Houston Texans Week 12 Rooting Guide + TNF Injury Updates Ft. C.J. Stroud & Joe Mixon

Houston Texans Week 12 Rooting Guide + TNF Injury Updates Ft. C.J. Stroud & Joe Mixon

[Music] Welcome into Texans Today everyone. I’m your host Jeremy Chugs and coming up on today’s show, a quick rooting guide for all the games going on in week 12. Who should you be rooting on? Who do you want to lose for the Texans to have the best chances to make the playoffs or maybe even win our division? Also, some injury updates on a few a few Texans players and somebody who had to get carded off on Thursday Night Football. I’ll tell you about all those injury updates at the end of today’s show. But before we get going, let’s take a look at the AFC playoff picture before we get kicked off on the noon slate. I’m filming this right before the noon games kickoff. And currently, this is how we sit. Broncos in that number one seed. Then it’s Patriots, Colts, and Steelers as your division leaders. Then it’s the Buffalo Bills, who the Texans just beat on Thursday Night Football. The Chargers, the Jags, and then your Houston Texans, one game out of a playoff spot, followed behind by the Chiefs and the Ravens. Now, my question to you, and it’s going to impact how we look at this first game and how we root for this first game, do you believe the Texans can still win the AFC South? Do you think we can still win this division? Give me a yes. Give me a no. And how you answer is going to directly impact who you root for this game. Give me a yes or give me a no down below in the comments section. All right. So, if you said yes, if you think the Texans can still win this game or win the win the AFC South, then you want the Chiefs to win this matchup between the Colts and Chiefs here in week 12. If you think the Texans have no shot to win the division at all, if you’re like, “It’s already said and done. The Texans are not winning the AFC South, then you actually want the Indianapolis Colts to win this game to separate you from the Kansas City Chiefs. And if you’re an agent of chaos, if you just want all of the madness craziness going into the final weeks of the season, then maybe you’re kind of like me and you want to tie in this game.” Hey, people get mad at me at the chat sports office saying that I’m unAmerican, say that I’m awful for rooting for ties here and there, but I don’t know, a tie here might go a little crazy, but how you answer that first question. If you think we can still win the division, then you want the Colts to lose. If you think the division’s said and done and you’re just looking for a wild card spot, then you want the Colts to win this game. Let’s go to the next one. This is a much simpler rooting guide for the Texans. Obviously, an AFC team versus an NFC team. We’re rooting for the Chicago Bears in this game because that puts another team in the AFC. One spot down gives them another loss and a Bears win really doesn’t affect you at all. It It does nothing for this Texans team. So, in this game, we’re rooting for the Chicago Bears to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. Next up, another easy one for you. The New York Jets. They’re basically already out of the playoff race, right? They have eight losses up against the Baltimore Ravens who you do own the head-to-head, but they are nipping at your heels. You don’t want them to be close. So, obviously, we’re going to root for the bad team here. We want the New York Jets to win this ball game up against the Ravens. Uh probably not very likely with Lamar Jackson and all the guys coming back for Baltimore and the Jets. Um you know, they’re the Jets, so uh not a likely one, but uh maybe an upset if the Jets can beat the Ravens in this one. That’s who we’ll be looking at for this game. I was a little torn, but I’m going to say for Texans fans, we actually want the Patriots to win this game. And I know what you’re saying, Jeremy. The Patriots are 9-2. The Bengals are three and seven. Why do you care whether or not the Patriots lose or the Bengals win this game? Well, the Bengals are getting Joe Burrow back and they have seven losses already. the Patriots. I think they’re on track to win their division, which I would rather, you know, play a AFC East division winner in the Patriots more than play the Bills again. So, I’m saying Patriots root for them to get the dub. The Bengals, they have eight losses and that pretty much puts them out of the wildcard territory in the AFC, eliminating another team. So, I think for the Texans fans out there, you’re actually looking for the Patriots to win this game up against the Bengals. In my opinion, that makes the most sense for the Texans moving forward trying to get either a wildcard spot or another spot in particular. I think the Patriots, like I said, already have a good hold on that AFC East. And I’d much rather base the Patriots in round one if we do get a wild card spot than the Buffalo Bills. And lastly, a simple game obviously. F the Jags. We’re rooting for the Cardinals to win this game. They’re a one game ahead of us in the wildcard race right now. The Cardinals, they’re in the NFC. So, another game where, you know, if the Cardinals win, it really doesn’t really do much for you in this one. So, we’re all rooting for the Cardinals to beat up on Jacksonville in week 12. Now, coming up, I have some injury updates on a couple Texans players, somebody who got carded off of that Thursday night football game. I’ll tell you all the injury updates you need to know. But before we get into those, got to tell you about our sponsor over at Prize Picks, America’s number one fantasy sports app out there, guys. The weather, it’s a changing, but the feeling of being right never gets old. So, keep the season rolling on prize picks by getting $50 instantly in lineups when you play your first $5. Super simple to play. Just pick more or less on at least two player stats. 