong:

Browns 24, Texans 17

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TV = FOX (channel 26 local), noon CST, Sunday, 11/15/2020

Announcers = Dick Stockton, Matt Millen

The line = Browns by 3

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

CBS (late) = Buffalo @ Arizona (LATE)Ian Eagle, Charles Davis

FOX (late) = San Francisco @ New OrleansAdam Amin, Mark Schlereth

(note: CBS just has 3 late games on Sunday due to the out of season showing of the Masters Tournament)

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Prime time:

TNF = Indianapolis @ Tennessee (FOX/NFLN)

SNF = Baltimore @ New England (NBC)

MNF = Minnesota @ Chicago (ESPN)