3. Season’s beatings
It could sound like sour grapes, but the Thanksgiving matchup with the Detroit Lions does Houston no favors.
The Turkey Day encounter is very dissimilar to a Thursday night game. First off, the Texans go on the road whereas they have been at home on Thursday night the past two seasons. Second off, and more importantly, the game is at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. That’s a half-day worth of recovery from the Sunday matchup with the New England Patriots the Texans will be missing out on.
Win or lose, the Texans are rewarded with 10 days off as the battle for the division intensifies in December.