Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Will Jared Goff keep the Lions firing on all cylinders on Sunday Night Football? Coming into the season, the Week 10 matchup between the Detroit Lions and Houston Texans was one that many had circled on their calendars. This was always going to be a game between two of the best teams in each conference and a potential Super Bowl preview. The Texans and Lions will wrap up the Sunday slate on games and hopefully play an exciting game. While the Texans haven’t looked as good as some expected coming into the year, they still sit at 6-3 and lead the AFC South. The offensive line has taken a step back and with Nico Collins on injured reserve, the offense has lacked explosiveness. Collins should be back in the lineup on Sunday Night, giving CJ Stroud his favorite target back in the offense. Following a slow start despite just one loss, the Lions have seemingly hit their stride. The Lions won their first three games by one score, but have seemed dominant at times over the last month. Quarterback Jared Goff has completed at least 80 percent of his passes in three straight games. The defense added a pass rusher at the trade deadline and the offense looks like the best in the NFL. This is a true Super Bowl contender. According to FanDuel Sportsbook, the Lions are 3.5-point favorites on the road. These are two teams trending in the opposite direction. The Lions are hitting on all cylinders while the Texans have lost two of their last three. Still, the Texans are undefeated at home and Nico Collins should be back. They may not win, but expect them to make this close The Pick: Texans (+3.5) Season Record: 12-18
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Detroit Lions at Houston Texans: Sunday Night Football Discussion
Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Wrapping up an NFL Sunday With nearly all of Week 10 in the National Football League in the books, it’s time for Sunday Night Football on NBC, where we’ll see the Houston Texans play host to the Detroit Lions. The Lions currently sit half a game ahead of our Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North race with Minnesota’s win today, and would still technically be in first place should they lose tonight. The Vikings thumped Houston when these two teams played back in Week 3, but hopefully they can do us a solid tonight. Here’s how we’re picking tonight’s game, courtesy of the folks from Tallysight. As always, we remind you that lines and numbers may vary based on when everyone made their picks, and if you want to see what things look like during the game you can always check with our friends from FanDuel. If you’ll be watching tonight’s game, feel free to hang out and watch it here with your fellow Vikings fans. You can talk about the game or just about anything else, including the purple’s epic victory earlier today. Enjoy the games, everyone!
Sunday Night Football: Detroit Lions @ Houston Texans Open Live Thread & Game Information
Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images This evening’s edition of Sunday Night Football features the traveling Detroit Lion and the hosting Houston Texans. The Lions enter week 10 with a 7 and 1 record and first place in the NFC North. Detriot is on a 6 game win streak including their intradivisional win last weekend over the Green Bay Packers, 24 to 14. The Texans have been more up and down that the Lions this season but still hold a 6 and 3 record and first place in the AFC South. The Texans are fresh off a loss to the New York Jets last weekend, 21 to 13. Please use this thread to follow this evening’s Sunday Night Football game between the Detriot Lions and the Houston Texans, as always, your Miami Dolphins. Please follow all site rules in the live threads and other posts on The Phinsider. Please remember that SBNation is strictly against the sharing of illegal game streams. Sharing, discussing, or requesting illegal game streams may result in a temporary suspension from the site or a ban from the entire SBN platform. Detriot Lions (7-1) 1st NFC North @ Houston Texans (6-2) 1st AFC South Kickoff: 8:20 p.m. EST, Sunday, November 10th Location: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texans TV Broadcast: NBC FANDUEL Sportsbook betting Odds: Lions -3.5; Point total: 48.5; Moneyline: VikingsLions -178 | Texans +150 —My Pick: The Lions to cover. The Lions are one of the best teams in the NFL right now and not much seems to be slowing them down at this point unless they suffer some key injuries. The Texans on the other hand have played well this season but it seems as of late if starting quarterback C.J. Stroud has entered his “sophomore slump”. I still expect Houston to do well the rest of the season, making the playoffs, but they will struggle a bit this evening against a clearly better team at this point in time in the Lions.
