- 5/17/2025
How do you have the Texans doing this season? John Lopez and B.Scott make week-by-week predictions.
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00:00Let's go week by week.
00:01Let's go week by week.
00:02And they started off.
00:03Sunday, September 7th, 325 p.m. at the L.A. Rams.
00:08I got a dub, man.
00:09You got a dub?
00:10I got the Texans starting the year off right in what has been dubbed as the
00:16Kaley Bowl, except the folks in L.A. don't know that.
00:19I got the Texans winning this game.
00:21Now, there is a little bit of blind faith here,
00:26but I like something that was pointed out in the morning show.
00:29It might have been one of our listeners' middle screen,
00:32but, of course, it was Payne and Pendergast that pointed us.
00:34I think it was Seth talking about this.
00:36The Rams notoriously do not play their guys in the preseason.
00:40I don't want to be preseason guy matters,
00:43but apparently this is a thing for the Rams, them getting off the slow starts,
00:46them not looking like themselves to start the season because they're trying
00:50to preserve their bodies in the preseason.
00:54I am hoping that the Texans can capitalize on that.
00:59I got them winning that first game.
01:00I have the loss.
01:01I think they're going to adjust their preseason and training camp regimen to fix that
01:05because that's a big story out in L.A.
01:07And between the combination of those receivers and that defense,
01:11it's not like you'll see as we move along here.
01:13It's not like I don't have confidence in the Texans,
01:14but I've got an L in that first one.
01:16All right.
01:16Yeah.
01:17So, let's go to that second one then.
01:18Monday night football, September 15th, 6 p.m.
01:22Did you notice that?
01:22Yeah, I did.
01:23Versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
01:25Got to get there early.
01:26I like it.
01:26Yeah.
01:26Yeah.
01:27Let's get there early.
01:27Let's get out early.
01:28I know Sean Pedergast likes it.
01:28Yeah.
01:29Yeah, for sure.
01:30Yeah.
01:30I mean, we're not buck-eyed at the end of the night from drinking extra coffee at 9 o'clock.
01:35Yeah.
01:36This is my first Texans loss on my schedule.
01:38So, I got them winning the first one.
01:40I got them losing on Monday night football against the Bucs.
01:43Honestly, it's out of respect for the Bucs.
01:45I think they're a really good team, but then also a little bit of PTSD of Texans in primetime game.
01:53Yeah, and this is one where on opposite sides on the first two games here.
01:57I've got the Texans winning that game.
01:59Monday night football, first game of the season at NRG Stadium.
02:03The crowd is going to be absolutely nuts, and the defense at home can make life miserable for opposing quarterbacks if that keeps up.
02:12Yeah.
02:12Yeah.
02:13I think that this defense is going to be really good.
02:16So, like, if they've got a saving grace going against Baker Mayfield, who has been really good, it is that defense.
02:22I just think that a lot of that, the things that could help them could also work against them, right?
02:32The hype of – it's a better opponent this year than it was last year when they did something similar against the Chicago Bears.
02:41This is just a better team than that to me.
02:44I just – I see this being the loss.
02:46September 21st, noon kickoff at the Jacksonville Jaguars.
02:49Ain't nobody worried about no Jacksonville Jaguars.
02:51Ain't nobody worried about no Jacksonville Jaguars.
02:53This is a dub.
02:54This is a dub.
02:55This is a dub at Duval.
02:58That's a dub.
02:59All right.
03:00September 28th at home versus noon kickoff.
03:04Tennessee Titans.
03:05I got a pattern going here.
03:07Win-loss, win-loss.
03:09Oh, you got the L.
03:10So, this is a loss to the Titans, and this is maybe the biggest surprise so far.
03:16That would make me sick.
03:17Oh, well, we've been –
03:19Amy Adams putting on a cowboy hat.
03:21We can't get past the Titans.
03:22We've been sick before.
03:24Last year.
03:25Do y'all remember –
03:26Last year.
03:26Do y'all remember when Will Levis came in here and walked the Texans down right here at NRG Stadium?
03:32That also means Cam Ward is going to steal the thunder.
03:34And so, Cam Ward, who I think today, right now, before – they've done rookie camp.
03:40But before he gets to a training camp, I think Cam Ward is better than Will Levis.
03:45And, yeah, man, I see this being kind of a similar – Cam Ward coming home, a homecoming for him.
03:51Yep.
03:51Not having a whole lot of tape on the rookie quarterback.
03:55I think you could look at it from two sides.
