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Know Your Foe: New England Patriots

Oh, week three... Again.

After last year’s 2-0 start, the Texans went to New England, minus Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo, on a Thursday night and got it handed to them. Badly. Nothing went right that night and the fallout was gruesome. The offense lost a ton of confidence and the defense lost something even more important - . That result and the lack of offensive firepower was why the Texans were 17 point underdogs heading to Gillette Stadium in last year’s AFC Divisional Round playoff game.

Yet, in the fourth quarter, the Texans were down by a score with the ball.