2026 · Week 14

Scheduled

Texans

Houston

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Commanders

Washington

Northwest Stadium · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

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Total

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Model margin

+2.4est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

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Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Texansedge mapCommanders
  • +0.031EPA / play-0.005
  • 43.4%Success rate41.2%
  • +0.138EPA / dropback+0.061
  • -0.167EPA / rush-0.123
  • 8.4%Explosive rate7.5%
  • +2.27CPOE+2.73
  • 37.8%Third-down rate32.2%
  • 60.4%Red-zone TD rate64.4%
  • 2.19Points / drive1.92
  • 0.7%Turnover rate0.7%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

All square 3–3 since 1999

Meetings average 39.8 points. WAS are 4-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W11WAS @ HOU23–10WAS
2018 · W11HOU @ WAS23–21HOU
2014 · W1WAS @ HOU6–17HOU
2010 · W2HOU @ WAS30–27HOU
2006 · W3WAS @ HOU31–15WAS
2002 · W16HOU @ WAS10–26WAS

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.18
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.40