Well, that wasn’t all that much fun, now was it? The Houston Texans came into this game off of a bye, winners of 3 of their last 4, and actually favored in a road game for the 1st time since 2020. Carolina is in position to give Chicago an awesome draft pick and desperately seeking its 1st win. Young vs. Stroud, and most had Stroud as the clear cut winner. This had all the makings for a Texans win.
Except...Houston does not play well against Carolina. They just do not. From the franchise’s first hangover game against the Panthers in 2011, to the (late) Ryan Mallet’s first start for Houston coming up short, to whatever those performances were against Carolina in Houston in 2019 and 2021, the Multi-verse has decreed that henceforth, Houston shall not be Carolina.