Official Texans vs. Bengals Game Thread, 12/27/2020

[Arky]

Week 16 finds the 3-10-1 Cincinnati Bengals coming to town to play the 4-10 Houston Texans in an early game on FOX (CBS and FOX must've pulled a switcheroo, game originally scheduled on CBS). The Bengals are coming off a 27-17 home win over Pittsburgh on MNF. The Texans are coming off a 27-20 road loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Bengals QB Ryan Finley completed just 7 passes vs. the Steelers so look for him to rely on RBs Joe Mixon, Giovani Bernard and Samaje Perine to rack up rushing yardage against the pitiful Texan defense. Look for passes to go to WRs Tyler Boyd, Tee Higgins, AJ Green as well as TE Drew Sample.

The Texans should be able to win this one if they have any motivation at all. The Bengals will probably still be basking in their win over rival Pittsburgh. I've got it:

Texans 32, Bengals 20

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TV = FOX (channel 26 local), noon CST, Sunday, 12/27/2020

Announcers = Chris Myers, Greg Jennings

The line = Texans by 8 to 9

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

CBS (late) = Carolina @ Washington, Ian Eagle, Charles Davis

FOX (late) = Philadelphia @ Dallas, Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma

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National:

Friday (Christmas) 3:30 CT: Minnesota @ New Orleans (FOX/NFLN)

Saturday 12:00 CT: Tampa Bay @ Detroit (NFLN) (Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth)

Saturday 3:30 CT: San Francisco @ Arizona (Amazon/Twitch) (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton)

Saturday 7:15 CT: Miami @ Las Vegas (NFLN) (Joe Davis, Kurt Warner)

SNF: Tennessee @ Green Bay (NBC)

MNF: Buffalo @ New England (ESPN/ABC)