The Houston Texans and the Tennessee Titans will face off on Sunday for a big Week 4 game in the NFL 2016 regular season. Today's game takes place from the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, and has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET. The game can be watched on TV on the CBS network or online through live stream via the link below.
The Texans come into today's game looking to get back to basics and recover the form that saw them leap to 2-0 to open the season.
Last week things came to a grinding halt when they came up against the New England Patriots, who completely locked down the Texans offense to pull off an easy 27-0 win.
Coming into that game many had made the Texans favorites to win. They had put on excellent performances through Weeks 1 and 2, and the Patriots were not just without star quarterback Tom Brady, but they were also without their second string quarterback, and relying on their third choice.
Most had thought it would be the Texans defense that would dominate things and get the inexperienced Patriots' quarterback under too much pressure. However, as things worked out things were pretty much the opposite way around, as the New England defense dominated from the outset, allowing their offense to constantly pick up points to gain what in the end was a straightforward victory.
The Texans will be desperate to get back to form today, and will see the struggling Titans as the perfect opposition to reassert themselves.
The Titans come into this game on 1-2 and last week lost against the Oakland Raiders 17-10. That loss came despite the Titans managing to completely lockdown the Raiders offense for the entire second half. In the end Tennessee's offense just didn't have enough to capitalize on the effectiveness of their own defense. They will be looking to put a more complete performance on today on both sides of the ball.
Earlier this week on NFL Monday Night Football, the Bengals fought their way back to 2-2 with a solid victory over the Miami Dolphins. After a tight first quarter that ended 10-7 to the Bengals, Cincinnati never looked back.
Through the next three quarters the Bengals successfully and brutally shutdown the Dolphins offense, which allowed their own offense to pick off points to slowly extend their lead and gain a comfortable win.
A.J. Green got 10 catches for 173 yards and a touchdown int he game to lead the Bengals back to 2-2 after two straight losses.
Speaking about getting back to his best after a lackluster display against the Denver Broncos in Week 3, Green said, "I hold myself to a very high standard. I know what I'm capable of. Last week I didn't perform to that level. I had to refocus on a short week."
Meanwhile, the Dolphins were unable to gain any traction in offense, and after three quarters the Miami offense had just 152 total yards, compared to Green's 166 to his name alone.
Miami's Ryan Tannehill did pull off a 74 yard touchdown pass to Kenny Stills on their second play, but apart from that there was little to cheer for the Dolphins offense.
Tennehill finished with 15 of 25 for 189 yards for one touchdown, one interception, a fumble and five sacks.
He said, "Not a lot worked. We really didn't do anything well. It was one of our worst performances from our offense in a long time."
Today's big game between the Houston Texans and the Tennessee Titans has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the CBS network or online through live stream by clicking here.
