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Courtesy of NFL Communications, I give you these numbers, notes, and food for thought as your Houston Texans head to Nashville for another showdown with the Titans.
SERIES
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TEXANS |
TITANS |
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SERIES LEADER |
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15-12 |
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STREAKS |
6 of past 7 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Bill O’Brien: 3-0 |
Mike Mularkey: 1-2 |
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LAST WEEK |
W 16-10 at Colts |
L 33-16 at Patriots |
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LAST GAME |
11/1/15: Titans 6 at Texans 20. Houston QB Brian Hoyer throws for 235 yards & 2 TDs. Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins has 8 catches for 94 yards & TD. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
10/26/14: Texans 30, Titans 16. Houston RB Arian Foster rushes for 151 yards & 2 TDs & adds TD catch. Texans QB Ryan Fitzpatrick throws for 227 yards & TD. |
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REFEREE |
Brad Allen |
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BROADCAST |
CBS (12:00 PM CT): Spero Dedes, Solomon Wilcots. SIRIUS: 93 (Hou), 119 (Ten). XM: 227 (Ten). |
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STATS
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PASSING |
Hoyer: 199-329-60.5-18-6-93.0 OR Weeden: 199-329-2357-18-6-93.0 |
Mettenberger: 69-102-663-3-5-74.9 |
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RUSHING |
Blue: 147-551-3.7-2 |
Andrews: 141-519-3.7-3 |
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RECEIVING |
Hopkins: 97 (T2C)-1315 (2C)-13.6-10 |
Walker (TE): 76-935-12.3-6 |
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OFFENSE |
345.1 |
321.4 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
-1 |
-11 |
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DEFENSE |
320.8 (2C) |
344.1 |
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SACKS |
Watt: 13.5 (T2L) |
Casey, Orakpo: 7 |
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INTs |
Hal: 3 |
Brown, Sensabaugh: 2 |
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PUNTING |
Lechler: 47.0 |
Kern: 47.2 |
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KICKING |
Novak: 61 (22/24 PAT; 13/15 FG) |
Succop: 65 (26/28 PAT; 13/15 FG) |
TEXANS:
Houston earned its first-ever win in Indianapolis last week.
In his past 9 games, QB BRIAN HOYER has passed for 2,121 yards, 17 TDs, 5 INTs, and a 95.3 rating. He has 2+ TD passes in 7 of his past 9 games.
In his Texans debut last week, QB BRANDON WEEDEN completed 11 of 18 passes (61.1%) for 105 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs, and a 95.8 rating.
Last week, RB ALFRED BLUE rushed for 107 yards (his third career 100-yard game). Blue leads the team with a career-high 551 rushing yards.
In his past 12 games, WR DEANDRE HOPKINS has 83 receptions for 1,164 yards and 8 TDs. Hopkins has 5 TDs in his past 7 games. He ranks second in the AFC with 1,315 receiving yards and needs only 85 more to join ANDRE JOHNSON as the only Texans with a 1,400-yard receiving season. In his last two meetings with the Titans, Nuk has 17 catches for 332 yards and 3 TDs.
In his past 19 games, J.J. WATT has 24.5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, a safety, 7 PDs, and a TD catch. Since 2011, Watt leads the NFL with 70.5 sacks. He needs only 1.5 more sacks to join Hall of Famer REGGIE WHITE (3) as the only players with 15+ sacks in 3 of their first 5 NFL seasons.
LB WHITNEY MERCILUS has 8.5 sacks in his past 9 games, including 1 last week.
TITANS:
Last week, QB ZACH METTENBERGER completed 20 of 28 passes (71.4%) for a season-high 242 yards with 2 TDs for a 91.7 rating. Last year, Mettenberger made his first NFL start on 09/23/14 versus Houston and completed 27 of 41 passes (65.9%) for 299 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, and a 93.4 rating.
RB ANTONIO ANDREWS had 70 yards from scrimmage versus New England.
WR KENDALL WRIGHT (248) needs two more receptions to reach 250 for his career.
Rookie WR DORIAL GREEN-BECKHAM has 100+ receiving yards in 2 of his past 3 games, including 6 receptions for a team-high 113 yards versus the Patriots.
TE DELANIE WALKER leads the team with a career-high 935 receiving yards and needs 65 more to become the first Titans TE with a 1,000-yard season.
LB AVERY WILLIAMSON leads the team with 86 tackles.
Since 2011, DT JURRELL CASEY ranks third among AFC DTs with 28 sacks, including 1 last week versus the Patriots.
DT KARL KLUG has 2.5 sacks in his past 3 games and aims for his fourth game in a row with 0.5+ sack.
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