Lions vs. Texans live score updates, highlights, injury news
Thomas B. Shea-Imagn Images We’re providing live score updates, drive-by-drive analysis, and highlights for Lions vs. Texans here. No matter what happens on Sunday night, the Detroit Lions will atop the NFC for another week. Even a loss to the Houston Texans would drop them to 7-2, where they hold the tiebreaker with the 7-2 Vikings (due to head-to-head victory) and the Eagles (conference record). That being said, the Lions don’t want to have first place by tiebreaker or technicality. They want to outright earn it, and they’d do so if they can take down the Texans on “Sunday Night Football” in Houston. Detroit comes in as 3.5-point road favorites, but it won’t be a cakewalk against the 6-3 Texans. C.J. Stroud is one of the most electric quarterbacks in football, and Houston’s defense is among the best in the NFL. The Lions have gone up against some of the best defenses in football lately and vanquished them all. However, they have a pretty significant hurdle to overcome this week: left tackle Taylor Decker is out with a shoulder injury. With the Texans owning one of the best pass rushes—although they’ll be missing Will Anderson Jr.—Detroit’s front five will have their hands full. Of course, let’s not forget that the Lions offense is also getting Jameson Williams back this week, adding yet another dimension to Detroit’s high-octane attack. Will that be enough to move them to 8-1 on the season? Follow along live here as we provide live score updates, drive-by-drive analysis, highlights, and any injury news that may drop during the game. Refresh the page after the game kicks off at 8:20 p.m. ET to get all the latest information. First quarter The Lions won the toss and wanted the ball first. The Lions started with Dan Skipper at left tackle, filling in for the injured Taylor Decker. They got an early third down conversion with a nifty shovel pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown. But they quickly turned it over after a Jared Goff pass was deflected up in the air and picked off by Texans’ Jimmie Ward. PITRE WITH THE TIP, JIMMIE WITH THE INT : @SNFonNBC pic.twitter.com/jNwRtHsuUo — Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) November 11, 2024 The Lions quickly got the Texans into a third-and-10 thanks to strong run defense, but then C.J. Stroud hit Tank Dell for 13 yards to convert and move into the red zone. Again, the Lions run defense showed up to force a third-and-16—but, again, the Lions pass defense was too soft, and Stroud found John Metchie III for the conversion. Two plays later, Joe Mixon took a sweep for an 8-yard touchdown. 7-0 Lions. BALLIN’ IN THE MIX ‼️ : @SNFonNBC pic.twitter.com/5BJtj9YXRy — Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) November 11, 2024 The Lions offense couldn’t get anything going on their second drive. After a deep shot attempt to Jameson Williams and a delay of game penalty, the Lions faced a third-and-15 and Goff found Sam LaPorta well short of the sticks. A short punt set the Texans up at their own 44-yard line, and Houston would take advantage. Back-to-back completions to Dell picked up a quick first down for Houston. Then a well-timed screen against a Lions blitz got Mixon all the way down to the 3-yard line for a 36 yard gain. JOE ON GO : @SNFonNBC pic.twitter.com/Sw4t2vI5nk — Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) November 11, 2024 A holding penalty pushed the Texans back 10 yards, and Detroit would hold from there, forcing a 39-yard field goal after a James Houston sack on third down. 10-0 Texans. James Houston with the third-down sack #DETvsHOU | #OnePride pic.twitter.com/nbuoAfZ4PL — Detroit Lions (@Lions) November 11, 2024 The offense very nearly went three-and-out, but Jameson Williams bobbled a catch for 23 yards, converting a third-and-16. Second quarter
Detroit Lions vs. Houston Texans first half live chat, open thread
Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Our Lions vs. Texans first half live chat is open! Come hang out with us during “Sunday Night Football.” The Detroit Lions and Houston Texans close out Week 10’s Sunday slate of games with one of the best matchups of the week. The Lions are off to quite possibly their greatest start in franchise history and seem like as legitimate of Super Bowl contenders as anyone else in the league. The Texans aren’t going through a little bit of a rough patch, but with the return of Nico Collins seemingly imminent (but not this week), their offense could get the spark they need. Meanwhile, their defense has helped them get to 6-3 through the first nine weeks of the season. Injuries along both teams’ fronts could be a big storyline this week. The Texans have one of the best pass rushes in football, but they’re going to be without second-year stud Will Anderson Jr. due to an ankle injury. That said, the Lions’ elite offensive line will be missing it’s blindside protector. Taylor Decker suffered a mid-week shoulder injury and has already been declared out. In other words, the depth of both teams will be tested on Sunday night. The Lions have survived worse, and the Texans have shown to be a pretty resilient team as well. So who comes out on top in “Sunday Night Football”? Come find out together. This serves as our live chat thread, where you can discuss the game live with our Pride of Detroit community. Simply scroll down to the comment section at the bottom of this page. When halftime comes, head back to the home page and be on the lookout for our second half open thread. Have fun, be respectful, and GO LIONS!