03:57Like, hey, they should be able to handle up on the rookie quarterback.
03:59Oh, but also, you don't know as much about the guy.
04:02He is dynamic.
04:03He does have some traits that you can't necessarily teach.
04:07I think the Texans are the better team, but I think the Titans are going to win this game.
04:10I've got the dub right there.
04:14At home again.
04:155-Ocber 5th, noon kickoff at the Baltimore Ravens.
04:19At the Baltimore Ravens.
04:22Let's see.
04:24Spoiler alert, L.
04:27It's going to be really hard to pick this game as a W for the Texans.
04:31Listen, let's just – I'm just going to be real.
04:33They ain't got a chance.
04:35How about that?
04:36Man.
04:36They ain't got a chance.
04:38Derrick Henry got that new contract?
04:40Look, you have the history that the Texans have against the Ravens.
04:45And then the most recent history being 31-2 at home on Christmas with Beyonce in the building.
04:52That was embarrassing.
04:53In front of the girls, man.
04:54In front of the women.
04:55In front of the hoes.
04:57They ain't got a chance.
04:59That's a loss.
05:00I got a loss, too.
05:01By week, week six, week seven, Monday night football at the Seattle Seahawks.
05:07I just don't have the patience for – I could see them losing this game if I'm being honest about it.
05:11But I ain't – I just don't have the patience for them losing to Sam Darnold's Seattle Seahawks the year after they lost to Sam Darnold's Minnesota Vikings.
05:17Like, let's go ahead and end this before it gets carried away.
05:22I got this as a dub.
05:24I've got a loss.
05:25I think Seattle at night, you know, out there, it's going to be just tough stuff.
05:30Playing there is always tough for some reason, man.
05:33The 12s, don't you dare call it the 12s, man.
05:34Yeah, just going all the way to Seattle.
05:36Yeah.
05:37Long trip, et cetera.
05:38All right.
05:38This will be a big win, though.
05:39They could get that.
05:40Like, national stage, tough environment.
05:43I would love it if they got that dub.
05:45Yeah, October 26th, noon kickoff versus – how about a reunion with D'Amico Ryans and the San Francisco?
05:55That D'Amico's going to go up against the 49ers since he has been the coach of the Houston Texans.
06:01And I got this as a dub for the D'Amico Bowl.
06:03Like, the 49ers have lost a little bit of shine.
06:06Yeah.
06:06And I think that the Texans are probably uniquely qualified to go up against them.
06:10I'm with you on this one.
06:11I got that as a win as well.
06:13All right, here we go.
06:14So, noon kickoff at home.
06:17This is a pivotal stretch.
06:18Three straight home games.
06:19Denver Broncos.
06:20Yeah, let's remind everybody we are in that pivotal stretch that Lopez talked about earlier,
06:24starting with the Niners game.
06:26I had that as a dub.
06:28I got this Broncos win as a loss, though.
06:30I respect –
06:31Bo Nix, baby.
06:31All these quarterbacks are coming in here.
06:33I respect the Broncos.
06:34I respect Bo Nix.
06:35I respect their defense.
06:36I respect Sean Payton.
06:38I'm not going to like it.
06:39And this is me trying to lean into my rationale and not my homerism.
06:45Yeah.
06:45I got them losing this game, man.
06:46I got the dub.
06:47I got the dub there.
06:48I think this is going to be the most crucial stretch of the season.
06:50You have to – because of all the tough stuff before and after, you got to win all three.
06:54I've got them winning the first two.
06:56The next one –
06:56There ain't no way you got them losing to the Jags because I know I damn sure don't.
06:59Versus the Jacksonville Jaguars, November 9th, noon.
07:02Dub.
07:03Dub.
07:04Dub.
07:04Eating W's like Jameis Winston.
07:06Yeah.
07:06How about this?
07:08Turn right around and go to Tennessee.
07:10Well, I do want to point out you got them going 3-0 in that stretch.
07:12I have them 3-0 going in that stretch.
07:14So, in that critical stretch, and we can agree that's a critical stretch at home.
07:17Yeah.
07:17You've got them going 3-0 against the Niners, Broncos, and Jags.
07:20I got them going 2-1, losing to the Broncos.
07:22All right.
07:23What's the next one?
07:23Then they go to Tennessee, Nashville, November 16th, noon kickoff.
07:27This is where they avenge that loss.
07:29Okay.
07:30And they kind of did something similar where they split the home.
07:35You know, road again to Tennessee.
