Official Texans vs. Patriots Game Thread, 10/10/2021

[Arky]

The 1-3 New England Patriots come to town this Sunday to take on the 1-3 Houston Texans in an early Sunday game. The Texans are coming off a 40-0 road loss to the Bills while the Patriots are coming off a 19-17 home loss to the Bucs. The Pats are led by rookie QB Mac Jones (Alabama) - 112/160 for 70%, 6.3 avg, 4 TDs, 4 INTs, 84.7 rating. Look for RB's Damien Harris and James White in the rushing game and WRs Jakobi Meyers, Kendrick Bourne, Nelson Agholor and TE Hunter Henry in their passing game.

The Texans will probably start rookie QB Davis Mills again and it should be a friendlier setting for him playing in NRG rather than in rainy Buffalo.

The Pats really looked good against the defending champion Bucs on SNF so I gotta go with them in this game. Gotta see some improvement and production from the Texan offense just to keep this one close (and I'm not holding my breath):

Patriots 31, Texans 17

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TV = CBS (channel 11 local, noon CST, Sunday, 10/10/2021

Announcers = Andrew Catalon, James Lofton

The line = Patriots by 9 to 10

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

FOX (early) = Green Bay @ Cincinnati, Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma

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

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Prime time:

TNF = LA Rams @ Seattle (FOX/NFLN)

Sunday morning (8:30 CST) = NY Jets vs Atlanta (in London) (NFLN) (Greg Gumbel, Adam Archuleta)

SNF = Buffalo @ Kansas City (NBC)

MNF = Indianapolis @ Baltimore (ESPN)