The Houston Texans crumbled in their 6-20 Week 2 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, dropping them to an 0-2 record to kick off the new season for the second year in a row, this time with back-to-back losses on their home field.
The Houston Texans left Week 2 with more questions than answers after a 20-6 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. C.J. Stroud did whatever he could, but Houston could not turn those yards into a single offensive touchdown.
Houston Texans could not avoid a 0-2 start, falling 20-6 to Cincinnati Bengals at home. They moved the ball better than the score suggests, finishing with 374 total yards, but failed to score a touchdown.
DeMeco Ryans sounds like he has had seen enough. After the Houston Texans were shut out of the end zone in a 20-6 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the head coach challenged his biggest stars to match the impact of the opposition’s elite playmakers.
36 NFL quarterbacks have thrown for over 35,000 passing yards in their careers. How many of the 36 can you name in six minutes?
The Houston Texans dropped their second game in a row to kick off their 2026 season in Week 2, as the Cincinnati Bengals stuffed them for a humbling 6-20 defeat, as the Texans offense failed to score seven or more points in a game for the first time since 2024.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The Houston Texans are now 0-2 to begin the season after falling 20-6 to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. While C.J. Stroud did everything humanly possible to keep his team in it, his efforts were just not enough.
That was a tough watch. Coming off an underwhelming performance in Week 1 against the Buffalo Bills, the Houston Texans put together an even worse outing against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 2 for what was one of their more concerning losses in some time, falling in a 6-20 loss and beginning with an 0-2 record to start the new year.
Chase's quiet Week 1 was much ado about nothing.
Houston Texans safety Jalen Pitre helped set the tone just before the Week 2 kickoff. Houston gave up 36 points and 409 net yards to the Buffalo Bills last week, which was the most allowed over a 23-game span including the post-season.
The Houston Texans and Cincinnati Bengals have released their Week 2 inactives list right ahead of Sunday's kickoff. And for the Texans, they've ruled out an extra seven players from their 53-man roster for their gameday lineup.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
Just hours before Week 2 kicks off for the Sunday slate, there is a waiver wire target that more fantasy managers should be looking to pick up. That player is Dalton Schultz, who is rostered in only 20% of ESPN leagues and 50% of Yahoo leagues.
Nico Collins will miss the Houston Texans’ game Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals with a hamstring injury, and he is expected to miss next week’s game as well.
Week 2 presents another home test for the Houston Texans. The Cincinnati Bengals visit NRG Stadium in Houston for a 1 p.m. EDT kickoff on Sunday. The Texans are coming off a 36-31 loss to the Buffalo Bills, making this an important home game as they try to avoid an 0-2 start.
Melanie Collins marked a great start to the 2026 NFL season, co-hosting the first-ever ‘America’s Tailgate’ for CBS Sports, and will now be across the country covering games on the sideline.
The Texans were given a pair of tough tasks to open the season as they prepare to host the Bengals a week after just getting edged out by the Bills in Week 1.
Thursday updates indicated that Burrow would not be 100 percent for the Bengals' game at the 0-1 Houston Texans this coming Sunday after he developed "back tightness" ahead of Wednesday's practice.
Houston got bad news about Collins.
The Cincinnati Bengals are 1-0. Jon Gruden is not impressed.
While an 0-2 start might not be the end of the world, history has not been kind to such teams when it comes to making the playoffs. Three expected playoff teams find themselves in danger of such a start this week.
Anderson Jr. has his quarterback's back.
The Detroit Lions and Buffalo Bills each came away with wins in Week 1, but the way they went about doing so was completely different.
Cook nearly gifted the Texans with a turnover when he lost control of the football early in what became Buffalo's game-winning scoring drive.
While Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud produced solid numbers during this past Sunday's home game against the Buffalo Bills, he also lost a pair of fumbles in what became a 36-31 defeat.
Brady made it clear Tuesday that Allen's game-winning touchdown against the Houston Texans wasn't going to erase what happened one play earlier.
Who said Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen couldn't beat the big, bad Houston Texans?
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