Bengals-Texans Preview

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1:04Now back to you better you bet with Nick Costos presented by Bet MGM on Westwood One Sports. How about the Bengals defense this past Sunday? The remade Bengals defense. How about Baker Mayfield putting the ball on the ground about 19 times but still nice effort by the Bengals defense. And second year linebacker Demetrius Knight who I have in a couple of dynasty leagues where you have defensive players. I borrowed Carter also. It's disturbing the amount of like defensive players. Like I can name like the two deep for many NFL teams on defense. Not just offense Demetrius Knight with that early fumble return for the touchdown. Giving the Bengals the lead that they would basically never relinquish the entire game. Demetrius Knight is our defensive player of the week sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union. We're doing our crews doing the thing again where they're typing and putting things in the chat when I'm reading something. Can we not do that please? Thank you defensive player of the week is sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union proudly serving all branches of the armed services veterans and their families.

2:13Learn more at Navy Federal dot org. Our members are the mission. Demetrius Knight Dexter Lawrence boy a Maffe and this Bengals defense traveled to Houston this Sunday to take on CJ Stroud and the Houston taxes Houston about a two and a half three point favorite in the game. We're kind of bouncing in between those two numbers as it stands right now as I load my screen and it takes forever because it always fing does. Houston two and a half forty six and a half is the total. It's just a exceptionally interesting game. The Texans defense I expected and many people expected coming into the year to be one of the best units in the NFL if not the best. And then they went out this past Sunday and got annihilated by Josh Allen in the bills Allen slice and dice them made them look silly and yes. And yes, Camaril asked her how to chance for the game winning interception the clinching interception also Alan tore them up the entire game before that and then through the touchdown right after it.

3:19It was a miserable performance by the Houston defense. Houston opens the season with two home games against a F. C. Super Bowl hopefuls right in Buffalo and Cincinnati. If they lose both there oh and two and again two home losses to start the year and against two of the better teams in the AFC or at least on paper two of the better teams in the AFC. This is a enormous game for the Texans and specifically for this defense. If they get lit up by Joe burrow and tomorrow chase and tea higgins and chase brown on Sunday I know it's early. I might be willing to throw in the towel on my Texans Super Bowl pick for them to go to the Super Bowl and win the AFC. They absolutely must play better they must. And the Texans they might need C. J. Stroud this Sunday against Cincinnati to play like he did last week against Buffalo if that's what the defense is going to be. So like the Texans are kind of like hanging by a thread right now because it's one thing to like if they had lost this past Sunday like 17 13.

4:25Like you don't like that obviously you don't want to lose but at least the defense did what the defense is supposed to do. If this defense is going to get smashed all season and they're not going to be what they thought they were and instead of the first second or third ranked defense they're like the 13th ranked defense in the NFL they go in anywhere and the Jags are going to win this division. Now I've got the confidence in the Texans on Sunday I do think the Texans are going to win. So two and a half I'll lay it with the Texans the Texans are my pick in confidence pools to win straight up straight up. I do like the Texans to win. Do you know like we're we get into you know deep into the second quarter and the Bengals already have 17 points. Might be time to start to sound the alarm bells for the 2026 Houston Texans power our final hour coming up on the other side will give you all our bets for tonight will continue breaking down a week two. And I will defend New York Metz fans for what transpired last night at city field don't go anywhere.

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