Winless Chargers Host Texans as 5½‑Point Home Underdogs

Overview

• The Chargers will host the Houston Texans on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. PST at SoFi Stadium with the game shown in Southern California on CBS and Paramount+ and nationally via NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV.
• Los Angeles enters 0-7 as the NFL's only winless team and has gone 27 consecutive drives without a touchdown while Justin Herbert leads the league with 10 interceptions.
• Houston is 2-5 with a middling defense ranked around 19th in yards allowed and will be without RB David Montgomery and S Reed Blankenship for the game.
• Offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel plans to move from the sideline to the booth to change his play-calling vantage, and the Chargers list multiple players as out or questionable including TE David Njoku.
• Oddsmakers and a broad majority of national experts favor the Texans by 5½ points, and the Chargers' collapse has shifted talk toward staff changes and a possible top overall draft pick.