Detroit Lions Week 10 inactives: Za’Darius Smith won’t play vs Texans
Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Detroit Lions have declared their inactives ahead of their Week 10 game against the Houston Texans. The Detroit Lions have declared their inactives ahead of the Week 10 matchup with the Houston Texans. Detroit made a plethora of other moves this week, all of which we covered in our latest Lions’ depth chart update, but the most notable was trading for edge rusher Za’Darius Smith—who, unfortunately, won’t play in this game. After acquiring Smith on Tuesday, the Lions elected to give Smith a couple of days off (he was prepared to go on his bye week in Cleveland), and saw him join the team on Friday for his first practice with the Lions. Reports leaked out early Sunday morning that Smith was “not quite ready” to go this week, which has now been confirmed. So while he’ll sit this game out, he will enter Week 11 with a full week of practice that should get him fully acclimated for a home game against the Jaguars. For this week’s game, because the Lions have eight offensive linemen active for Sunday’s game, they are eligible to expand their game-day roster from 47 to 48 players. Therefore, with 55 players on the game-day roster and 48 eligible to play, the Lions need to declare just seven players inactive for today’s matchup. Lions inactives: EDGE Za’Darius Smith LT Taylor Decker — shoulder, ruled OUT LB Malcolm Rodriguez — ankle, ruled OUT OG Christian Mahogany RT Colby Sorsdal LT Giovanni Manu S Loren Strickland Texans inactives: RB Dameon Pierce (groin) — ruled out EDGE Will Anderson Jr. (ankle) — ruled out WR Nico Collins LB Jamal Hill OT Zachary Tomas CB Myles Bryant
Sunday Night Football: Lions vs. Texans
Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Watch SNF here! The NFL Week 10 slate of Sunday games will cap off with a Sunday Night Football matchup between the Detroit Lions (7-1) on the road against the Houston Texans (6-3). These teams have only ever played each other five times over the years, with the Texans leading the all-time series, 4-1. Houston has also won the four most-recent games, including when they last faced off back in 2020 when they won big in Detroit, 41-25. Here’s everything you need to know about tonight’s game. Detroit Lions vs. Houston Texans TV Schedule Game time: 8:20 PM EST Channel: NBC Date: Sunday, November 10, 2024 Location: NRG Stadium | Houston, TX Announcers: Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark Online Streaming Peacock | FuboTV Odds via FanDuel Odds via FanDuel Detroit Lions: -3.5 (-210) Houston Texans: +3.5 (+176) Over/under: 48.5 points SB Nation Blogs Lions: www.PrideOfDetroit.com Texans: www.BattleRedBlog.com This is an open thread — discuss the game in the comments below!
Eagles vs. Cowboys: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Highlights and lowlights from Philadelphia’s Week 10 win. This answered the pleas for a “style-points” win. The Eagles stomped on an injury-riddled, inferior Dallas Cowboys team the way they should have Cleveland and Jacksonville in previous weeks. The Eagles splattered Dallas, 34-6, and backup quarterback Cooper Rush, playing for the injured Dak Prescott, at AT&T Stadium on Sunday for their fifth-straight victory. The Eagles’ win gives them sole possession of first place in the NFC East with a 7-2 record, a half-game better than the 7-3 Washington Commanders, who the Eagles will host on Thursday night. In the process of winning, the Eagles also made a striking point in denying the depleted 3-6 Cowboys from making the playoffs for the first time since 2020. Jalen Hurts completed 14 of 20 for 202 yards, throwing for two touchdowns and rushing for two scores, while the defense had five takeaways and held Rush to a scant 45 yards passing and the Dallas offense to 146 total yards, with an average of 2.6 yards a play (1.5 yards average per pass). The Eagles’ five takeaways (4 fumble recoveries/1 INT) matched the most ever by the Eagles in a game at Dallas. On a personal note, Saquon Barkley, who rushed for 66 yards on 14 carries, beat Dallas for the first time in his career, after going 0-5 against the Cowboys when he was a New York Giant. The Eagles did what they were supposed to do against an inferior team. Let’s see where this team truly is on Thursday night against Commanders’ electric rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and a team that will punch back. There was a healthy dose of good, some bad, and a pinch of ugly, in the Eagles’ dominant 34-6 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. The Good Things were so bad for the Cowboys that Bryce “just call me Reggie White” Huff made another guest appearance, with a strip sack on the