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Eagles at Texans Week 9 TNF

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 Week 9 of the NFL season kicked off with the Texans playing the Eagles.  Coincidentally, this game was being played at the same time that World Series game 5 between the Astros and Phillies was being played in Houston.  The Eagles came into this game red hot at they were undefeated boasting a record of 7-0.  The Texans came into this game on the opposite end of the spectrum being 1-5-1.  Due to their contrasting records, the Eagles were favored by -14.5 points and their Moneyline was only paying 1.1x your money.  (ESPN, Sam Smith) The Texans started out strong running the ball well on their first drive which went for a total of 75 yards and was capped off by a two yard touchdown pass from Davis Mills to rookie tight end Teagan Quitoriano .  This was the first time that the Texans were able to score any points on their opening drive all year.  But the red hot Eagles were able to respond on their opening drive gashing the Eagles on the ground and the air capping off the 18 play drive wi