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Texans Defense Struggles to Close Out Games as Houston Gives Up Late Leads

The team has surrendered late leads in three of its first four games despite scoring go-ahead touchdowns.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 7 Oct 2026 · updated 31d ago

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How the odds moved · 7+ wins
0%50%100%82%6 Oct, 11:23 UTCnowwww.espn.com: Is the Texans' defense the issue? Why Houston is struggling to close out games · 7 Oct, 11:42 UTCSI Feed: Texans' Defense Could Solve Its Problems With This One Change · 7 Oct, 16:01 UTC

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The story so far

2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 7 Oct 2026. www.espn.com published first, on 7 October at 11:42 UTC; SI Feed followed 4h 18m later. The most recent article, from SI Feed, appeared on 7 October at 16:01 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: www.espn.com (major outlet), SI Feed.

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  • 7+ wins — the market puts it at 82%, closing 20 Dec 2026. The market resolves to Yes if the Houston college football team achieves at least seven wins during the 2026 regular season. It resolves to No if the team finishes with fewer than seven wins in that same period. Readers often mistakenly include postseason games or confuse the 2026 season with other years.

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  1. Is the Texans' defense the issue? Why Houston is struggling to close out games www.espn.com ·
  2. Texans' Defense Could Solve Its Problems With This One Change SI Feed

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