Cowboys’ last play of the third quarter. It resulted in an Eagles’ field goal and a 31-6 lead. The Eagles’ third quarter. In a word “dominant.” The Eagles scored 14 points, amassed 116 total yards of offense, and had eight first downs to zero points for Dallas, three yards of offense and one turnover. Through three quarters, Dallas had 45 yards passing on 23 attempts, averaging 1.9 yards a throw. Right guard Mekhi Becton and right tackle Lane Johnson pulling and pushing away Dallas linebacker Damone Clark (Becton) and cornerback Jourdan Lewis (Johnson) on Hurts’ 8-yard TD run with 2:56 left in the third quarter. The score put the Cowboys out of their misery. Hurts’ arcing 44-yard completion to A.J. Brown on the first play of the Eagles’ third drive of the second half. It led to the Eagles scoring a touchdown for the second time on their first three drives of the second half. Rookie safety Cooper DeSean, already with a fumble recovery in the end zone, taking Dallas’ first punt of the second half for 31 yards to the Cowboys’ 37. DeSean’s return set up Hurts’ five-yard TD pass to Johnny Wilson, his first NFL touchdown catch, to give the Eagles a 21-6 lead with 8:52 left in the third quarter. Linebacker Nakobe Dean’s open-field takedown of Dallas running back Rico Dowdle on the Cowboys’ second play of the second half for a yard gain on a second-and-nine at the Dallas 12. Dean keeps getting better in coverage. Hurts showing great poise and vision in averting the Cowboys’ pressure on a second-and-one at the Dallas 14 to find tight end Dallas Goedert in the end zone for a 14-6 Eagles’ lead with 23 seconds left in the half. Hurts sidestepped blitzing linebacker DeMarvion Overshown to survive the first heat wave, looked up and saw Goedert curling back to him for the score. Responding strong to losing a fumble inside the Dallas five on the previous drive, Hurts completed five of six on the Eagles’ sixth drive, including a 24-yard run. Hurts completed 11 of 13 in the half for 152 yards and a touchdown. He also turned the ball over twice, breaking his streak of four games without a turnover. The Eagles’ red zone defense. The Cowboys had seven snaps in the red zone and had to settle for two field goals in the first half. Defensive tackle Jalen Carter manhandling Dallas center Cooper Beebe on the Cowboys’ third-and-goal at the three with just under two minutes left in the first half. Carter stood up Beebe, read the direction of the play and simply shoved Beebe aside to take down Dowdle at the Dallas five. The Cowboys had to settle for a field goal. Linebacker Zach Baun taking down Ezekiel Elliott for a one-yard loss on a first-and-10 at the Cowboys’ 25 on Dallas’ fifth drive. On the same series, Baun slammed down Dowdle for no gain on a first-and-10 at the Dallas 41. Later, on that same drive, Baun stuck a shoulder into Elliott at the Eagles’ four, jarring the ball loose for DeJean to recover it in the end zone. Baun has really turned into something, made more impressive considering he never played inside linebacker before this season. By halftime, Baun had a team-high seven tackles, two solo and one tackle for a loss. Baun also had a fumble recovery on the Cowboys’ final play of the third quarter. He finished with a team-high eight tackles, three solo. The Eagles first quarter. Hurts was five-for-five, completing passes to four different receivers for 65 yards, while the Eagles outgained Dallas, 97-35, in picking up seven first downs to the Cowboys’ two. For the second-straight game, the Eagles scored in the first quarter. They are closing the gap. The Eagles have now only been outscored 33-14 in the first quarter this season. Brown’s 30-yard reception—down the middle of the field—on first-and-10 on the last play of the first quarter. It placed the ball at the Cowboys’ 12 to open the
Sunday Night Football, Week 10: Texans vs. Lions – How to watch, game time, TV channel, streaming
Tork Mason-Imagn Images Your Sunday Night open thread The 6-3 Houston Texans will host the 7-1 Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football. This promises to be a great game between two of the rising forces on the NFL landscape. Both teams are a bit beat up, with the Lions missing offensive tackle Taylor Decker and the Texans missing edge defender Will Anderson Jr. However, they both have excellent offenses helmed by extremely efficient quarterbacks. The Lions are slim favorites on the road, with a mere 3.5-point advantage per FanDuel Sportsbook. Will that hold true? Or will the Texans come away with the win at home? Chris’ pick: I’m going to go with the line and pick the Lions. I think this is going to be a fantastic game and I could definitely see the Texans coming out on top. However the Lions’ offense is just too good, even with the loss of Taylor Decker this game. They should still be able to run the ball and execute play-action, which will help take the pressure off the pass protection. I’m looking forward to seeing C.J. Stroud against the Lions’ defense, but generally offensive is predictive of success and the Lions have one of the most prolific in the NFL. Want to join FanDuel Sportsbook? Click here for deals! What: Houston Texans vs. Detroit LionsWhen: Sunday, Nov. 10thWhere: NRG Stadium, Houston, TX.Game time: 8:20 p.m. ETTV: NBCAnnouncers: Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark (sideline reporter)Radio: Westwood One: Ryan Radtke, Mike Golic | SiriusXM: 88; Houston Texans – 226 or Detroit Lions – 225Referee: Bill VinovichStreaming: NFL +Fanduel Sportsbook odds: Spread: Lions (-3.5 |-102) | Texans (+3.5 | -120) Moneyline: Lions -178, Texans +150 | Over/Under: 49.5 (Under -105, Over -115) Follow us on social media BBV on Twitter: Follow @BigBlueViewBBV on Facebook: Click here to like the Big Blue View Facebook pageBBV on YouTube: Subscribe to the Big Blue View YouTube channelBBV on Instagram: Click here to follow our Instagram pageBBV podcasts: Click here to subscribe to BBV Radio Use this as your open thread for Sunday Night Football.
2025 NFL Draft order: Giants hold the second overall pick
Brett Davis-Imagn Images The Giants jump up in the draft order The New York Giants will go into their bye week after suffering a deflating defeat on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers in Munich, Germany. The Giants fell 20-17 in overtime to the team commonly held to be the worst team in the NFL. Well, that mantle is now passed to the 2-8 Giants. But if there’s a silver lining to the Giants’ loss to the Panthers it’s that they now hold the second overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Thanks to their loss, as well as wins by the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots, the Giants are one of two 2-8 teams in the NFL. There’s still plenty of football left to be played this year, and with it plenty of time for teams to jockey for position in the draft order. However, if the season were to end today, the Giants would be picking second behind the Jacksonville Jaguars, per Tankathon. Current Top 10 Jacksonville Jaguars (2-8) New York Giants (2-8) Cleveland Browns (2-7) Las Vegas Raiders (2-7) Miami Dolphins (2-7) Tennessee Titans (2-6) New England Patriots (3-7) New Orleans Saints (3-7) Carolina Panthers (3-7) New York Jets (3-6) Note: The exact order will be updated following the Dolphins’ game on Monday Night Football. However, the Giants’ draft position won’t shift based on the outcome of any remaining games this week. This is a significant improvement (of sorts) for the Giants, who held the seventh overall pick following their loss to the Washington Commanders last week. This doesn’t project to be a great quarterback draft, and there are quite a few quarterback-needy teams in the top 10. Right now it seems like a foregone conclusion that the Giants will be in the market for a long-term solution at the quarterback position. It isn’t a given (just yet) that Daniel Jones has played his last snaps as the Giants’ starting quarterback, but it would be a surprise if the Giants didn’t make a change. Jones is 3-13 since the start of 2023 and his play against a league-worst Panthers’ defense was the root cause for the team’s loss. If the Giants come to the conclusion that the future of their quarterback position is in the 2025 NFL Draft, the big question becomes what the Jacksonville Jaguars do. They made Trevor Lawrence the third-highest paid quarterback in the NFL this summer and are financially tied to him through at least 2028. The Jaguars could (assuming they get the first overall pick) auction off the rights to draft the top quarterback, or they could take a skill position player like Travis Hunter (CB/WR Colorado) or Will Johnson (CB, Michigan) even an offensive tackle like Will Campbell (LSU) or Kelvin Banks (Texas). If the Giants resolve to draft a quarterback — no sure thing at this point — Miami’s Cam Ward seems like the most likely pick, though Jaxson Dart of Ole Miss, Garrett Neussmeier of LSU, or Jalen Milroe (Alabama) could be in consideration as well. As I said above, there’s still a lot of football left to be played, and the draft order will shift on a weekly basis. There’s also no guarantee that the Giants will feel any of the available quarterbacks are long-term answers. We’ll have to wait and see what the Giants decide to do, but if the remainder of the season follows suit with the previous 10 games, at least the Giants will have all — or nearly all — of the potential options laid out in front of them.
