Houston (6-4) at Dallas (3-6) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EST, ESPN BetMGM NFL Odds: Texans by 7 1/2.
Against the spread: Texans 4-5-1; Cowboys 2-7. Series record: Cowboys lead 4-2. Last meeting: Cowboys beat Texans 27-23 on Dec.
11, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. Last week: Texans lost to Lions 26-23; Cowboys lost to Eagles 34-6. Texans offense: overall (15), rush (18), pass (15), scoring (17) Texans defense: overall (3), rush (11), pass (4), scoring (19) Cowboys offense: overall (21), rush (31), pass (10), scoring (23) Cowboys defense: overall (26), rush (31), pass (11), scoring (31) Turnover differential: Texans plus-7; Cowboys minus-10.
RB Joe Mixon is coming off a season-worst average of 1.8 yards per carry against the Lions in just his second game with fewer than 100 yards rushing this season. His 46 yards on 25 carries came against the NFL's No.
7 run defense. Now Mixon is back to facing the league's second-worst run defense, which he did in a 102-yard showing at Indianapolis last month. Mixon did score against Detroit, giving him at least one touchdown in all five games since returning from a high ankle sprain.
All-Pro WR CeeDee Lamb won't have Dak Prescott for the the rest of the season after the franchise QB had season-ending surgery on his torn hamstring. The first game without Prescott was dismal for the Dallas passing game. The Cowboys netted 49 yards through the air, their lowest total since 2001.
Lamb had six catches, but for just 21 yards as Dallas averaged a paltry 1.5 yar.
