Jacksonville is in a full-on spiral after suffering one of the most embarrassing losses of the last decade-plus on Sunday, falling on the road to the Tennessee Titans in a 20-0 shutout. It was the first time the Jaguars have been held scoreless in a game since 2009, and the team now sits at 2-11 in what has been a disastrous season.
Next up is a home battle against a Houston Texans team that hasn’t fared much better. The Texans defeated the Jags resoundingly in Week 1 in a 37-21 game, but they haven’t found much success since then and sit at 2-11, as well. Another team with a first-year head coach in David Culley, the Texans were widely expected to be the worst team in football this season, and they’ve certainly been among the worst.
But they have an opportunity to get right this week against a team that may be struggling even more. With that being said, though, this is a Houston roster with a multitude of deficiencies that isn’t particularly good at any one thing, and for that reason, it could present a winnable matchup. But the Jags have had a lot of winnable matchups this season, and most of those haven’t gone particularly well.
With that in mind, here are four things to know about this week’s matchup.