Overview
- Kickoff is Sunday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. ET at Nissan Stadium on FOX, with Houston around a 6-point favorite and a low total near 37.5.
- The matchup pits the NFL’s No. 1 defense in points and yards allowed (Texans) against the league’s lowest-scoring offense (Titans), who were shut out 26-0 in the first meeting.
- Davis Mills makes a second straight start after throwing for 292 yards with two TD passes and a rushing score in last week’s comeback win, as Stroud remains in concussion protocol.
- Danielle Hunter earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week after a 3.5-sack game and leads Houston with 7.5 sacks alongside Will Anderson Jr., facing rookie Cam Ward, who has 1,760 passing yards, 6 INTs, 5 TDs and one of the NFL’s highest sack totals.
- A win would give Houston a season sweep, a fifth straight road victory in Nashville and its first .500 mark of the year, while 1-8 Tennessee returns from a bye under interim coach Mike McCoy with injuries still in flux (Calvin Ridley, Arden Key possible; Jeffery Simmons, Xavier Woods uncertain).