Houston Texans Week 7 Game in Seattle Is Crucial
Six weeks into the 2025 NFL regular season, the only thing of which we can be sure is that there are no sure things this season. Heading into Week 6, the Bill and the Lions were viewed as the clear leaders in their respective conferences. Both proceeded to get whacked by double digits on the […] The post Houston Texans Week 7 Game in Seattle Is Crucial appeared first on Houston Press.
Six weeks into the 2025 NFL regular season, the only thing of which we can be sure is that there are no sure things this season. Heading into Week 6, the Bill and the Lions were viewed as the clear leaders in their respective conferences. Both proceeded to get whacked by double digits on the road in prime time, the Lions on Sunday in Kansas City, and the Bills on Monday in Atlanta.
This is a season riddled with chaos and parity, which should be music to the ears of a team like the Houston Texans, whose 2-3 start has been far from a death blow. Sure, it’s not ideal, but the upcoming schedule provides a great opportunity for the Texans to climb back into the race.
While the game on Monday night in Seattle is not a “for or die” in the literal sense for the Texans, a record-evening win, bringing the Texans to 3-3, would be a huge catalyst heading into a stretch of schedule with three home games in a row. All three of those home games are against quarterbacks who are very beatable.
The Texans have the fourth best point differential in football at +47, despite their 2-3 record and bye week in Week 6. They are a talented football team that is kind of feeling its way out of the abyss on offense. Weeks 4 and 5 should at least give some confidence heading into Seattle on Monday night.
For what it’s worth, here is where the oddsmakers view the Texans on the Super Bowl, AFC title, and AFC South odds board:
SUPER BOWL ODDS (as of October 15)
Buffalo Bills 600 Kansas City Chiefs 650 Green Bay Packers 750 Detroit Lions 850 Philadelphia Eagles 1100 Los Angeles Rams 1400 Baltimore Ravens 1600 Indianapolis Colts 1800 Los Angeles Chargers 1800 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1800 Denver Broncos 2000 San Francisco 49ers 2200 Pittsburgh Steelers 2800 Washington Commanders 2800 Jacksonville Jaguars 3300 Seattle Seahawks 3300 HOUSTON TEXANS 4000 New England Patriots 4500 Atlanta Falcons 5500 Minnesota Vikings 6000 Chicago Bears 6600 Dallas Cowboys 10000 Arizona Cardinals 25000 Carolina Panthers 40000 Las Vegas Raiders 40000 New York Giants 40000 Cincinnati Bengals 50000 Cleveland Browns 50000 Miami Dolphins 50000 New Orleans Saints 100000 New York Jets 100000 Tennessee Titans 100000
AFC TITLE ODDS (as of October 15)
Buffalo Bills 320 Kansas City Chiefs 325 Indianapolis Colts 750 Los Angeles Chargers 850 Baltimore Ravens 900 Denver Broncos 900 Pittsburgh Steelers 1200 Jacksonville Jaguars 1600 New England Patriots 1800 HOUSTON TEXANS 2000 Las Vegas Raiders 12500 Cincinnati Bengals 20000 Cleveland Browns 25000 Miami Dolphins 25000 New York Jets 50000 Tennessee Titans 50000
AFC SOUTH ODDS (as of October 15)
Indianapolis Colts -150 Jacksonville Jaguars 175 HOUSTON TEXANS 650 Tennessee Titans 20000
At this point, in the AFC, I think the Texans have a whole lot more in common with the teams just above them on the odds board, but a loss, especially a lopsided loss, to the Seahawks would send the Texans perceptually back down to where they were dwelling at 0-3.
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