Houston Texans vs. Minnesota Vikings: Game Preview

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00:00As I mistakenly mentioned earlier, we do have the Houston Texans taking on the Minnesota

00:06Vikings. This is another spread coming in at two and a half. And as Tom was breaking down,

00:11there's some question marks with health on the Texans roster, but we've talked about it here on

00:15SportsGrid a number of times. They have so many weapons to go to. So this could be probably a

00:20big game for Stephon Diggs. We've seen him be a leader on the sidelines more importantly,

00:24but we've also seen him come in where it counts and to help out his team. He's a guy that can get

00:28in on the red zone. I've said it here beforehand. I mean, within the 15-yard line, he's got an 80%

00:34target rate. So that might have to be CJ Straub's guy. But again, they do have other guys when it

00:39comes to getting work done on the ground. So if Mixon is banged up or they kind of want to reserve

00:44him and make sure that his health is maintained and not overwork him and front load him in the

00:48front of the season, then they can switch things up and get other guys involved. I mean, we saw

00:52Caleb, or not Caleb Williams, we saw Akers be able to get in on the rush game for the Texans.

00:58I think that Tom was starting to talk about that. And then most importantly, CJ Straub's not afraid to use

01:02his legs here and there. We don't want to see that quite often. But we have seen a few games when he's

01:06been able to pick up quality yardage rush wise. Collins goes down, Diggs steps up. You also have

01:11Dalton Schultz. And then you've got a few other guys on the charts here. And then we've seen hit

01:16or miss performance, not hit or miss performances, but utilization is better word for it out of Tank

01:22Dell. We know that he could be used on the ground as well as through the off through the air. So it's

01:26going to be interesting to see how the Texans utilize this. But I think when it comes down to

01:29play calling, they have options regardless of injuries. And as I mentioned with Tom, before

01:35anything else, their defense is starting to show another level of life that they were not getting

01:39credit for heading into this season. So hopefully