Houston Texans Face Crucial Matchup Against Tampa Bay

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00:00It's where our breakdown begins, Joe,

00:02and a lot on the line here for the Houston Texans.

00:06The reality in this division now in the AFC South,

00:09while the Titans are not going to be real challengers,

00:11Jacksonville is going to be in the mix,

00:13and that's who Houston plays next week,

00:15a one-on-one Jags team that's probably a bit deflated

00:18after losing to Cincinnati,

00:21and a Colts team that has upside and a 2-0 start.

00:25They haven't punted yet through two weeks of football.

00:27Well, for the Texans, I'm not saying it's a must win.

00:31It's an important game here against Tampa Bay.

00:32They're booked as two-and-a-half-point favorites.

00:34It's a very important game for them,

00:35sense of urgency type of game,

00:37especially when I saw that offense perform

00:39against the Rams last week.

00:40I mean, C.J. Stroud and their offense now for a year and a half

00:44have not been able to move the football outside his rookie year

00:47with Bobby Slowick.

00:48That is a cause of concern.

00:49I need to see C.J. Stroud,

00:51the player that he was his rookie season,

00:54compared to last year,

00:55and I understand last year was injuries,

00:56but even though they went up against a very good defense,

00:59I need to see, outside of Nico Collins,

01:01somebody step up.

01:03Could Xavier Hutchinson, could Higgins, could Noel,

01:06somebody.

01:07And running game is a little inept as well with Nick Chubb.

01:11I think he could potentially have paid dirt tonight,

01:13had even money at plus 100,

01:15but if I had a bet, I have bet this game.

01:18I am looking to the over 42-and-a-half

01:20as one of my better plays,

01:22but I do lean to Houston in the game

01:24just because I believe it's a must-win for them.

01:27Sense of urgency.

01:29Again, I do not believe they could just play ball control

01:32and hope to win games with their defense.

01:35He can't just do that anymore.

01:38There are some teams that you and I see the exact same, right?

01:44I think sometimes where we divert is you're like,

01:49they can't keep doing this, and I agree with you,

01:52but they are going to keep doing it, right?

01:54Like, we both think Green Bay runs the ball

01:56a little too much, right?

01:57Houston doesn't let CJ just fly it around the field enough.

02:01Right.

02:02I have no reason to think that that's who they are, unfortunately.

02:05Yeah, but here's the thing.

02:05It's just, there's just, there's something not right

02:09about this team on that side of the ball,

02:12and I don't know if firing Bobby Slowick was the answer,

02:17and I saw it, you know, you get it in week number one.

02:20Like, it's just, it's just not there.

02:21Like, they scored nine points.

02:23They drafted two wide receivers from Iowa State, though.

02:26I mean, they have three Iowa State wide receivers,

02:29Xavier Hutchinson, Higgins, and Noel.

02:32I mean, that's absolutely, okay, you have a big 12 action.

02:35Open it up.

02:38Here's where I'll disagree with you.

02:39If you're Philadelphia, and I have Jalen Hurts, right,

02:42as my quarterback, or I have Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson

02:46as my quarterback, right?

02:48Those three guys, and I'll throw them a Holmes.

02:49Yeah, yeah, I got you.

02:50If I have one of those guys, yeah, we can, we could go out there,

02:54we could play ball control, we could rely on defense.

02:57And you know what?

02:58If we have the ball with two minutes left,

03:00at least I have confidence in my quarterback

03:03that he could pull the game out.

03:05Mm-hmm.

03:06Do you have confidence in CJ Stroud in that capacity?

03:08Has he shown that over the last year and a half?

03:11I don't have confidence in Houston.

03:12I like Stroud a lot.

03:14No, but they tried to play that game last year in the playoffs.

03:17I mean, at what point do you say enough is enough?

03:20Our strength is throwing the football.

03:22Yeah, no, I think it's, I think this is a game

03:24we'll learn a lot about.

03:26Eileen Tampa, I'm on Bucky Irving prompts

03:28in the football game.

03:29I'm excited to watch it play out.

03:31sehen you next week.

03:33Bye-bye.

03:37Bye-bye.

03:47Yeah.

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