Houston Texans

AFC South · every figure below is computed from real ingested data

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CIN @ HOU

Week 2, 2026 · 2026-09-20 · 1:00 PM ET

HOU -3

O/U 47.5 · ML +124/-148

Reliant Stadium: Partly Cloudy, 80°F, wind 5 mph

Reliant Stadium has a retractable roof, so this only affects play if the roof is open.

Storylines

Danielle Hunter grades out as HOU's best

Danielle Hunter (DE) sits at 77 out of 100 for 2025 — a percentile against every other player at that position, built from charted performance rather than raw totals.

Where They Stand

At 61.6 the Houston Texans are the 8th-rated team in the league — playoff-calibre. It is a lopsided roster — an 81-graded secondary carrying an offensive line graded 44. That is down 3 places from 5th in the last published rankings. Recent form reads 4-1 across 5 games, and winning them comfortably at +5.8 a game. The last three results, most recent first: L 31-36 vs Buffalo Bills, W 38-30 vs Indianapolis Colts, W 20-16 at Los Angeles Chargers. DeMeco Ryans (32-20 career) has this club falling short of its graded expectation by 2.9 points a game, which points at the coaching rather than the roster.

They make the field in 65% of simulated seasons — favoured, but not safely. Projected record 9.4-7.6; they take the division in 39% of runs. What is left is kind by comparison — opponents averaging 56.5.

Written from this club's own stored numbers — its Power Rating and the parts that make it up, its last five games, its division, its remaining schedule and its depth chart. Which facts appear depends on where this club is unusual, so no two teams get the same summary. Deterministic, not written by a language model: the site builds where no local model exists and cloud inference is ruled out.

Injury Report

No injury report published yet for Week 2. Reports are filed during game week — nothing is invented in the meantime.

CIN — Last 10 Games

4-6 their last 10

How CIN have actually been playing — their own recent form, not this fixture's history.

2026 wk1 vs TB33–27
2025 wk18 vs CLE18–20
2025 wk17 vs ARI37–14
2025 wk16 vs MIA45–21
2025 wk15 vs BAL0–24
2025 wk14 vs BUF34–39
2025 wk13 vs BAL32–14
2025 wk12 vs NE20–26
2025 wk11 vs PIT12–34
2025 wk9 vs CHI42–47

HOU vs CIN — Last 10 Meetings

8-2 last 10

2023 wk10HOU 30 – 27 CIN
2020 wk16CIN 37 – 31 HOU
2017 wk2HOU 13 – 9 CIN
2016 wk16CIN 10 – 12 HOU
2015 wk10HOU 10 – 6 CIN
2014 wk12CIN 22 – 13 HOU
2012 wk18CIN 13 – 19 HOU
2011 wk18CIN 10 – 31 HOU
2011 wk14HOU 20 – 19 CIN
2009 wk6HOU 28 – 17 CIN

Week One Done, Bring on the Bengals

We’ll be evaluating this one all week with ‘what if’s’ and ‘how did that happen?’ but the fact is that these were two AFC contenders going toe-to-toe. The Texans just came up short. Now, it’s back to the lab to up their game for next week.

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Texans Inactives: Week 1 vs. Buffalo Bills

The Houston Texans released their inactives list before their Week 1 matchup against the Buffalo Bills.

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Houston Texans Transactions (9-12-2026)

The Houston Texans made roster moves.

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Kai Kroeger's Texans Debut Puts Field Position Front and Center

John Harris on the Texans' new punter, set to make his regular season debut on Sunday.

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Two Carries: Texans Aim to Slow Bills Run Game

James Cook ran for 116 yards against Houston last season. John Harris says the tape tells a more encouraging story than the number does.

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Week 1 Injury Report | Texans vs. Bills

Week 1 injury updates for the Houston Texans versus Buffalo Bills game.

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Sixty Minutes: The Texans' Run Game Meets a New-Look Bills Front

Buffalo moved to a 3-4 base this offseason. John Harris does not think it changes what Houston wants to do.

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Houston Texans Transactions (9-11-2026)

The Houston Texans made roster moves.

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Texans vs. Bills: Clowney's Return, Bullock and the Sack Chase | By the Numbers

From DeMeco Ryans' first home opener to Jadeveon Clowney's 2,808-day round trip, John Harris runs the numbers ahead of Texans vs. Bills at Reliant Stadium.

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Tommy Togiai Is the Texan John Harris Says Nobody Talks About

He does not get the headlines the edge rushers get. John Harris made him his Sleeper of the Game anyway.

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More Texans Headlines

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Will Anderson Jr., Danielle Hunter and the Blueprint Buffalo Has to Answer Sundayhoustontexans.com
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Season at a Glance

2026 Record

0-1

From completed real game results.

Power Rating

61.6

Playoff-calibre — 8th of 32, from results, unit and roster grades, and availability.

Injuries Reported

No report filed for this week yet.

From the Record Book

On this day in 2017: Texans beat CIN 13-92017-09-14 · away
On this day in 2014: Texans beat OAK 30-142014-09-14 · away
Texans are 9-5 vs CIN since 2002Real record from completed games in this database.
Widest margin vs CIN: 3-38 in 200235-point difference.

JAX	13-4	76%
HOU	12-5	71%
IND	8-9	47%
TEN	3-14	18%

1	vs BUF	L 31-36
2	vs CIN	2026-09-20
3	@ IND	2026-09-27
4	vs DAL	2026-10-04
5	@ TEN	2026-10-11
6	@ JAX	2026-10-18
7	vs NYG	2026-10-25
9	@ LAC	2026-11-08
10	@ CLE	2026-11-15
11	vs IND	2026-11-19
12	vs BAL	2026-11-29
13	@ PIT	2026-12-06
14	@ WAS	2026-12-13
15	vs JAX	2026-12-20
16	@ PHI	2026-12-24
17	@ GB	2027-01-04
18	vs TEN	2027-01-10