At long last, the Texans have a bye weekend.
They'll play no games in Week 14, along with five other NFL squads. When training camp began on July 18, the Texans joined the Bears as the first two NFL franchises to start practicing for the 2024 campaign. They met two weeks later in Canton, Ohio for the first preseason game of 2024.
Since then, the Texans played three more preseason contests, 13 regular season games, and won eight times.
Let's take a look at some notable numbers from the pre-bye portion of the Texans 2024 season.
2 - Two Texans--safety Jimmie Ward and defensive end Derek Barnett--have scored a defensive touchdown for Houston this season.
4 - Four different Texans have run for a score in 2024.
7 - The number of games in which running back Joe Mixon has run for 100 yards or more. No other player in the NFL has that many entering Week 14.
9 - Houston has more takeaways than turnovers in nine games this season. Their record is 6-3 in those contests.
9 - Nine different Texans have caught a touchdown pass from C.J. Stroud this season.
9.5 - Defensive end Will Anderson, Jr. has 9.5 sacks in 11 games played in 2024.
10 - The Texans are plus-10 in turnover differential, which means they've taken the ball away from opponents 10 more times than they've turned it over. Only three teams have better turnover differentials entering Week 14.
10.5 - Defensive end Danielle Hunter has a team-high 10.5 sacks in the first 13 games.
11 - Mixon's run for 11 scores in 2024, despite missing three games in 2024.
12 - Kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn has nailed a dozen field goals of 50 yards or longer this season, which is an NFL record.
16 - Houston's 16 interceptions are second-most in the league, and only the Minnesota Vikings have more in 2024 with 18 picks. The Texans had 14 interceptions all of last season.
21 - Houston has 21 takeaways in the last seven games, which is a franchise-best in a 7-game span.
24 - With 24 takeaways in 2024, the Texans are tied with two other teams for the second-most takeaways in the NFL.
42 - As a team, the Texans have recorded 42 sacks in 13 games in 2024. They logged 46 as a team in 17 games last year.
55.9 - That's the percentage of Tommy Townsend punts that have been downed inside the opponents' 20-yard line in 2024.
104 - Wide receiver Nico Collins leads the NFL with 104 receiving yards per game in 2024.
122 - The number of points Fairbairn has scored this season.
149 - That's the number of days in between the first practice of training camp and the next game on the Texans' schedule, which is against the Miami Dolphins on December 14 at NRG Stadium.
