Texans vs. Cowboys: 3 Bold Predictions for Sunday Night Football
Sunday Night Football features an all Texas lineup with the Houston Texans hosting the Dallas Cowboys where a lot can and will happen in Week 5.
Predictions can be fun each and every week when the NFL takes place, but this week is a little more special with the Houston Texans hosting an in-state rival, the Dallas Cowboys, on Sunday Night Football in front of a national audience.
The Texans need a good showing in this primetime game to prove to everyone that they are the real deal and not as bad as their record says they are. To prove the many naysayers wrong is all in the hands of the Texans and their coaching staff because there is a lot that needs fixed for the Texans to prove they are a tough team to face.
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Houston finally finished a game last week with the higher score when they defeated the Indianapolis Colts in overtime by a 37-34 score in Indianapolis. Sunday Night Football is just the second home game of the 2018 season. This is a needed experience as the first home game in Week 3 against the New York Giants was an embarrassing loss to a team they should have defeated.
Now with another NFC East team visiting NRG Stadium, all the chips are in the middle of the table so to speak. The Texans need to be all in for this game because a win would be a big moment no only for this season, but for the franchise as the last time they’ve defeated the Cowboys was back in 2002, which was the first game in franchise history.
As for the Cowboys, they haven’t had the season they’ve wanted either. The Cowboys have two wins and for the most part this season have under performed offensively, and on the defensive side as a whole they have not done much as a complete team. Sure the Cowboys have had some good individual performances with the play of Demarcus Lawrence thus far this season, but more players have to step up.
What will be worth keeping an eye on that doesn’t involve the superstars of the two teams will be how the defensive backfields play. The Texans have the advantage for the simple fact the Cowboys have to defend the duo of DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller, but a player to watch for the Texans defensive backfield to cover is Dallas wide receiver Tavon Austin because he has such great big-play ability at any time in the game.
Here are 3 bold predictions for this game as the Texans host the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football.