Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF

[BillsFan619]

Huge win today. Way to go, Buffalo!

 

I don’t care how you do it, just stay healthy and take down the Texans to keep pace with the Pats.

 

Go Bills!

 

 

[Billsfanatic8989]

Texans have an elite defense. So....this is going to be a struggle for the offense.

 

In a weird way I think the defense might struggle more vs Stroud than Mills

Edited 18 hours ago by Billsfanatic8989

[sven233]

Yup....it was great to celebrate this win for a few hours, but it's time to turn the page with the quick turnaround on Thursday.

 

The offense showing signs of life with explosive plays was encouraging today, but this is a whole new level of test against the Texans defense.  The team as a whole may not be great, but make no mistake about it.....their defense is elite.  It was fun to light it up on offense today, but it is highly unlikely we have the same kind of success against this defense on Thursday night.  I think getting into the mid 20s would be a huge accomplishment against this defense.  Legit test and Allen will have to be at his best for us to have success.

 

If you thought it was tough sledding on the ground today, it will not get any easier on Thursday.  I think this is going to be a game where your philosophy has to change on offense.  You won't be able to just throw 13 personnel out there all day and dominate on the ground and hope your passing game can make a few plays on every drive to control the clock.  This is not a defense you can expect to play "complimentary football" and have multiple 10 play drives against.  Not going to happen.  You are going to have to beat them with explosives and hope you can score fast on enough drives and that the defense can do enough to hold the Texans offense down to out-score them.  This is a legit test against a team that ate our offense for lunch the last time we played them.

Edited 18 hours ago by sven233

[billsfan89]

5 minutes ago, Billsfanatic8989 said:

Texans have an elite defense. So....this is going to be a struggle for the offense.

 

In a weird way I think the defense might struggle more vs Stroud than Mills

Thursday games are always so funky we could see a 28-31 shootout as much as we could see a 14-17 defensive matchup.

4 minutes ago, sven233 said:

Yup....it was great to celebrate this win for a few hours, but it's time to turn the page with the quick turnaround on Thursday.

 

The offense showing signs of life with explosive plays was nice, but this is a whole new level of test against the Texans defense.  The team as a whole may not be great, but make no mistake about it.....their defense is elite.  It was fun to light it up on offense today, but it is highly unlikely we have the same kind of success against this defense on Thursday night.  I think getting into the mid 20s would be a huge accomplishment against this defense.  Legit test and Allen will have to be at his best for us to have success.

One thing I liked was that without a ground game to work off of Josh was able to just throw the ball down the field and be successful. He’s never done that this season. It was so successful a passing offense that for the first time this season I wanted them to throw 

[BuffaloBillyG]

Gonna curb stomp em.

[VW82]

I'd like to know what the plan is on the Dline. More TJ Sanders pretending to be a DE? Is Bosa's arm now perma-injured? Who can we still sign off the couch to play meaningful snaps?

[Dr Krentist]

I always thought teams play only one Thursday game. Why are they playing this Thursday? They already played the Dolphins on a Thursday.

[DapperCam]

Really hope Coleman isn’t active again. In theory his punishment could be one game if they were serious about it just being for disciplinary reasons.

 

 

[bills6969]

I have PTSD from our prior games in Houston

[GolfandBills]

Cook please… Run right at them up the middle 

[BillsFooteball]

Any weakness on the Texans defense? They rank within top 5 every defensive category. Tough matchup 

[Buffalo Ballin]

Another loss for us. Their defense a lot tougher than Buccaneers. Looks like Texans is number one in overall defense.

 

Trap game, too. Josh Allen gave it his all this Sunday. Does he have anything in the tank for a quick turnaround?

 

And as usual, our defense will not step up to get crucial 3rd down stops.

Edited 12 hours ago by Buffalo Ballin

[boco357]

5 straight losses in Houston, last win there in 2006.

