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5 things to know about Titans-Texans Week 8 matchup
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As you’d anticipate, Derrick Henry is among the many league leaders in dashing yards, together with his 536 ranked fourth within the NFL. Dameon Pierce, who’s off to an ideal begin to his profession, isn’t far behind, together with his 504 yards rating sixth within the league, and fifth amongst backs.
Whereas that is Pierce’s first assembly with Houston’s division rival, the Texans are very aware of Henry, who has dominated them to the tune of 103.5 dashing yards per sport and 9 touchdowns over 10 profession contests. Tennessee is 6-4 in these video games.
Making issues worse for Houston, Henry is due for one among his blowup video games, and he has been getting nearer and nearer to breaking one among his customary large landing runs the previous couple of weeks, additionally.
So far as run defenses go, Pierce faces a a lot stiffer check, as Tennessee owns the No. 4 unit within the NFL. On the other aspect of the spectrum, Houston’s ranks dead-last, which solely provides to the potential for Henry going off.