Here’s leaving the performance at SoFi Stadium back in Los Angeles and hitting reset at home for the Houston Texans‘ offense.

The Texans will battle the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season on primetime television. Both teams would love a win to secure a potential better seed in their postseason conversation once January arrives.

The Texans are coming off a struggling 14-9 loss on the road against the Los Angeles Rams, where the offense was stagnant at best. C.J. Stroud threw for 188 yards, but a costly fumble by Dare Ogunbowale in the red zone led to Houston’s best drive stalling.

It also didn’t help that the Texans had several costly pre-snap penalties and three more flags thrown against the offensive line. Even with the defense recording three sacks and a fumble, Puka Nacua’s 10 catches for 123 yards were the difference late in the fourth quarter.

“The things you can control, for me, are the pre-snap penalties,” Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said on Tuesday. “Making sure we’re in the right formation, no illegal shifts, no jumping offsides. So, it’s just the pre-snap things, those are the ones that are unacceptable to me because we fully control those. So, let’s get those out of the way and then let’s see how we are.”

Meanwhile, the Buccaneers are coming off a 23-20 come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Falcons thanks to Baker Mayfield. While the former No. 1 overall pick only threw for 167 yards, he also tossed three touchdown passes, including the game-winning 25-yard score to Emeka Egbuka with less than a minute remaining.

“He’s playing the best he’s played in his career,” Ryans said of Mayfield. “Todd [Bowles] has done a really nice job of working with Baker. The passing game, they were first in the league in passing last year or they were top five in pretty much all the major offensive categories last year. It shows.”

This could be a similar showdown to that of Week 9’s matchup in 2023 between the two eventual South division winners, where back-and-forth blows set up an incredible finish at NRG Stadium for another fantasitc Monday Night Football on ABC. But what do oddsmakers think about this early contender prime-time showdown? Will this be a get-right game for Houston’s offense? Can Mayfield magic down in Tampa stay alive for another four quarters?

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