CLEVELAND (4-6-1) at HOUSTON (8-3)
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE - Texans by 6 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Cleveland 7-4, Houston 5-6
SERIES RECORD - Texans lead 6-3
LAST MEETING - Texans beat Browns 33-17, Oct. 15, 2017
LAST WEEK - Browns beat Bengals 35-20; Texans beat Titans 34-17
AP PRO32 RANKING - Browns No. 20, Texans No. 7
BROWNS OFFENSE - OVERALL (18), RUSH (9), PASS (23).
BROWNS DEFENSE - OVERALL (31), RUSH (28), PASS (29).
TEXANS OFFENSE - OVERALL (12), RUSH (4), PASS (19).
TEXANS DEFENSE - OVERALL (8), RUSH (7), PASS (11).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Cleveland has lost four straight and six of seven vs. Houston … Browns rookie QB Baker Mayfield and Texans QB Deshaun Watson faced each other in 2016 Orange Bowl. Clemson shut out Mayfield and Oklahoma in second half in 37-17 win. … Browns ended 25-game road losing streak last week at Cincinnati. … Cleveland posted consecutive wins for first time since 2014, when Browns won three straight. … Browns haven’t won two straight on road in same season since 2003. … Browns 2-1 under interim coach Gregg Williams. … Mayfield threw season-high four touchdown passes last week. … Following game, Mayfield gave former Browns coach Hue Jackson cold shoulder on field and said his return to Bengals fueled QB, teammates. … Mayfield has nine TDs with one interception in past three games. … Mayfield is first rookie in league history to post 140-plus passer rating in two straight games. … Browns have not allowed sack in back-to-back games for first time since 2007. … Browns RB Nick Chubb one of four rookies in history with rushing, receiving TDs in consecutive games. … Browns’ defense second in league with 27 takeaways, more than double last season’s total (13). … Houston is first team to lose opening three games and then win eight in a row. … Watson threw two TD passes and ran for career-high 70 yards with another score in win over Titans on Monday. In nine home games in career Watson has 24 touchdown passes with seven interceptions. … WR DeAndre Hopkins has six touchdown receptions in last six games. Hopkins has 1,065 yards receiving and 14 TD catches in 13 home games since start of 2017 season. … WR Demaryius Thomas had first two touchdown receptions with Houston last week after trade from Denver on Oct. 30. … Rookie TE Jordan Thomas has three touchdown receptions in last four games. … DE J.J. Watt had nine tackles, 1 1/2 sacks and forced fumble Monday. … Watt, who is tied for second in NFL with 11 1/2 sacks, had three tackles for losses, one sack, forced and recovered fumble and had TD reception in last game against Cleveland in 2014. … DE Jadeveon Clowney has 49 tackles for losses since 2016, which ranks second in NFL. … DE Christian Covington had career-high 2 1/2 sacks and two tackles for losses Monday. … Fantasy tip: Houston RB Lamar Miller had 162 yards rushing with 97-yard TD on Monday and could have another big game against Cleveland defense which allows 131.8 yards rushing a game.
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