Their much-hyped defense is allowing the joint most points per game away from home. Sure, Flacco has had a good run, and he has postseason experience and wins to his name, but i don't see the Texans getting beat from the pocket again. Amari Cooper had the game of his life in Week 16 (against the Texans), but no one mentions that the Texans lost like four defenders in the first quarter, some of those guys will play tomorrow, it was also Davis Mills and Case Keenum at QB.
Stroud, with no experience and only one healthy wide receiver, went to Indianapolis and absolutely shredded the Colts' defense. N. Brown and R. Woods are back, reinforcements in defense; defense which i find to be very talented and highly underrated.
source: https://www.si.com/nfl/browns/news/texans-expected-to-have-two-key-defenders-browns
The two pass rushers are expected back for the Texans this weekend.
Agreed, as you can see I picked Houston over Cleveland.