NRG Stadium will play host to Sunday's NFL game between Houston Texans and Cleveland Browns. The game kicks off at 8:30 am with Cleveland Browns heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Houston Texans vs. Cleveland Browns game and give you our free tips and bets.

When: Sunday January 14, 2024 at 8:30 am

Where: NRG Stadium

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We may as well call this the Houston Texans memorial timeslot because in each of their seven playoff appearances, they have received the early Sunday (AEDT) kickoff at NRG Stadium.

In those games they have defeated Cincinnati in 2011 and 2012, lost to Kansas City in 2015, beat Oakland in 2016, lost to the Colts in 2018 and most recently needed overtime to get by the Bills in the 2019 season.

Useless trivia aside, this is going to be an interesting game between two teams whose talent isn’t quite at an elite level but you wouldn’t count them out from going on a run either.

Houston has well and truly overachieved this season with rookie quarterback CJ Stroud starring in his debut campaign, but this Browns defence has been feasting on opposing offences pretty much all season.

That defence is what swings this game in favour of the visitors for me, Stroud will have his moments moving the ball but asking him to do it all on his own just feels like a bridge too far.

I like the Texans to keep it close but the experience of Joe Flacco might come in handy in the crunch time.

Given it’s the playoffs it’s also worth adding in a couple of player markets to add in some extra value and a couple of options stand out above all others in this game.

One of the most impressive players on Cleveland’s offence this season has been tight end David Njoku catching 81 passes for 882 yards and six touchdowns, and I’ll back him to have another solid outing.

For a bit of insurance on the Texans side I’ll back Stroud to have a productive day, throwing for 275 yards and a pair of touchdowns, numbers he has hit in five of his eight home starts and a mark he will likely have to meet if Houston is to have any hope.

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