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Within the Houston Texans ' 40-20 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 15, the offense saw an unexpected breakout from 2024 sixth-round pick Jawhar Jordan in his first-ever NFL game to help command the backfield while Woody Marks was sidelined with an ankle injury.
The Houston Texans beat the Arizona Cardinals to stay in the playoff hunt on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Texans' mascot, Toro, was honored at halftime after being inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame.
The Arizona Cardinals lost on Sunday 40-20 to the Houston Texans. It was again an awful loss. However, while the saying "adding insult to injury," on Sunday, the Cardinals added injuries to insult. There were three notable injuries to Cardinals players during the game we will have to pay attention to this coming week.
In the process of the Houston Texans ' sixth-straight win vs. the Arizona Cardinals, 40-20, that now lifts them to 9-5 on the regular season, wide receiver Nico Collins was able to find his way to yet another year of 1,000 receiving yards to make for his third-straight campaign of accomplishing said feat.
Cardinals star Trey McBride had a monster game against the Texans, an issue they'll want to address as they face another top tight end this weekend.
The Arizona Cardinals' woes vs. the Houston Texans get worse after Bam Knight suffered an injury that led to him being carted off the field.
The model projects another Texans win as they continue their push to win the AFC South for the third year in a row. Houston wins outright in more than 70% of model simulations, and it also covers 53% of the time. The model does like the Over, giving Over 42.5 a 'B' grade as that side hits 62% of the time.
But with the task of the Cardinals at hand on their home field, the Texans still won't be overlooking the opposition en route to try and extend the streak to six. And for Houston's star pass-rusher, Will Anderson Jr., that starts with handing some major respect to Jacoby Brissett and what he can do for Arizona's offense.