The Houston Texans take on the Chicago Bears at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, in Week 2 of the NFL season. The two teams head into the week as 1-0 winners after victories against the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans, and it’ll be the battle of two young quarterbacks facing off as the 2024 No. 1 pick Caleb Williams and 2023 No. 2 pick C.J. Stroud do battle. The Texans are currently -6.5 point favorites but there’ll be a host of interesting player and team prop bets for Sunday night.
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How Stefon Diggs could hit over 4.5 receptions
Diggs has only played one game for the Houston Texans, so his role may not be fully defined yet, but if Week 1 was any indication he’ll still be a big part of one of the best offenses in the NFL. The veteran receiver caught six passes for 33 yards and two touchdowns in his Texans’ debut and provided a short-game outlet for Stroud all game. Diggs was third in targets behind Nico Collins and Tank Dell, but he caught the second-most passes on the team behind Collins.
Stroud found early chemistry with Diggs, who lined up in the slot on 63.9% of his offensive snaps and caught three passes out of that alignment. Texans’ offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik sought to utilize Diggs in a variety of ways, though his average depth of target of 1.7 yards indicates that Diggs will likely be an underneath option, allowing Collins and Tank Dell to stretch the field. That could open up the short areas of the field for Diggs to work and rack up receptions.
How Stefon Diggs could hit under 4.5 receptions
The Texans’ offense racked up 417 offensive yards in Week 1, the second-most of any team in the NFL, while Stroud attempted 32 passes. The pass game will remain the likely fulcrum of the Texans’ offense, but with Diggs, Collins, and Dell, as well as Dalton Schultz and Joe Mixon in the mix, there are a lot of mouths to feed on a nightly basis. That shouldn’t mean Diggs will head into any game with the chance of putting up a goose egg, but the NFL is a matchup-driven entity. There are games where Slowik will want to feed the hot hand, and that could go against Diggs – after all, this is a talented offense.
How D.J. Moore could hit over 60.5 receiving yards
Moore landed in Chicago a year ago in the trade that saw the Bears trade away the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to the Carolina Panthers. Landing Moore, who caught 364 passes for 5201 receiving yards in five seasons with the Panthers, was a coup and he was Caleb Williams’s most reliable option in Week 1, catching 5 passes for 36 yards. As Williams struggled in his NFL debut, Moore showed that he could be a safe option, as he was so often in Carolina.
The likelihood is that Williams will start to acclimatize to life in the NFL more, and that’ll come with him targeting downfield more often. Williams averaged just 3.2 yards per attempt in his NFL debut, and anything even closer to the league average will mean that Moore has a significantly better chance of hitting the over. He can win all over the field, and if Williams pushes the ball downfield more and gains confidence, Moore stands to win.
How D.J. Moore could go under 60.5 receiving yards
The Bears passing offense struggled in Week 1, and it’s clear that Williams is still finding his groove in the NFL. That’ll take time. Being a rookie and adjusting to life in the NFL doesn’t happen overnight, and there could be more performances slightly more akin to Williams’ performance on Sunday on the horizon than 300 passing-yard games.
Moore caught 5 passes in Week 1, but the Titans defense did an excellent job of stifling Williams, putting him under pressure, and forcing him into tough situations. The Texans’ defense, another strong unit, could tack on that same misery and slow Moore down.
