Official Texans @ Jaguars Game Thread (London), 11/3/2019

[Arky]

The 5-3 Texans are headed to London to play the 4-4 Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday morning. The Texans are coming off a 27-24 home win over the Oakland Raiders. The Jags are coming off a 29-15 home win over the New York Jets.

I'm gonna let Walterfootball give the bottom line summary for this game:

You know that two-point conversion I just referenced? What if the Jaguars had converted? They'd be 5-3 right now, while Houston would be 4-4. In that case, would the Jaguars be favored? I think so! In fact, I believe the wrong team is favored in this contest.

The Texans have the superior quarterback, No. 1 receiver and linebacking corps, but can you think of one other area in which they are better than the Jaguars? Jacksonville has the superior running back (by a wide margin), Nos. 2 and 3 receivers (with Fuller out), defensive line (by a wide margin with Watt out) and secondary. And as crazy as it sounds, Doug Marrone is the superior coach, but only by default because Bill O'Brien is so awful.

Despite this, the public is favoring the Texans, albeit at a less-than two-thirds clip. I'm going the other way.

He makes a good argument but I think I'm going to side with Michael Jordan. Texans win (and if they don't, the forecast for rest of the season is cloudy with a chance of rain).

Texans 28, Jags 24

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TV = NFLN, 8:30 am CST, London, 11/3/2019

Announcers = Rich Eisen, Kurt Warner, Steve Mariucci, Michael Irvin

The line = Pickem to Texans by 2

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

CBS (early) = Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh, Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts

CBS (late) = Green Bay @ LA Chargers, Jim Nantz, Tony Romo

FOX (early) = Chicago @ Philadelphia, Dick Stockton, Mark Schlereth

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Prime time:

TNF = San Francisco @ Arizona (FOX/NFLN)

SNF = New England @ Baltimore (NBC)

MNF = Dallas @ NY Giants (ESPN)


Byes: Atlanta, Cincinnati, LA Rams, New Orleans