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Wk 14 · 2026

Houston Texans at Washington Commanders — Sun, Dec 13

Sun, Dec 13 · Northwest Stadium, Landover, MD · CBS

Weather

No forecast yet. This one is 107 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
AFC South · no games yet
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HOU -1.5 · total 44.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential HOU by 3.1
NFC East · no games yet

What is at stake

An interconference game, AFC against NFC. It counts in both overall records — which is what seeding is settled on first — and in neither team’s division or conference record.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 1.7 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have been through a draft and a free-agency window since.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

Texans: +2.3#9
Efficiency margin
Commanders: -2.5#24
Texans: -0.4#21
Offense
Commanders: -0.2#20
Texans: +2.7#2
Defense
Commanders: -2.3#30
Texans: 23.8
Points / game
Commanders: 20.9
Texans: 17.4
Points allowed / game
Commanders: 26.5
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats

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Texans form

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Commanders form

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Texans this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Commanders this season

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Common opponents · 7

OpponentTexansCommanders
Bengals
AFC
vs Wk 2 · scheduled previewvs Wk 11 · scheduled preview
Colts
AFC
at Wk 3 · scheduled previewN Wk 4 · scheduled preview
Cowboys
NFC
vs Wk 4 · scheduled previewat Wk 2 · scheduled preview
Titans
AFC
at Wk 5 · scheduled previewat Wk 13 · scheduled preview
Jaguars
AFC
N Wk 6 · scheduled previewat Wk 17 · scheduled preview
Giants
NFC
vs Wk 7 · scheduled previewvs Wk 5 · scheduled preview
Eagles
NFC
at Wk 16 · scheduled previewat Wk 1 · scheduled preview
Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

Since 2006, Texans leads 3–2 · Commanders won the last one
5 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 2.6 points toward Commanders
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20222022-11-20Commanders 2310 Texansat HOUCommanders
20182018-11-18Texans 2321 Commandersat WSHTexans
20142014-09-07Commanders 617 Texansat HOUTexans
20102010-09-19Texans 3027 Commandersat WSHTexans
20062006-09-24Commanders 3115 Texansat HOUCommanders

Texans leaders 2025 regular season

PassingC.J. Stroud QB #7273/423, 3041 YDS, 19 TD, 8 INT
Davis Mills QB #1091/159, 915 YDS, 5 TD, 1 INT
RushingWoody Marks RB #4196 CAR, 703 YDS, 2 TD
Nick Chubb RB #21122 CAR, 506 YDS, 3 TD
C.J. Stroud QB #748 CAR, 209 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingNico Collins WR #1271 REC, 1117 YDS, 6 TD
Dalton Schultz TE #8682 REC, 777 YDS, 3 TD
Jayden Higgins WR #8141 REC, 525 YDS, 6 TD
Xavier Hutchinson WR #1935 REC, 428 YDS, 3 TD
Defense
TacklesAzeez Al-Shaair LB #0103
Henry To'oTo'o LB #3995
Kamari Lassiter CB #391
SacksDanielle Hunter DE #5515
Will Anderson Jr. DE #5112
Derek Barnett DE 5
InterceptionsJalen Pitre S #54
Derek Stingley Jr. CB #244
Calen Bullock S #24

Commanders leaders 2025 regular season

PassingMarcus Mariota QB #8139/227, 1695 YDS, 10 TD, 7 INT
Jayden Daniels QB #5114/188, 1262 YDS, 8 TD, 3 INT
RushingJacory Croskey-Merritt RB #22175 CAR, 805 YDS, 8 TD
Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB #24112 CAR, 500 YDS, 6 TD
Marcus Mariota QB #850 CAR, 297 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingDeebo Samuel Sr. WR #1972 REC, 727 YDS, 5 TD
Terry McLaurin WR #1738 REC, 582 YDS, 3 TD
Zach Ertz - 50 REC, 504 YDS, 4 TD
Jaylin Lane WR #8316 REC, 225 YDS
Defense
TacklesBobby Wagner LB #54162
Quan Martin S #2099
Jeremy Reaves S #3991
SacksVon Miller LB #409
Jacob Martin DE #575.5
Dorance Armstrong DE #925.5
InterceptionsMike Sainristil CB #04
Bobby Wagner LB #542
Marshon Lattimore CB #21
These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.