In a pure box score sense, the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens are winners on Christmas Day, while the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans are losers. But after the league’s first Wednesday afternoon slate of games, we also want to take a look at some of the bigger-picture winners and losers. Winner: Kansas City’s offense Just … Read more
DJ Bien-Aime Close DJ Bien-Aime ESPN DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show, “Talkin’ Texans.” Jamison Hensley Close Jamison Hensley … Read more
The Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans are both headed to the playoffs this season, and while the Texans know they’ll be hosting a game in the first round, the Ravens still may wind up as a wild-card team once January rolls around. That’s part of the intrigue of this Christmas Day matchup that could be … Read more
Tanked. That’s essentially the word that keeps popping into my head in regards to the state of the Texans wide receiver room after Tank Dell went down with another gruesome injury. After all, this is a team that has been absolutely ravaged by pass-catching injuries this year with season-ending torn ACLs for both Stefon Diggs … Read more
The Baltimore Ravens will try to stay hot when they battle the Houston Texans in a key 2024 NFL Christmas Day matchup. Baltimore is coming off a 34-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, while the Houston Texans were beaten, 27-19, at Kansas City. The Ravens (10-5), who are tied for first in the AFC North, … Read more
Bobby Slowik knows that he needs to get Joe Mixon back on track. The Texans’ run game, which has carried an inconsistent offense all season, has sputtered in recent weeks. Mixon averaged 95.5 rushing yards per game over his first eight games of the season. In his past four appearances, that’s down to 50.8, including … Read more
The Week 16 NFL schedule brings a pair of thrilling matchups on Saturday, with both games looming large for playoff seeding in the AFC. Kansas City (13-1) hosts Houston (9-5) in the first game of the doubleheader, while Baltimore (9-5) hosts Pittsburgh (10-4) later in the day. The Chiefs, who have quarterback Patrick Mahomes (ankle) … Read more
The Week 16 NFL schedule brings Saturday games for the first time this season as a quartet of AFC contenders will enjoy the spotlight. The Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs kick things off at 1 p.m. ET and Patrick Mahomes has been cleared to play after dealing with a high ankle sprain. He has … Read more
CJ Stroud is set to lead the Houston Texans into the playoffs for the second straight season. The second overall pick enjoyed a sensational debut campaign, winning Offensive Rookie of the Year after throwing for over 4,000 yards and 23 touchdowns to just five interceptions. 3 Stroud has not lit up the NFL in the … Read more
DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNDec 20, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show, “Talkin’ Texans.” HOUSTON — … Read more