Here's who the experts have winning on Monday Night at Lumen Field between the Seattle Seahawks and Houston Texans.
Is this where the Houston Texans right the ship, respond on the road and return to the conversation of AFC South favorites? Maybe not, but the well-rested roster could have the opportunity to turn Monday night's game into a statement long past the regular season.
The Texans will battle the Seattle Seahawks on Monday at Lumen Field for a chance to secure their first win out on the Pacific Northwest. All-time, Houston has one win against the NFC West foe, coming back in 2017 at NRG Stadium.
Seattle is looking to extend its winning streak to two games and improve to 5-2 on the year behind potential MVP candidate Sam Darnold and a dominant run defense.
The Texans are coming off their bye week following back-to-back wins over the Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens. Sure, both defenses have been rocky all seaso, putting up 26 and 44 points, respectively, might just be the spark needed for C.J. Stroud, Nico Collins and the young pass-catchers to hit their stride entering an 11-game run toward December.
The defense continues to be Houston's backbone in games, forcing turnovers, leveling quarterbacks and winning in coverage. Entering Monday night, the Texans top all defenses in scoring (12.9 points per game) and rank top five in both total yards (265.8 yards per game) and passing coverage (114.3 yards allowed per game).
The Seahawks are a 3.5-point home favorite against the Texans, according to BetMGM. But what do the experts think? Here's a look around the league:
USA Today
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz: Bears
- Jarrett Bell: Seahawks
- Nick Brinkerhoff: Texans
- Chris Bumbaca: Seahawks
- Nate Davis: Seahawks
- Tyler Dragon: Seahawks
NFL.com
- Ali Bhanpuri: Texans
- Brooke Cersosimo: Texans
- Dan Parr: Texans
- Gennaro Filice: Texans
- Tom Blair: Seahawks
ESPN
- Stephania Bell: Seahawks
- Matt Bowen: Seahawks
- Mike Clay: Seahawks
- Jeremy Fowler: Seahawks
- Dan Graziano: Seahawks
- Kalyn Kahler: Seahawks
- Pamela Maldonado: Seahawks
- Eric Moody: Seahawks
- Jason Reid: Seahawks
- Lindsey Thiry: Seahawks
- Sam Wickersham: Seahawks
CBS Sports
- Pete Prisco: Seahawks
- Cody Benjamin: Seahawks
- Jared Dubin: Seahawks
- Ryan Wilson: Seahawks
- John Breech: Seahawks
- Tyler Sullivan: Seahawks
- Dave Richard: Seahawks
- Jamey Eisenberg: Seahawks
MMQB
- Albert Breer: Seahawks
- Claire Brennan: Seahawks
- Mitch Goldich: Seahawks
- Gilberto Manzano: Texans
- Conor Orr: Seahawks
- John Pluym: Seahawks
- Matt Verderame: Seahawks
Bleacher Report
- Gary Davenport: Sehawks
- Brad Gagnon: Sehawks
- Ian Hanford: Sehawks
- Kris Knox: Sehawks
- Maurice Moton: Sehawks
- Wes O’Donnell: Sehawks
- Brent Sobleski: Texans
Texans Wire
Cole Thompson: Texans
This article originally appeared on Texans Wire: Texans vs. Seahawks: Experts make game picks for MNF in Week 7
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