Texans vs. Vikings: A Battle of Undefeateds in Week 3

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00:00Surprising week three that feature two undefeated 2-0 teams and both of them are maybe not the

00:10games that you would have expected entering this season.

00:14We start in Minneapolis.

00:15The Texans 2-0.

00:16All right.

00:17That makes sense.

00:18They were booked as a favorite in both.

00:19The Vikings 2-0.

00:21What?

00:22Minnesota and Sam Darnold are undefeated 2-0.

00:26Yes, that is the case.

00:28The Texans a slight road favorite in the Twin Cities on Sunday.

00:32Two and a half points in favor of C.J. Stroud and the Texans 45 in a hook.

00:38Is that over-under?

00:39So, Joe, when Sunday in Minneapolis comes to a close, will the oddsmakers be correct?

00:45Will it be Houston a perfect 3-0 and Minnesota suffering their first loss?

00:50Or can the Vikings pull off another home upset like they did last week against the Niners?

00:56I don't understand this line, Ben.

00:58I mean, I really don't.

01:00Now, granted, preseason, the look-ahead lines here were everyone had Houston being at the

01:07top, right?

01:09But when you look at the two games that they've had already here and you look at how they

01:13won those games, they were favored by three against what?

01:18Indy, they won by two, right?

01:20Then they were favored by six and a half and they won by six against Chicago.

01:26I'm not sure this Houston defense deserves to be a favorite on the road against a much

01:32better-than-thought Vikings team with Sam Darnold under center, who head coach Kevin

01:38O'Connell has, well, I mean, we've seen stranger things in the NFL, but coaching matters.

01:43And that offense, Ben, one of the top in the National Football League right now with what

01:48they're doing and how they're scheming guys open, that's a tough place to play, but Minnesota's

01:55defense, why is nobody talking about what they've been able to do here?

01:58I think the wrong team is favored here.

02:01This would be a Vikings of pass for me in this spot.