Official Texans @ Bills Game Thread, 10/3/2021

[Arky]

The 1-2 Texans shuffle off to Buffalo this weekend to play the 2-1 Bills in a Sunday early game on CBS. The Texans are coming off a TNF home loss to the Carolina Panthers 24-9. The Bills are coming off a 43-21 home win over the Washingtons. ESPN has the Bills at # 3 in the Power Rankings, the Texans at #28. The Bills are expected to bring the offense having scored 78 points in the last two weeks. The Bills somehow lost in Week 1 to the Steelers even though they out-gained them in most of the offensive categories. The Steelers were the Stealers that day as they stole one.

The Texans are going to need points and I don't think there is a way they can keep up with the Bills. The Texan defense will need a few turnovers just to keep the game close, IMO. So far, the defense has allowed 28 first half points and 48 second half points. Whether this is from conditioning or the other team making adjustment, I dunno but they are showing to fade late in games.

The game could very well be a blowout but 16 points is too many to give so I've got it:

Bills 33, Texans 20

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TV = CBS (channel 11 local), Sunday, noon, 10/3/2021

Announcers = Beth Mowins, Tiki Barber

The line = Bills by 16 to 16½

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

FOX (early) = Carolina @ Dallas, Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen

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

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Prime time:

TNF = Jacksonville @ Cincinnati (NFLN)

SNF = Tampa Bay @ New England (NBC)

MNF = Las Vegas @ LA Chargers (ESPN)