Thursday Night Football, Week 12: Bills and Texans face off

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Thursday has arrived, and with it is the start of football in week 12. Tonight, football fans will get a matchup between teams that have recently been staples of the AFC playoff field with the Bills visiting

the Texans.

Buffalo has made the postseason in six straight seasons and seven of eight starting in 2017. That year ended a 17-year playoff drought that dated back to the 1999 season. Meanwhile, Houston is coming off back-to-back division titles and home Wild Card victories in DeMeco Ryans’ first two seasons as the Texans’ head coach.

This season has been a bit of a struggle for Houston; despite having the NFL’s top-ranked defense by both points and yards allowed, the Texans are just 5-5 and sit in 3rd place in the AFC South. They are one of three teams with a .500 record, but those teams are all one game back of the AFC’s final playoff spot. The Bills, meanwhile, sit 1.5 games back of the Patriots in the AFC East.

Tune in tonight to see which of these teams can take a big step forward in the playoff race as we begin to turn the corner towards the home stretch of the 2025 regular season.