The Houston Texans (1-0) will face the Chicago Bears(1-0) on Sunday Night Football in Week 2, where Houston is looking to build an early win streak and pull off another prominent win over one of the league’s most improved rosters.
The Texans’ Week 2 game will air on NBC at 7:20 p.m. CT. The television commentators for the game are Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst) and Melissa Stark (sideline reporter).
Houston is coming off a 29-27 win over the Indianapolis Colts (0-1), where newcomers Stefon Diggs and Joe Mixon set the tone in a new era of Texans football. Mixon, a 2021 Pro Bowler with the Cincinnati Bengals, rushed for 159 yards and a score. Diggs hauled in six passes from C.J. Stroud for 33 yards and two touchdowns.
BEARS. TEXANS.
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Meanwhile, Chicago is coming off a 24-17 comeback win over the Tennessee Titans (0-1), where defense and special teams rose to the occasion as rookie Caleb Williams and the offense struggled. After trailing 17-0, the Bears scored 24 unanswered points, notching three takeaways and scoring defensive and special teams touchdowns en route to the miraculous win.
Williams, the No. 1 overall pick of April’s draft, struggled to produce on offense completing 14 passes for 93 yards. As a unit, Chicago’s offense failed to total 150 yards on the afternoon.
