Houston Texans (9-5) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-7)
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EST. 2002 EST. 1976 Houston Texans (9-5) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-7) WEEK 16 // SATURDAY, DEC. 21, 2019 // 1:00 PM ET // RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM // REFEREE: SCOTT NOVAK On November 13, 2011, Texans WR Jacoby Jones caught an 80-yard touchdown from QB Matt Schaub on the game’s first offensive snap, helping playoff-bound Houston to a 37-9 win over Tampa Bay. REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Texans lead all-time series, 3-1 LAST GAME: 9/27/15: Buccaneers 9 at Texans 19 STREAKS: Texans have won past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 11/13/11: Texans 37, Buccaneers 9 HOUSTON TEXANS TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS W 24-21 at Tennessee LAST WEEK W 38-17 at Detroit Bill O’Brien: 1-0 COACH VS. OPP. Bruce Arians: 1-1 24.4/23.6 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 29.7/28.4 375.9 OFFENSE 400.1 Deshaun Watson: 314-463-3668-26-11-100.4 PASSING Jameis Winston: 342-554-4573 (1L)-30-24-87.9 Carlos Hyde: 224-1030-4.6-5 RUSHING Ronald Jones: 147-541-3.7-5 DeAndre Hopkins: 99-1142-11.5-7 RECEIVING Breshad Perriman: 24-409-17.0-5 379.4 DEFENSE 350.1 Whitney Mercilus: 5.5 SACKS Shaquil Barrett: 16.5 (1L) Tashaun Gipson: 3 INTs Sean Murphy-Bunting (R): 3 -2 (17/19) TAKE/GIVE -8 (25/33) Bryan Anger: 45.9 (43.5) PUNTING (NET) Bradley Pinion: 43.5 (38.3) Ka’imi Fairbairn: 87 (36/41 PAT; 17/22 FG) KICKING Matt Gay (R): 114 (39/44 PAT; 25/29 FG) TEXANS NOTES BUCCANEERS NOTES • QB DESHAUN WATSON completed 19 of 27 passes (70.4 • QB JAMEIS WINSTON passed for career-high 458 yards & 4 pct.) for 243 yards with 2 TDs vs. 2 INTs for 92.1 rating last TDs vs. INT for 124.9 rating in Week 15. Became 1st QB with week. Joined HOFer STEVE YOUNG as only QBs with 25+ TD 450+ pass yards in consecutive games in NFL history. Is 3rd passes & 5+ rush TDs in multiple seaons in NFL history. Has 2+ QB (DREW BREES & PEYTON MANNING in 2013) with 5+ TD passes & 90+ rating in 3 of past 4. Has 10 TDs (8 pass, 2 games (5) of 375+ pass yards in single season in NFL history. rush) vs. INT for 122.5 rating in 3 career games vs. NFC South. Aims for his 6th in row at home with 300+ pass yards. Leads • RB CARLOS HYDE rushed for team-high 104 yards & TD last NFL with 4,573 pass yards & ranks 2nd with 30 TD passes, week. Aims for 3rd in row on road with rush TD. Has 100+ rush both TB single-season franchise records. yards in 2 of past 3 on road. Leads team with 1,030 rush • RB RONALD JONES has 50+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past yards, his 1st-career 1,000-yard season. RB DUKE JOHNSON 3 at home. RB PEYTON BARBER had 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in has career-high 394 rush yards in 2019. Since entering NFL in his past 3 at home. 2015, ranks 2nd among RBs in rec. yards (2,523). • WR BRESHAD PERRIMAN set career highs in rec. yards • WR DEANDRE HOPKINS had 6 catches for 119 yards last (113) & TD catches (3) in Week 15. Aims for his 3rd in row with week. Aims for 3rd in row with 115+ rec. yards. Had 8 catches rec. TD. TE O.J. HOWARD has 60+ rec. yards in 2 of his past 3. for 101 yards & TD in last meeting. Has 17 catches for 268 Aims for his 4th in row with 4+ catches. yards (134 per game) & 2 TDs in his past 2 on road vs. NFC • LB SHAQUIL BARRETT leads NFL with 16.5 sacks, tied South. Needs catch to join ANDRE JOHNSON as only players with HOFer WARREN SAPP (2000) for most by TB player in in franchise history with 100+ catches in consecutive single season since 1982. Aims for his 5th in row with sack. seasons. WR KENNY STILLS had 2 TD catches last week. Had LB LAVONTE DAVID had 8 tackles & FF last week. Is only 7 catches for 180 yards & TD in his last game vs. TB (11/19/17 player with 20+ FFs (20) & 10+ INTs (10) since 2013. Rookie with Mia.). Has rec. TD in 2 of his past 3 vs. NFC South. LB DEVIN WHITE had 2nd-career FR in Week 15. Is 1 of 3 • LB ZACH CUNNINGHAM had 14 tackles & half a sack last LBs (DE’VONDRE CAMPBELL & FRED WARNER) with 75+ week. Aims for 3rd in row with 14+ tackles. LB WHITNEY tackles (78), 3+ FFs (3) & 2+ sacks (2.5) in 2019. Rookie SEAN MERCILUS had 2nd INT of season in Week 15. Has sack in 2 MURPHY-BUNTING had 70-yard INT-TD last week, his 1st of past 3 vs. NFC South. career TD. TV: NFL Network (1:00 PM ET): Rich Eisen, Nate Burleson, Joe Thomas, Melissa Stark (field reporter) ON THE AIRWAVES NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: Brandon Gaudin, Jason Taylor, James Laurinaitis (field reporter) SIRIUS: 108 (Hou), 83 (TB) | XM: 225 (Hou), 226 (TB) EST. 1960 EST. 1960 Buffalo Bills (10-4) at New England Patriots (11-3) WEEK 16 // SATURDAY, DEC. 21, 2019 // 4:30 PM ET // GILLETTE STADIUM // REFEREE: JOHN HUSSEY On September 5, 1993, Bills HOF WR Andre Reed had a regular-season career-high three touchdown receptions in the Bills’ 38-14 win over New England. REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Patriots lead all-time series, 74-43-1 LAST GAME: 9/29/19: Patriots 16 at Bills 10 STREAKS: Patriots have won past 6 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/23/18: Patriots 24, Bills 12 BUFFALO BILLS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS W 17-10 at Pittsburgh LAST WEEK W 34-13 at Cincinnati Sean McDermott: 0-5 COACH VS. OPP. Bill Belichick: 34-6 20.8/15.9 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 26.6/12.9 (1L) 336.1 OFFENSE 349.9 Josh Allen: 255-430-2876-18-9-84.6 PASSING Tom Brady: 331-551-3565-21-7-86.5 Devin Singletary (R): 136-729-5.4-2 RUSHING Sony Michel: 208-742-3.6-6 John Brown: 71-1007-14.2-5 RECEIVING Julian Edelman: 92-1019-11.1-6 291.9 DEFENSE 268.4 (1L) Jordan Phillips: 9.5 SACKS Kyle Van Noy: 6.5 Tre’Davious White: 6 (T1L) INTs Stephon Gilmore: 6 (T1L) +5 (21/16) TAKE/GIVE +24 (36/12) (1L) Corey Bojorquez: 42.3 (37.7) PUNTING (NET) Jake Bailey (R): 44.9 (41.3) Stephen Hauschka: 85 (28/30 PAT; 19/25 FG) KICKING Nick Folk: 38 (8/8 PAT; 10/13 FG) BILLS NOTES PATRIOTS NOTES • QB JOSH ALLEN passed for 139 yards with TD vs. INT & rushed • PATRIOTS clinched playoff berth for 11th-consecutive for 28 yards & TD last week, his 9th rush TD of season, most season, longest streak in NFL history. among QBs. Has 0 INTs & 115+ rating in 2 of past 3 on road. • QB TOM BRADY passed for 128 yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs Aims for 3rd in row vs. division with 2+ TD passes & 110+ rating. for 86.6 rating last week. Has 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating in • RB DEVIN SINGLETARY (rookie) had 87 rush yards last 3 of past 5 vs. division. Has 21 TD passes in 2019, his 17th week. Has 100+ scrim. yards in 3 of past 4. Ranks 2nd among season with 20+ TD passes, surpassing PEYTON MANNING rookies with 729 rush yards in 2019. RB FRANK GORE had for most all-time. season-high 109 rush yards in Week 4 meeting. Aims for his • RB SONY MICHEL had 103 scrimmage yards last week (89 3rd in row vs. NE with 100+ scrim. yards. Ranks 3rd all-time rush, 14 rec.). Rushed for 116 yards & TD in last home meeting. with 15,321 career rush yards & 4th with 19,201 scrim. yards. Has 5 rush TDs in his past 4 vs. division. RB JAMES WHITE • WR JOHN BROWN led team with 7 catches for 99 yards last had team-high 49 rec. yards & TD catch last week. Has rec. TD week. Had 5 catches for 69 yards in Week 4 meeting. Has 26 in 2 of past 3. Had TD catch in last home meetng. Since 2015, catches for 412 yards (103 per game) & 4 TDs in 4 games vs. leads all RBs in catches (308), rec. yards (2,729) & rec. TDs division this season. WR COLE BEASLEY has TD catch in 3 of (23). RB REX BURKHEAD rushed for season-high 53 yards & past 4. Had 7 catches for 75 yards in Week 4 meeting. Leads 2nd TD of season in Week 15. team with 6 rec. TDs this season, a career high. TE TYLER • WR JULIAN EDELMAN has 90+ rec. yards & TD catch in 2 of KROFT had 1st TD catch of season last week. past 3. Had rec. TD in last home meeting. Leads team with • CB TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE had 2 INTs & TFL last week. Is 1 1,019 rec. yards, his 3rd season with 1,000+ rec. yards. WR of 3 in NFL (J.C. JACKSON, JOE SCHOBERT) with 2 INTs in N’KEAL HARRY (rookie) had 2nd-career TD catch in Week 15. multiple games this season. Aims for 3rd in row with 2+ PD. • CB STEPHON GILMORE had 4 PD & tied career-high with 2 Ties for NFL lead with career-high 6 INTs.