The New England Patriots are shaping up to be one of the best teams in the NFL this season and heading into their Week 13 matchup with the Houston Texans, they are facing a team on a terrible losing streak and after defeating them in the playoffs last season, the team now will try and continue their misery as they visit Reliant Stadium on Sunday at 1:00 pm in a game that will be on CBS and streaming online.
The Patriots come into the game after winning a crucial matchup against the Denver Broncos on Sunday night football and that came at a big time, as they were coming off of a controversial loss to the Carolina Panthers the week before on Monday night football. The Texans have been terrible this season a year after making the playoffs as one of the top teams in the AFC and they have gone through a number of tough injuries as well as bad play from Matt Schaub, who was benched at one point and the team is also without Arian Foster for the rest of the season after he underwent back surgery and now they will try and get back on track for their first win in months against a team they lost twice to last season. The Patriots have a game at home next against the Cleveland Browns and the team comes in ranked in the top 10 in both rushing offense and pass defense in yards per game and that will be the main focus on Sunday.
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Stevan Ridley is out for the game on Sunday with his fumbling issues and that means a solid game for Shane Vereen could be coming and he has been a solid factor since returning from a wrist injury and that could really open up the passing game for Tom Brady. Last week Brady had 344 yards and led his team to a win against the Broncos in great fashion as the team came back from a huge deficit and while they have up 244 rushing yards to Knowshon Moreno and Julian Edelman led the game in receiving with over 100 yards and now the Pats play against a struggling Texans defense.
The team is averaging over 240 passing yards per game and 125 yards on the ground and while the team is ranked ninth in passing yards allowed per game, they are ranked near the bottom with almost 140 yards per game and without Foster in the lineup, that could be tough to do for Houston. The team has now won three of the last four games and the only loss was the close one on MNF against the Carolina Panthers and then the team has three of the next four games on the road including the Texans, as they play the Browns at home before going on the road against the Miami Dolphins and the Baltimore Ravens and that game could be very big, as Baltimore is getting back into the playoff race. The team then finishes the season how they started with the Buffalo Bills in Week 17 and that game is at home after the Pats won on the road in Week 1. Houston hasn't won a game since September and has lost nine in a row.
