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Stover has consistently been in the ancillary receiver force for the Texans, with multiple targets in every game in his last four. He scored on a busted coverage on Houston’s first play from scrimmage, and out-targeted Dalton Schultz for the first time. It’s likely that this was just a flash-in-the-pan performance, but Stover is on the field plenty for the Texans and it wouldn’t be a surprise if he eventually overtook Schultz as their main tight end in 2025.

Dell had a 39-yard catch to set up Houston’s second touchdown drive, but otherwise was more of a bystander than you’d like and had a key ball over the middle defensed by Jarvis Brownlee in the fourth quarter. We suppose if he was ever going to live up to the WR3/FLEX hype it would be against the Jaguars next week, but Dell hasn’t been in the end zone in a month and doesn’t have a 10-target game all season.

It could have been a bigger day as Collins scored a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter before an illegal shift penalty brought it all back. Collins got free for a 56-yarder in man coverage and looked fully healthy. He’ll be on the WR1 line against the Jaguars next week, but we’re a little underwhelmed by how the Texans passing offense has looked with him back.

He added five catches for 23 yards on six targets, and was the only Texans running back to touch the ball in Week 12. The Texans were aware of their disadvantage in the middle of the line against the Titans and ran Mixon outside on 11 of his 14 carries, but there was nothing good waiting for them there. Texans fans were booing first-down runs in the fourth quarter, is a way to sum up how this went. Mixon’s role remains RB1-able and his matchup next week is the Jaguars, so he’s an RB1 despite the miserable line here.

He only took four sacks, which made him the better of the two quarterbacks in this game, but he did get pressured into a game-losing safety on his own goal line after one of them. Stroud looked better with Nico Collins back in general, but the second half was a dire place as the Texans anchored in on running the ball in a game where they couldn’t run the ball. Stroud’s first pick looked like a miscommunication, but his second was a bad ball to Collins across the field, deep in the down. Jacksonville’s defense will make him a borderline QB1 next week, but we’re running out of belief that the rookie year production is coming back this year.

Pitre initially was ruled questionable. He left in the second quarter without his helmet and was not spotted on the sidelines at the beginning of the second half. The Texans moved Jimmie Ward into the nickel safety spot.

Fisher was declared out on Friday with a concussion, as was Fatukasi with a foot injury. Denico Autry (knee/oblique) will play off a questionable tag. Everyone else here is a healthy scratch.

Anderson missed two games with the ankle issue but returned to practice on Wednesday. He is good to go for Week 12. Anderson has 7.5 sacks and 11 TFLs this year despite the pair of missed games. His return makes Houston an even worse matchup for Will Levis this week.

Anderson has been out since Week 9 with the ankle issue. This was his first practice since suffering the injury, giving him a good shot to suit up on Sunday. Anderson is the biggest play-maker on the defensive side of the ball for Houston. He has 7.5 sacks and 11 TFLs this year.

Coming off a game in which he went for 74 yards and caught his first touchdown, fantasy exuberance swiftly came crashing back to earth with the return of Nico Collins. Metchie shouldn’t see many weeks of fantasy viability for as long as the top two receivers remain healthy in Houston.