On this episode of the Texas Sports Nation podcast, Houston Chronicle Texans writer John McClain and columnist Jerome Solomon give a preview of the Texans-Bills game, with McClain sharing the latest update on Deshaun Watson's status for Sunday's contest.

There was plenty to talk about after the Texans second consecutive overtime victory, a 19-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. The Chronicle’s NFL and Texans beat writers John McClain and Aaron Wilson joined columnist Jerome Solomon to break it all down.

McClain gives insight on the Texans red zone struggles and Wilson has a surprising win total that he believes the Texans are capable of accomplishing. It’s not as many games as you might think.

As the Dallas Cowboys visit NRG Stadium, the Houston Chronicle’s John McClain and Jerome Solomon discuss the Texans’ latest injury, the Cowboys’ likely strategy for Sunday’s game and opine on the meaning of the intense Houston-Dallas rivalry and the less intense, but still heated Texans-Cowboys rivalry.

Is it too early for the Texans to make changes? Beat writer John McClain and columnist Brian T. Smith discuss the sad state of the Texans in this week’s Texas Sports Nation podcast as the team aims again for its first victory of the 2018 season.

Bill O’Brien said his play-call on a two-point conversion try was what comes out of the bad end of a horse.  

John McClain concurs.

McClain joined Jerome Solomon on this episode of the Texas Sports Nation podcast from the press box at NRG Stadium to discuss the Texans’ disappointing 27-22 loss to the Giants.

On the latest episode of the Texans Sports Nation podcast, John McClain and Jerome Solomon discuss what the Texans must do to beat the Giants this Sunday at NRG Stadium and keep their playoff dreams alive.

Only three teams have started a season 0-3 and made it to the playoffs since the current format of 12 teams in the playoffs was implemented in 1990.

It's only Week 2. But the Texans are treating the second contest of a 16-game season as a must win, partially because of their self-induced blunders during a disappointing road defeat at New England.

Longtime Texans beat writer John McClain and columnist Brian T. Smith break down Bill O'Brien versus Mike Vrabel, the expectations for a much-improved Deshaun Watson on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., and predict the winner of Texans-Titans.

Hint: They both agreed on the same team.

What do the Texans have to do to get their up-tempo offense to work all game?

Why was Watson so rusty against the Patriots?

McClain and Smith dig into an intriguing Week 2 matchup as the Texans try to even their 2018 season.

Twitter: @McClain_on_NFL @ChronBrianSmith

Texans head coach Bill O’Brien wasn’t too pleased with the questions from Chronicle NFL/Texans writer John McClain in the postgame news conference.

Should he have called a timeout after the Rob Gronkowski 28-yard “catch?”

O’Brien said that’s not his job. He is the only one who seems to think that.

McClain joined me in the press box at Gillette Stadium for this episode of the “Texas Sports Nation” podcast to discuss that exchange, the positives and negatives from the Texans in Sunday’s 27-20 loss to the Patriots, and other NFL news.

Listen as O’Brien answers McClain’s questions and McClain’s opinion about the answer for O’Brien’s failure to call a timeout that could have led to a replay review that might have overturned a 28-yard catch. The play sparked a drive on which the Patriots scored a touchdown just before the half to take a 321-6 lead.