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ESPN- Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
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ESPN- DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets for the New York Daily News. He's a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show "Talkin' Texans."
HOUSTON -- There's a lot on the line in Thursday's game between the Buffalo Bills and the Houston Texans (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video).
The Texans sit at 5-5 after Matthew Wright kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired in Week 11 to sweep the Tennessee Titans for the season. Houston has a 26% chance to make the playoffs, but that would increase to 37% with a win over the Bills. With a loss, the number would drop to 15%. As for history, of the 989 teams in the Super Bowl era to start 5-5 or worse through 10 games, only 89 (9%) have gone on to make the playoffs, according to ESPN Research.
And on the Bills' side, quarterback Josh Allen is on the brink of making NFL history. Allen, 29, last week tied Cam Newton for the most regular-season career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. When the Bills (7-3) face the Texans, the record could very well be taken -- no easy task against the Texans, one of three teams to not give up a rushing score to a quarterback this season.
ESPN has you covered on the ground with coverage from Bills reporter Alaina Getzenberg and Texans reporter DJ Bien-Aime.
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