NFL schedule 2024: Texans have critical stretch late in season | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

HOUSTON TEXANS ARE A TEAM THAT AS WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES LAST YEAR PLAYED EVERY GAME 1 OCLOCK EASTERN EXCEPT WEEK 18 WHEN THEY SLID TO THAT SATURDAY NIGHT AND WE SAW THEM BEAT THE COLTS AND WIN THE DIVISION A LOT OF GAMES IN PRIME TIME THIS YEAR FOR THE TEXANS 6 PRIME TIME OR STANDALONE GAMES AND YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE SOME SPOTS LATE IN THE YEAR WHERE THEY END UP AT 4:25 P.M. EASTERN LIKE THAT DOLPHINS GAME WEEK 15 COMING OUT OF THEIR BUY. WE'LL SEE THEM ON NBC OO CALEB WILLIAMS AND THE HOUSTON TEXANS GET TOGETHER THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SEASON. THEY'VE GOT A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME. THEY'VE GOT THE CHRISTMAS GAME. THEY'RE ANOTHER TEAM THAT DOES THE 4-DAY TURNAROUND TWICE. LATER IN THE YEAR THOUGH. IT'S NOT JAMMED TOGETHER EARLY LIKE IT IS FOR THE JETS. THEY'VE GOT THE MONDAY NIGHT GAME AT DALLAS. I WAS HOPING THAT WOULD BE THE THANKSGIVING AFTERNOON GAME. BUT STILL THAT'LL BE A HUGE WIN WEEK 11. 11 LIONS COME TO TOWN ANOTHER NBC GAME SO WE WILL GET TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THE TEXANS THIS YEAR. WE WE CAN'T JUST ASSUME THEY'RE GOING TO BE GREAT AGAIN. THEY'RE GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT TEAM A DIFFERENT VIBE A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE. HOW DO THEY REACT TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR UNEXPECTEDLY. WILL THEY STILL? YOU KNOW UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TOOK FOR THEM TO WIN THOSE GAMES. CAN THEY DO IT WITH MORE PEOPLE WATCHING THEY DID PLAY. WELL LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WERE IN BIG SPOTS. YES, THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE AT INDIANAPOLIS IN PRIME TIME. YEAH WHEN THEY HAD THAT PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE BROWNS AND BLEW THEM OFF THE FIELD AND THEY DID GIVE THE RAVENS. THEY DID GIVE THE RAVENS A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY IN THE DIVISIONAL ROUNDS. SO I'M I'M NOT ALL THAT WORRIED ABOUT THE TEXANS BACKSLIDING BUT IF THEY DO THEY'LL BE PLENTY. GAMES WHERE WE WATCH THE TEXANS BE MAYBE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE AS GOOD OR BETTER. REMEMBER THEY'RE THE ONLY TEAM EVER TO ADD A THOUSAND YARD RUSHER JOE MIXON A THOUSAND YARD RECEIVER STEFON DIGGS AND A GUY WHO HAD 10 OR MORE SACKS INTO NEIL HUNTER IN 1-OFF SEASON, SO WHILE THE OTHER TEAM IN, 1 OFF SEASON. SO WHILE THE THEY TEXANS WENT AS ALL IN AS THEY COULD. YEAH, THEY THEY THEY DID THE THE THE TEXANS MADE BIG MOVES THE TEXANS I THINK WOULD BE 1 OF THE TEAMS ON THE SHORT LIST THAT WE WENT WITH THEY WON THE OFFSEASON, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S THAT'S HOW I WOULD LOOK AT THE TEXANS AND THEN YOU COUPLE THAT WITH WAIT THEY HAVE THE NEW UP-AND-COMING SUPERSTAR AT QUARTERBACK, YOU KNOW PLAYING FOR THEM AND OF COURSE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE AND BRAVADO TO GO. HEY, WE WE GOT THIS GUY WE'RE GOING TO BE IN EVERY GAME RIGHT? SO THEY'RE THEY GOT EVERYTHING WORKING THEIR DEFENSE. WE KNOW I I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER. YOU'RE 2 IN THE SYSTEM THE TALENT IMPROVED BUT YEAH, THE SCHEDULE'S HARDER AND WITHIN THAT SCHEDULE IT IS THEIR DIVISION IS GOING TO BE HARDER THIS YEAR, RIGHT? I MEAN THE CULTS ARE THEY'RE A SOLID FOOTBALL TEAM AS WE KNOW AND IT'S HEY ANTHONY RICHARDSON, THE JAGUARS ARE GOING TO BE ON A MISSION. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE THE WAY YOU KNOW, THE THE THE YEAR ENDED FOR THEM LAST YEAR AND THEN YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF GOT THE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE TENNESSEE TITANS OKAY, BUT THEN THEY ALSO PLAY THE NFC NORTH AND I THINK YOU KNOW WE'D BE IN AGREEMENT AND MOST PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW FOOTBALL TO GO. HEY THE NFC NORTH IS AND THE LIONS ARE GOING TO BE THAT AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE BEARS WEEK 2 THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT ON THAT BEARS TEAM AND THE VIKINGS IN MINNESOTA NEVER EASY EITHER AND WE KNOW EVEN THOUGH IT'S A ROOKIE QUARTERBACK. OKANO, YOU KNOW JJ MCCARTHY IS BETTER THAN ANY OF THOSE BACKUPS. THEY THREW OUT THEIR LAST YEAR. SO LET'S JUST START THERE AS A BASELINE. HE'S BETTER THAN ALL OF THEM. SO I EXPECT BETTER OFFENSE AT ALL THOSE GAMES YOU SAW AT THE VERY LEAST, BUT YEAH GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE HOUSTON TEXANS ANSWERED THE CHALLENGE, UH THIS YEAR. AND KEVIN OCON IS GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN A FEW DAYS TO GET JJ MCCARTHY READY LIKE IT WAS RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT WITH JOSH DOSE AND OH, WE BETTER GO WITH NICK MULLENS, AND THEN WE GOT THIS GUY AND THEN WE GOT JIREN HALL AND WHATEVER SO YES, UH, IT IS GOING TO BE NOT EASY FOR THE TEXANS THIS YEAR. YOU GOT 1 MORE THING. WELL AT THE END OF THE SCHEDULE JUST LIKE IF THEY ARE THAT PLAYOFF TEAM AND WE ARE THINKING THAT WHAT THEY ARE THAT OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT LIKE HEY THE CHIEFS THE RAVENS THE DOLPHINS AND YOU KNOW 15/16 AND 7 THOSE WEEKS THERE. OH IF THE TEXANS ARE OF THE YOU KNOW CAPABLE OR IS CAPABLE AS WE THINK THEY FOR SEATING IN THE AFC AND HOW IT SHAKES OUT. AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT 2 OF THEM IN STANDALONE SPOTS BECAUSE IT'S THE SATURDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND THEN CHRISTMAS DAY THE RAVENS AT THE TEXANS A GAME THAT MAYBE WILL BE AND YOU KNOW, IT DEVELOPS AS THE SEASON UNFOLDS. MAYBE THAT'S GOING TO BE A GAME THAT DETERMINES THE NUMBER 1 SEED IN THE