07:36Yep.
07:36I got them winning, too.
07:37That's four straight wins that I have for the Texans.
07:40Get you drinking Kool-Aid.
07:41What is in that cup, Lopez?
07:43Put a pin in that.
07:45Put a pin in that.
07:46All right.
07:47Then we go to short week.
07:49Actually, you're staying at home.
07:50You're coming back home, I should say, versus the Buffalo Bills.
07:53But it's a Thursday night football kickoff.
07:55Yeah, I don't like the short week.
07:57I don't like the memory from last year of Josh Allen obviously losing to the Texans.
08:06I think that they've got that in the back of their mind.
08:08I think they're obviously a really, really good team.
08:10I don't like the short week.
08:11I got this as an L.
08:12Yeah.
08:12I've got it as an L, too.
08:13Short week.
08:14I don't like it.
08:15Josh Allen is going to remember what happened here last year.
08:17Yeah.
08:18No question about that.
08:19Then you go to the Indianapolis Colts, November 30th, noon.
08:24First game against the Colts.
08:26I'd be interested in this.
08:28If Mark Vandermeer or Drew Doherty or somebody is listening, John Harris, anybody from over
08:32in the Texans, when was the last time the Texans didn't play the Colts until this late
08:37in the season?
08:38I don't think it was that long ago.
08:40Now, remember, was it two years ago they played the Titans twice in the last three games?
08:43That was the Titans.
08:44Yeah, that was the Titans.
08:45Yeah, that was the Titans.
08:45But the Colts, I feel like they normally play.
08:47I feel like they always open up with the Colts.
08:50For some reason, I don't think it was too long ago.
08:52Maybe not.
08:53I've got them losing at Indianapolis.
08:55Oh, either way, I got this as a dub.
08:56You do?
08:57This one is a dub.
08:59All right.
09:00At the Colts.
09:00I feel like they finally have-
09:02You might be looking at Daniel Jones around this time.
09:04Yeah.
09:04Yeah, Daniel Jones.
09:06And honestly, either one of them, I'm good with.
09:08I just feel like we've just reached a point where, as a Texans fan, there was a point where
09:12you were like-
09:14Kind of like we did the Baltimore game.
09:17Like, okay, they're going to Indy.
09:18That's a loss.
09:19I feel like they've just overcome that, like, just a couple of times over now.
09:23They have.
09:24To where that game just does not have much on it for me.
09:27We go to December.
09:30December 7th, to be exact.
09:32Night game.
09:33Sunday night football at the Kansas City Chiefs.
09:37I want to be more optimistic about this one.
09:39You ain't going to win the game.
09:39You ain't going to win that game.
09:40I want to be more optimistic about this one.
09:42I've got it down as a loss.
09:44All things being equal, sorry.
09:47I mean, it's going to be cold.
09:48Yep.
09:49It's going to be, you know, late in the year.
09:50Chiefs.
09:51Chiefs usually have found their groove by the end.
09:53Yep.
09:54You know, the Chiefs are one, not just because of the weather.
09:57They're a team that I would have much rather have played earlier in the year.
10:00I don't think there's a chance.
10:01I'm kind of curious what their offense is going to look like.
10:03And that's wild to say when you got Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey and all that.
10:07But, hey, offense wasn't that good last year, man.
10:10No, you're right.
10:11You're right.
10:11Yeah.
10:12To match a Texas defense that was good and should be even better.
10:17Yep.
10:18Yeah.
10:18So, it could be a lot more compelling than I think I'm giving it credit for.
10:21But I just ain't got the heart to pick them to win it.
10:23I'm with you.
10:24December 14th, noon kickoff at home versus the Arizona Cardinals.
10:28Come on, man.
10:29You can't be losing to the Arizona Cardinals at home.
10:30You can't be losing to Arizona.
10:31Like, this is one of those where, to me, and this is no disrespect to the Arizona Cardinals,
10:35but if you're a serious outfit, you're a serious football team,
10:37and we're getting late into the season now, it's kind of like nut-cutting time.
10:41Yes.
10:42You got to go ahead and beat the Arizona Cardinals at home.
10:44No excuses.
10:45I'm with you 100%.
10:46No excuses of losing this game.
10:47This is when you got to make your move.
10:48All right.
10:49How about another home game?
10:50325 p.m.
10:51versus the Las Vegas Raiders.
10:53Same thing.
10:56Even more so with this game.
10:57You ask, this would be kind of like the loss to the Titans last year at home late in the season.