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Price picks, it’s good to be right. Go check out all that information down in the comment section and description of today’s show. Big shout out to our friends over at Prize Picks. Now, coming up, some Texans injury updates that we got to discuss because obviously there’s a couple people that we really need to talk about in this program and, you know, some guys that didn’t play in that Thursday night football game up against the Indianapolis Colts. First up, CJ Strad trending to play in week 13. I know people were mad that I made a video even talking about the fact that CJ Strad, you know, there’s a discussion amongst him and Davis Mills. I mean, you’d be you’d be lying to yourself if you weren’t saying there’s at least a little bit of a discussion. But I’m still on the board with CJ Strad. I’ve said it I’ve repeatedly said as soon as he’s healthy, I want seven in the ball game. And I expect CJ Strad to be taking snaps under center up against the Colts in week 13. That’s my stance. I’m sticking to it. Also, another guy that is trending to play in week 13, Jaylen Petri. This guy is somebody who the Texans have missed their, you know, they’ve kind of changed up their defensive strategy here and there cuz they run a 425. And with Petri out, they’ve run a lot of more base 43 four down uh four down lineman, three linebackers because Petri whenever he plays is kind of like that third linebacker for the Texans team. They’ll be very glad to see number five back out there. And we also had some drama over the weekend because Ian Rapaort came out with this actually right before Thursday Night Football. He said sources Texans running back Joe Mixon is not expected to play this season as he deals with the foot injury from the offseason. Mixon likely remains on the physically unable to perform list through the season. Meanwhile, Houston moved forward with Nick Chub and Warding Marks. I made a video on this. I talked about the, you know, that I said the timetable ca for Mixon to return was near late December and I gave you all the reasons why it makes sense for the Texans not to activate him, this that and the other. But we we got some drama because after I made the video, maybe like an hour or so later, I looked at my timeline and who responds other than the man himself, Joe Mixon. He quote tweeted Ian Rapaort, and said this. Now, I get everyone’s looking for splash news and click clickbait, but I’m just curious, Ian, how do you know more about me than me, Peter J. Schaefer, which is Mixon’s agent, also pretty close with Ian Rapaort. Get your mans, bro. So, he literally tags his agent and says, “Hey, deal with this because Ian Rapaort is lying on my name.” Was Ian Rapaort telling the truth? Was Joe Mixon telling the truth? Well, you can debate that down in the comments section. But whatever happens with Joe Mixon, any updates that happen, injur any injury news that happens with this Texans team, I got you covered. Texans news when it happens 100% for free. So that’s why you got to hit that subscribe button for daily Texans videos all year long. You know where to go. It’s your one-stop shop for Texans news and rumors here at Texans today. Here we got another injury kind of not really update but kind of news to watch. Look for Jimmy Ward this week. I was told that he was trending in the right direction. wasn’t going to be able to play on short notice in that Bills Thursday night game. But as the practice sheet rolls out, if as the injury reports throughout the week leading up to that week 13 game up against the Indianapolis Colts, look for Jimmy Ward to be on that practice sheet and see if he’s able to return. I’ve been told that either week 13 or week 14 is a likely return date for one Jimmy Ward. He hasn’t played at all this season and obviously we know he is do’s guy. The first guy that Demo Ryan brought to this Texans team after being named the head coach was Jimmy Warden free agency. So, we’ll see if he’s able to return this week up against Indie. Now, I promised you one last injury update, and this was a, you know, somewhat serious one that we thought when it happened. He got carded off from Thursday Night Football. Who am I talking about? Well, of course, I’m talking about the ref, Adrien Hill. We all were extremely worried because he got carded off of that Thursday Night Football matchup. But guys, don’t worry. If you have him in your NFL refant league, he will be able to return in a couple weeks. Peron Pelisero, referee Adrien Hill, who left Thursday night’s game, is believed to have avoided major injury and his Achilles is intact. Sources close to Hill tell the insiders. An accomplished aerrow space engineer and an NFL official since 2010. Hill may miss some time, but a return to the season has not been ruled out. So, I’ll keep you with in uh ref injury updates throughout the league. And if you ever wondered, hey, refing the NFL, it’s not rocket science. It’s an aerospace engineer, so maybe it is. May maybe refing the NFL is akin to rocket science. I don’t know. Seems pretty easy to me as I’m watching on my couch every single weekend. But that’s all I got for you through this video. If you want more updates on social media, if you just want to hit me up, chop it up, my DMs are open. You can follow me on X, Jeremy Chugs, IG, Texans today CS, and Tik Tok at Jeremychugs as well. Hit me up. All those links down in the comments section. [Music]

Houston Texans injury news is coming in on this NFL Week 12 Sunday. C.J. Stroud’s injury update is positive as it looks like he’ll start over Davis Mills in NFL Week 13 when the Texans play their division rival the Indianapolis Colts. This Texans video is presented by PrizePicks! Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS and use code CLNS and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Chat Sports host Jeremy Chuggs breaks down the latest Texans rumors, NFL week 12 slate, AFC playoff picture and the latest Texans injury updates on today’s video!

NFL Week 12 Texans rooting guide
– Bears vs. Steelers – rooting for Chicago Bears
– Cardinals vs. Jaguars – rooting for Arizona Cardinals
– Ravens vs. Jets – rooting for New York Jets
– Patriots vs. Bengals – rooting for New England Patriots
– Chiefs vs. Colts – rooting for a tie or a Chiefs loss

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