Here are Texans challenges we're watching in projected cakewalk versus Jets

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Coming off an exciting win over the Denver Broncos, the Houston Texans now shift their attention to a showdown with the New York Jets this Sunday.

Behind enemy lines

At this early stage in the week, it's still unclear who the Jets will be starting at QB. There are rumors that Zach Wilson could be back in the mix, but if not, the Jets will likely roll with Trevor Siemien or newly signed Brett Rypien as Tim Boyle was released on Tuesday.

Points figure to be hard to come by for New York, as they are 30th in the league in points scored at 14.3 per game. Vegas agrees that this looks like a low scoring affair, with this game having the third-lowest total of the week at 33.5. Houston is currently favored to win by 6.5 points.

Editor's note: The total for the game has shifted since the recording of the video. The numbers above reflect the current odds as of this writing.

The Jets much like the Broncos struggle to defend the run (27th in rushing yards against), but the Texans have been unable to get the ground game going for much of the season.

Houston will look to get points through the air with CJ Stroud, but yards won't come easy. The Jets are third in passing yards against per game at 176.58.

The Texans will get their first taste of life without star rookie Tank Dell, and Nico Collins could have to deal with All-Pro corner Sauce Gardner for most of the day.

We'll learn a lot about the Texans offense sans Dell this Sunday. Robert Woods and Noah Brown are going to have to do better than zero combined receptions, like they recorded against Denver.

Be sure to watch the full early preview in the video above as we cover all the angles and share our predictions for the game.

Go Texans!

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The Rangers beat the Astros, 5-1. Composite Getty Image.

Marcus Semien hit his 250th career home run and Adolis García also went deep to back up a strong start by Nathan Eovaldi and give the Texas Rangers a 5-1, series clinching victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Eovaldi (7-3) limited Houston to five hits and a run with eight strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings for his third straight win.

Houston starter Hunter Brown (9-4) allowed five hits and four runs while striking out eight in five innings as the AL West leaders lost for the fifth time in six games. It was the second straight tough outing for the All-Star, who gave up a season-high six runs in his last start against Cleveland.

Wyatt Langford walked to open the second and the Rangers made it 1-0 when he scored on a triple by Evan Carter. There were two outs in the inning when Carter scored on a ground-rule double by Ezequiel Duran to push the lead to 2-0.García’s third homer in the last four games put Texas ahead 3-0 with two outs in the third inning.

Carter doubled to start the fourth and Kyle Higashioka singled before Carter scored on a sacrifice fly by Alejandro Osuna to make it 4-0.

The Astros cut it to 4-1 on a home run by Zack Short with no outs in the sixth inning.

Semien’s shot with one out in the eighth inning was his second of the series and gave him 250 in his 13-year career.

Key moment

Texas jumping on Brown for two runs in the second inning to take the lead for good.

Key stat

García’s 20 home runs against the Astros since 2021 are the most of any player in that span.

Up next

The Astros open the second half of the season Friday night at Seattle, and the Rangers host Detroit on the same night.

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