11:03You're like, wait, what's going on?
11:04Will Anderson talked about this after the season.
11:06Man, we can't be losing to the Titans and to the Jets.
11:08We got to close out games.
11:10I know the Lions were good.
11:11We've got to close out games that we got in the hand or got in the bag like that.
11:14You can't lose to the Raiders at home, and you only got a couple of games left in the season.
11:18Yeah.
11:18And the postseason's right around the corner.
11:21You can't have it.
11:22Can't have it.
11:22Let's go back to Los Angeles.
11:24Another 3,400-mile trip.
11:25You got them winning that game, too, right?
11:27The Raiders.
11:28I do.
11:29Oh, my bad.
11:29Yes, I do.
11:31We go to the L.A. Chargers now.
11:33Back to SoFi.
11:34Nobody's scared of Chargers, man.
11:36We've seen that already.
11:38We've seen that movie already.
11:40That's a dub.
11:41That's a dub.
11:41They avenged their previous loss at SoFi to start the year with this back-end Los Angeles game.
11:48They win this one.
11:49And I regret going to the wrong Los Angeles game at that point.
11:54Because I'll go to the one that they lose.
11:55Oh, you think they're going to lose?
11:56I got them losing.
11:58I got them losing.
11:59See, we're in reverse in the L.A. games.
12:00He's got them winning the first one, losing the second one.
12:02I got them winning the first one.
12:04No, I got them losing.
12:05I said that backwards.
12:06I got them winning the first one, losing the second one.
12:07You got them losing and winning the second one.
12:09All right.
12:09All right.
12:10We end the season.
12:12If you're keeping count, I'm at 9-7 right now.
12:16Oh, man.
12:16Are you telling me they're going to be Mr. 10-7?
12:21Well, hey, spoiler alert.
12:24Indianapolis Colts at home.
12:26Time to be determined.
12:28All right.
12:28Day to be determined.
12:29So, in my prediction, I think it's important to note.
12:32What did you say?
12:33You have them at the record.
12:36It's important that I've got them at 10-6.
12:38I don't know if y'all noticed that by now.
12:39But we've gotten this far, and they are 10-6, I think, in this putrid division that they have done enough with the double-digit victories.
12:49Ten wins is enough to get an AFC South team in the playoffs.
12:53They don't need this last game against the Colts, and therefore they lose it.
12:57They need this last game against the Colts.
13:00Figgy Fig's going to throw another party that we're all going to go to.
13:03It's going to be a Saturday night again.
13:05It's going to be just like we saw, you know, what was it, two years ago?
13:09Yeah, it was two years ago.
13:10Two years ago.
13:11Unofficial playoff game.
13:12Unofficial playoff viewing party, although it's at home, so we'll actually be at the stadium.
13:15But Figgy, we'll figure something out.
13:17I'm going to say win.
13:19I'm going to say dub at home to clinch it yet again.
13:23Oh, by the way, we both have them finishing 10-7.
13:26It's crazy.
13:27I was taking tallies of mine.
13:29I got them at 12-5.
13:31All right.
13:32Okay.
13:32I might be drinking a little.
13:34What's a yoke cup?
13:35What's a yoke cup over there?
13:36I know.
13:36Some Texans Kool-Aid.
13:39They just have to prove it until they don't.
13:41I mean, they're just that until they prove it.
13:43Yeah.
13:43Or, yeah, until they prove that there's something different.
13:46And just to be fair, they do feel kind of like a 10-7-ish team.
13:50Given the question marks.
13:51Ish team, you know?
13:52So, yeah.
13:53I mean, I don't think they were out of bounds.
13:55Now, do y'all think they win the division with that?
13:58Yes.
13:58Yes.
13:58So they division winners.
13:59Just keep in mind, the wins we had against the division were pretty abundant.
14:03Yeah.
14:04And I even think more so that by the end of the year, and look, this is twofold, right?
14:09It's really fun and interesting to have a quasi-playoff game.
14:16So stressful.
14:17So I will enjoy, according to my prediction, not having to live with the stress at the end.
14:22As fun as that was a couple of years ago.
14:24I'm kind of disappointed it's a home game now because I want to go to Figgy's party again.
14:26Yeah, well, maybe we can do that for the game before that.
14:30Maybe that's where we watch the playoff rematch and watch them walk down.
14:34At least I got them walking down the Chargers.
14:36You think they're going to lose to the damn Chargers.
14:38I can't believe you, Lopez.
14:39Come on now, man.
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