Scouting the Houston Texans, Cleveland's Week 10 Opponent

The Houston Texans are scheduled to take a United Airlines chartered Boeing 777 from Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport to Cleveland Hopkins Airport on Saturday. Normally, that would be just assumed, and we wouldn’t get into the minutiae, but after the nationwide FAA ground stop Friday, throwing a monkey wrench into flight plans everywhere, nothing can be assumed.

As it stands, the Texans are scheduled to leave at 11:30 a.m. CST on Saturday from IAH, arriving into CLE at 3:05 p.m. EST. So, any concern that flight issues might delay or potentially postpone Sunday’s game can be put to rest, barring any additional problems. The ground stop was lifted late Friday night after several hours of no flights.

Two Former Buckeyes Look to top Browns

You’ll notice in the photo, we used Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud and wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. in a photo when they were celebrating a touchdown playing for The Ohio State University. That’s when we liked them! Ha. Just kidding. I, personally, want to see all Buckeyes do well, even when they are on the Baltimore Ravens or Pittsburgh Steelers. Harrison won’t be play in Sunday’s game due to a hamstring injury.

The Texans rank eighth in the NFL in passing yardage (2,258 yards) with 16 touchdowns and just two interceptions, with a 104.1 QB Rating. They’ve managed 32 pass plays of 20 or more yards, and seven pass plays of 40 or more yards. All but seven of those yards are credited to Stroud, who has completed 64.2% of his pass attempts, and he has been sacked 16 times. He also has run for 100 yards with a score.

Texans wide receiver Nico Collins (a Michigan guy – boo!), leads the team with 384 receiving yards on 28 catches and 38 targets with four touchdowns despite missing two games. Tight end Dalton Schultz is second on the teams with 364 yards, and he leads the team with 35 receptions, but he had yet to find the end zone this season.

Wide receiver Jaylin Noel (19-331-2), wide receiver Kayshon Boutte (19-319-2), wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson (24-287-2) and wide receiver Tank Dell (5-148-1) give Stroud a cadre of downfield threats despite Harrison being on the mend.

Woody Marks vs. Cleveland Rushing Defense