Oct 30, 2025
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The Denver Broncos will look to extend their streak to six games when they visit the Houston Texans on Sunday
In a key matchup, the Texance High-rated defense will face the high-scoring Broncos
Denver (6-2) vs Houston (3-4)
Sunday at 1 p.m.ET on FOX.
Against the spread: Broncos 3-4-1, Texas 3-4.
Record Series: Broncos arahi 6-4.
Last meeting: Texans beat Houston Broncos 22-17 on December 3, 2023.
Last week the BRONCOS beat the Cowboys 44-24.Texas won the 49ers 46-15.
Broncos Offense: Total (9), Rushing (T3), Passing (14), Scoring (10)
Broncos Defense: Total (5), Speed (10), Passing (7), Scoring (5)
Offensive Articles: Overall (17), Rush (17), Pass (16), Stream (20)
Defensive Scores: Overall (1), Rush (5), Passes (4), Punts (1)
Billing Differential: Broncos-minus 1;Texans-plus 4
A Broncos player to watch
ILB Dre Greenlaw is back from a one-game suspension for berating a referee after his first game in Denver two weeks ago.Greenlaw was happy with the Broncos' free agent acquisition, but a strained quadriceps hampered him all offseason and sidelined him for the first 1.5 months of the season.He eventually returned against the New York Giants and made six tackles in just 21 snaps.The Broncos are without star cornerback Patrick Surtain II, who is out with an injury.He's happy to have him back in the lineup. His absence will change the way coordinator Vance Joseph operates his defense.
Texas players to watch
QB CJ Stroud.He's having his best game of the season, recording season highs in catches (30) and yards (318) and throwing two touchdown passes.He completed passes from nine different players to lead the offense despite missing star receiver Nico Collins due to a concussion.Stroud has one interception and five touchdown passes in three home games this season.
Houston's top quarterback and Denver's top kicker. The Texans lead the NFL in both passing yards (266.9) and points allowed (14.7).The Broncos are hot, as they were on a drug addiction two weeks ago against Dallas.Over the past two games, they have combined for more than 69 points over the past two games.They were led on consecutive three-and-outs to start the week's game, limiting them to just five minutes in the first half.
Broncos: Surtain will miss several weeks after straining his left pectoral muscle last week ... TE Nate Adkins (knee) is also expected to miss several games after suffering an injury against the Cowboys.He was the team's best player until 41-year-old Marcedes Lewis, a 20-year NFL veteran, was signed this week.. WR-KR Marvin Mims Jr. has been in the concussion protocol all week after being injured on a kickoff return Sunday in the final minutes when he shouldn't have been in the game.
Texans: Collins returned to practice this week and is expected to play Sunday.... WR Christian Kirk said he expects to play Sunday after missing last week's game with a hamstring injury.... WR Braxton Berrios is expected to play after suffering a pectoral injury last week.... TE Dalton Schultz is expected to play Sunday despite knee and shoulder injuries that have kept him out of practice this week.... DE Dylan Horton could miss the game after suffering a knee injury last week.... a week.
Denver had won the two previous games before Houston won in 2023...and Houston won again in 2007 by the exact same score.
Statistics and topics
The Denver Broncos are off to their best eight-game start since 2016, when they also started 6-2... The Broncos are the first team in NFL history to rack up 35 sacks through the first eight games of the season while allowing fewer than 10 sacks in that span... RB J.K.Dobbins now has two 100-yard rushing games.He is the first Broncos.marking Latavius Murray's return in 2022 for the most times in a season... QB Bo Nix is coming off his third career game with at least four touchdown passes.He is third most among all quarterbacks since the start of the 2024 season, behind only Lamar Jackson (five) and Baker Mayfield (four).Nix has played 16 games in a row.third-longest throw in NFL... Houston RB Nick Chubb had at least 60 yards of offense in five of seven games this season.He had a touchdown reception in his last game against Denver last season with Cleveland... RB Woody Marks had 111 yards last week and is one of four starters this season with at least two games of 110 yards or more this season.Collins has had eight of at least 50 yards receiving in his last nine games.He had nine receptions for 191 yards and a touchdown in his last game against Denver.… WR Xavier Hutchinson had a career-high 69 yards and a third career TD catch last week.… Rookie WR Jaylin Noel had a career-high five receptions last week.… DE Will Anderson had his fifth of the season.He is six of seven this season.games had a tackle for loss and two sacks in his previous game against Denver.… DE Danielle Hunter has 8 ½ sacks and 11 tackles for loss in her last six home games.He had a sack and two tackles for loss in his previous game against Denver in 2023 with Minnesota.… CB Derek Stingley had four passes defensed and two sacks in his previous game against Denver.interception... CB Kamari Lassiter had his fifth career interception last week... S Jalen Pitre had his 20th career loss last week.He is the only defensive back in the NFL since 2022 with at least 20 tackles for loss and 25 passes defensed (26).
Collins would be a great Pickup and the 16th of his 21st season coming to Houston.
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