The Texans lose 20-10 to the Minnesota Vikings in their first game of the 2025-2026 season.
Jake Andrews & Aireontae Ersery did a nice job in their Texans debut with the 1st team OL.
E.J. Speed and Jamal Hill stood out defensively with speed sideline to sideline.
Lot to like for Houston.
The Texans lose 20-10 to the Minnesota Vikings in their first game of the 2025-2026 season.
Jake Andrews & Aireontae Ersery did a nice job in their Texans debut with the 1st team OL.
E.J. Speed and Jamal Hill stood out defensively with speed sideline to sideline.
Lot to like for Houston.
HIGGINS TO THE HOUSE.
Texans Inactives vs the Chargers:
Starting OTs Aireontae Ersery & Trent Brown are both out.
Texans Playoff Seeding % with a win & a loss via @TheAthletic Playoff Simulator:
Win:
7 Seed - 7%
6 Seed - 32%
5 Seed - 25%
3 Seed - 36%
Loss:
7 Seed - 86%
6 Seed - 4%
3 Seed - 4%
Out - 4%
The Texans offense will have a very different type of matchup than maybe we have seen in the past in LA.
- Chargers blitz on just 20.1% of dropbacks (fewest in the NFL)
- Chargers use zone coverage on 81.4% of their coverage dropbacks (4th highest)
Good test for Houston’s offense against a really good defense.
ITS TEXANS GAMEDAY 🤘🏻
The last time the Texans played the Chargers, but it’s just the SpongeBob-cast
Texans QB C.J. Stroud is having his best season in Total EPA (Passing + Rushing EPA) added by a wide margin in 2025.
2025 Total EPA Added: 51.5
2024 Total EPA Added: -44.1
2023 Total EPA Added: 38.1
Stroud’s rushing EPA is at 15.9 which is 13.1 points higher than any season previously.
Between Stroud’s improvements in pocket management & rushing the year 3 bounceback has been huge.
The Texans are the only team Justin Herbert has faced in his career that he has thrown more INTs than Touchdowns against.
Herbert is 1-2 with 4 TDs & 6 INTs vs the Texans in his career.
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