[Scott7975]

We need to win this one to keep pace. They have a stout D but it’s beatable. It’s a Thursday game which throws a wrinkle in it. Always tough to play on Thursday. 

[gobills404]

The more aggressive passing against the Bucs was fun but it ain’t gonna work against this team. Gotta find a way to get the run game going again and avoid turnovers. Their offense is very stoppable if they don’t get any short fields.

4 hours ago, BillsFooteball said:

Any weakness on the Texans defense? They rank within top 5 every defensive category. Tough matchup 

Missed tackles, especially in the secondary. Would be a nice game for Shakir to show off his YAC ability. And maybe they’ve corrected it since but as of a month ago they were bad defending outside zone runs.

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Houston has struggled to slow that type of run this season. They rank 30th in the NFL in EPA/rush on runs outside the tackles, and 25th in DVOA in defending outside zone runs.

https://www.hawkblogger.com/2025/10/tale-of-the-tape-texans-will-test-seahawks-with-elite-defense.html

[Urban Achievers]

Playing in Houston is like playing n Jacksonville… just weird.

[Psautcsk]

10 hours ago, sven233 said:

Yup....it was great to celebrate this win for a few hours, but it's time to turn the page with the quick turnaround on Thursday.

 

The offense showing signs of life with explosive plays was encouraging today, but this is a whole new level of test against the Texans defense.  The team as a whole may not be great, but make no mistake about it.....their defense is elite.  It was fun to light it up on offense today, but it is highly unlikely we have the same kind of success against this defense on Thursday night.  I think getting into the mid 20s would be a huge accomplishment against this defense.  Legit test and Allen will have to be at his best for us to have success.

 

If you thought it was tough sledding on the ground today, it will not get any easier on Thursday.  I think this is going to be a game where your philosophy has to change on offense.  You won't be able to just throw 13 personnel out there all day and dominate on the ground and hope your passing game can make a few plays on every drive to control the clock.  This is not a defense you can expect to play "complimentary football" and have multiple 10 play drives against.  Not going to happen.  You are going to have to beat them with explosives and hope you can score fast on enough drives and that the defense can do enough to hold the Texans offense down to out-score them.  This is a legit test against a team that ate our offense for lunch the last time we played them.

This is a Keon Coleman game. JK

[Sierra Foothills]

11 hours ago, BillsFan619 said:

Huge win today. Way to go, Buffalo!

 

I don’t care how you do it, just stay healthy and take down the Texans to keep pace with the Pats.

 

Go Bills!

 

If people are buying their Thanksgiving turkeys, it's about time to post this:

 

To Break A Tie Within A Division (Two Clubs): If, at the end of the regular season, two or more clubs in the same division finish with identical won-lost-tied percentages, the following steps will be taken until a champion is determined.

• Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games between the clubs).
• Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division.
• Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games.
• Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
• Strength of victory in all games.
• Strength of schedule in all games
• Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed in all games.
• Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed in all games.
• Best net points in common games.
• Best net points in all games.
• Best net touchdowns in all games.
• Coin toss

 

11 hours ago, Billsfanatic8989 said:

In a weird way I think the defense might struggle more vs Stroud than Mills

 

You mean the reverse?

 

11 hours ago, billsfan89 said:

Thursday games are always so funky we could see a 28-31 shootout as much as we could see a 14-17 defensive matchup.

 

Also it seems like there's more blowouts on Thursday nights than on Sundays... just an impression.

 

10 hours ago, VW82 said:

Is Bosa's arm now perma-injured? Who can we still sign off the couch to play meaningful snaps?

 

He played without the club yesterday...did I miss something?

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Sierra Foothills

[oldmanfan]

Just go out there and take care of business.  

[T.E.]

3 hours ago, gobills404 said:

The more aggressive passing against the Bucs was fun but it ain’t gonna work against this team. Gotta find a way to get the run game going again and avoid turnovers.

It can work against every team. We've gotta stop worrying about what the opposing defense does well and adjusting to that. Just go out there and let the best player in the league take control and impose his will.