The Houston Texans, just like the rest of the NFL in recent weeks, have been subject to a fair bit of trade deadline rumors and chatter to link a few potential moves or roster shifts that could transpire ahead of next month's deadline to best position this team for a playoff push.

The Texans have three clear needs ahead of the NFL's trade deadline. Jonathan M. Alexander answers readers' questions about that and more Week 9 topics.

Trysta Krick and Jay Croucher discuss the upcoming matchup between the Broncos and Texans and why Denver's offense is "a little suspect" with potential to struggle against Houston's high-powered defense.

The Texans got nine pass-catchers involved, that included a much larger workload for their rookie contributors. The offensive line allowed zero sacks for the first time since 2023, and of course, C.J. Stroud reaped the rewards in a big way for his third victory of the season.

While the Houston Texans are getting healthy at the right time, the Denver Broncos are losing a key defender ahead of Week 9's showdown.

The Broncos (6-2) are listed as 1-point favorites against the Texans (3-4), who are coming off a 26-15 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The over/under for total points scored between Denver and Houston has been set at 39.5.

Without Nico Collins or Christian Kirk in the lineup, quarterback C.J. Stroud logged a completion to nine different pass-catchers on the day for over 300 yards and two touchdowns. It came out to be one of his and the offense's best performances of the season so far, and of course, led to a winning effort.

Nico Collins is trending in the right direction entering Week 9's battle against the Denver Broncos.

After two bad weeks, it's back to the winning ways for me with my NFL picks. I went 9-4 against the spread last week and 10-3 straight up. That's my kind of week. It ups my season records to 64-57 ATS and 86-34-1 straight up.

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