The high of obliterating the hapless Baltimore Ravens 44-10 can only last so long. But hopefully that spark carries on for the next several months.<\/p>\n
Houston has rarely done well in nationally televised games, going 16-28 according to ChampsorChumps.us.<\/p>\n
A lot of those loses are due to short weeks, where the team didn\u2019t have enough time to prepare. Or coaching ineptitude by way of BO\u2019B, David Culley. etc.<\/p>\n
Now they have 1 of the 2 best coaches in Texans history, Demeco Ryans, and they\u2019ve had 2 full weeks to prepare.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, their opponent on Monday Night Football, the Seattle Seahawks, are coming off a 20-12 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars in week 6.<\/p>\n
The Texans and Seahawks have met in the regular season just 5 times to date, with the Fogbirds winning 4 of those matches. This time, the Texans bring Ryans, who was most recently the defensive coordinator of Seattle\u2019s division rival, the San Francisco 49ers. Does this give H-Town an advantage? Probably not, but people will say it does.<\/p>\n
Either way, if the Texans want to prove that their destruction of the Ravens wasn\u2019t just taking advantage of a team currently spiraling into the dirt, this is the game to do it.<\/p>\n
Seattle currently has the 10th ranked offensive in total yards gained, with 2138 (356.3 per game).<\/p>\n
Houston currently has the 4th ranked defense, with 1329 total yards against (265.8 per game).<\/p>\n
The Fogbirds defense sits at 13th place, with 1887 yards against (314.5 per game).<\/p>\n
The Texans offense is 20th, with 1572 yards gained (314.4 per game).<\/p>\n
Based on yardage alone, the edge goes to Houston. Unfortunately, that\u2019s not a locked-down predictor of NFL outcomes.<\/p>\n
Sam Darnold and Jaxon Smith-Njigba have been lighting opposing defenses on fire to the tune of 696 receiving yards for Smith-Njigba and 3 receiving touchdowns.<\/p>\n
C.J. Stroud and Nico Collins are woefully behind in the yards\/touchdowns stats, even though they\u2019ve played 1 less game. 312 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns is hardly where most expected Collins to sit coming out of the bye week, but here we are.<\/p>\n
Hopefully the week off did the team good and the extra days of preparation against Seattle will shine through on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Houston Texans Week 7 stats<\/p>\n
QB C.J. STROUD completed 23 of 27 atts. (85.2 pct.) for 244 yards & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 143.9 rating in Week 5, his 2nd-career game with 4+ TD passes. Aims for his 3rd in row with 75+ comp. pct., 2+ TD passes & 125+ rating.RB NICK CHUBB rushed for 61 yards & had 2nd rush TD of season in Week 5, his 53-career rush TD. Has 60+ scrimmage yards in 4 of 5 games this season. Had 139 scrimmage yards (122 rush, 17 rec.) & 2 rush TDs in his only career game vs. Sea. (10\/13\/19 w\/ Cle.). Has 8 TDs (7 rush, 1 rec.) in 9 career Monday games. Aims for his 4th in row in primetime with TD.WR NICO COLLINS has rec. TD in 3 of his past 4 & aims for his 3rd in row on road with TD catch. Aims for his 3rd in row on Monday & 5th in row overall with 50+ rec. yards. Had 5 catches for 69 yards in last meeting.WR CHRISTIAN KIRK led team with 64 rec. yards in Week 5. Has 75+ rec. yards in 3 of his 4 career Monday games.WR XAVIER HUTCHINSON had 1st 2 career rec. TDs in Week 5.WR JAYLIN NOEL (rookie) had 1st career TD catch in Week 5.TE DALTON SCHULTZ aims for his 4th in row with 5+ catches.DE DANIELLE HUNTER has 9.5 sacks & 11 TFL in his past 8 on Monday & aims for his 4th in row on Monday with 1.5+ sacks & 2+ TFL. Has 23 sacks & 31 TFL in 33 career primetime games. Aims for his 3rd in row at Sea. with sack.DE WILL ANDERSON has TFL in 4 of 5 games this season & aims for his 4th in row on road with TFL.LB E.J. SPEED has 12+ tackles & 2+ TFL in 2 of his past 3 primetime games.LB HENRY TO\u2019OTO\u2019O aims for his 6th in row in primetime with TFL.LB AZEEZ AL-SHAAIR has PD in 3 of his past 4. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Sea. with TFL.CB KAMARI LASSITER had 1st INT of season in Week 5.S JALEN PITRE had 2nd-career game with 2 INTs in Week 5.<\/p>\n
Remember the mention of Ryans coaching for the 49ers? He certainly remembers more than that:<\/p>\n
Seattle Seahawks Week 7 Stats<\/p>\n
QB SAM DARNOLD passed for 295 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 121.7 rating in Week 6, his 4th-straight game with 110+ rating, most in NFL this season. Since 2024, has 17 games with 100+ rating, most in NFL during span. Aims for his 3rd in row at home with 2+ TD passes & 135+ rating. Had 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 119.2 rating in his last start vs. Hou. (9\/22\/24 w\/ Min.).RB KENNETH WALKER has 50 + scrimmage yards in 4 of his past 5 & aims for his 3rd in row at home with 50+ scrimmage yards. Has 307 scrimmage yards (102.3 per game) & 5 rush TDs in 3 career Monday games, incl. 75+ rush yards & rush TD in each game.RB ZACH CHARBONNET aims for his 3rd in row at home with rush TD.WR JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA had 8 catches for 162 yards & 3rd TD catch of season last week & aims for his 3rd in row with 8+ receptions, 125+ rec. yards & rec. TD. Leads NFL with 696 rec. yards in 2025, incl. NFL-high 4 games with 100+ rec. yards. Aims for his 10th in row at home with 5+ catches & 50+ rec. yards.WR COOPER KUPP had 1st rec. TD of season last week, his 58th-career TD catch. Has 5+ catches in each of his 8 career Monday games & aims for his 6th in row on Monday with 80+ rec. yards.TE AJ BARNER ranks tied-2nd among TEs with 4 rec. TDs in 2025.DE LEONARD WILLIAMS has 0.5+ sacks in 4 of his past 5.DT BYRON MURPHY had career-high 2 sacks last week.LB DEMARCUS LAWRENCE had 1st 2 sacks of season in Week 6. Has 10 sacks & 10 TFL in 7 career Monday games.LB UCHENNA NWOSU has 4 sacks in his past 3. Aims for his 3rd in row on Monday with sack & FF.LB ERNEST JONES has 5+ tackles in 21 straight games, 4th-longest active streak.LB DRAKE THOMAS has sack in 2 of his past 3. Aims for his 4th in row with TFL.S COBY BRYANT aims for his 3rd in row with TFL.<\/p>\n
If you hop in the truck right now, you can likely make the 35 hour drive from NRG to Lumen Field in plenty of time for Monday\u2019s matchup. Grab a seat next to UprootedTexan and the rest of the Traveling Texans and cheer the good guys on to victory!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The high of obliterating the hapless Baltimore Ravens 44-10 can only last so long. But hopefully that spark…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,6720],"class_list":["post-6703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-texans-game-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}