巨人s 新人 QB Malik Willis takes reins against Texans
Will he play, or won't he?
That was the question all week surrounding Tennessee 巨人s quarterback Ryan Tannehill, whose availability going into Sunday's 会合 with the host Houston Texans was up in the 空気／公表する.
He won't.
Tannehill was 支配するd out Saturday after 行方不明の a walkthrough with an illness. He also has a sprained 権利 ankle that occurred in the fourth ４半期/4分の1 of last week's 19-10 勝利，勝つ over the Indianapolis Colts. Tannehill had started 49 連続した games for Tennessee, going 34-15 in that （期間が）わたる.
新人 Malik Willis will make his first NFL start when the 巨人s (4-2) visit the Texans (1-4-1). Logan Woodside will be the backup QB.
Tannehill was in a walking boot after last week's game and 行方不明になるd practice on Wednesday. While he didn't 供給する many 明確な／細部s about the 傷害, he had been 楽観的な that he'd be able to go on Sunday.
"I am better than I was after the (Colts) game," Tannehill said. "I am 長，率いるd in the 権利 direction. I have a little ways to go, but I've been better, been worse, and I'm 長，率いるd in the 権利 direction."
Tennessee at least is still 長，率いるd in the 権利 direction. The 巨人s have won four straight 勝利，勝つs after an 0-2 start and they are 1 1/2 games ahead of Indianapolis, with a season sweep of the Colts giving the 巨人s any tiebreaker advantage.
弁護 and the running game have 燃料d the 巨人s' 殺到する. They've 許すd just 16.5 points per game during the winning streak, while Derrick Henry has cranked it up in that （期間が）わたる. He's 普通の／平均（する）ing 107.3 yards per game, 含むing a season-high 128 on 30 carries against Indianapolis.
While the 巨人s are once again 頂上に the AFC South, Houston is ensconced in the basem ent. Last week's 38-20 loss in Las Vegas was its fourth in five games and one that could have gone either way going into the fourth ４半期/4分の1.
主要な 20-17 after three periods, the Texans couldn't finish off the Raiders. Instead, they coughed up three touchdowns as Josh Jacobs, who 急ぐd for 143 yards, 得点する／非難する／２０d on runs of 7 and 15 yards. A 選ぶ-6 capped the 悲惨な ４半期/4分の1.
Jacobs having such a big day is certainly a 関心 for Houston, 特に since it's 直面するing Henry, who has saved some of his biggest games in 最近の years for his 分割 競争相手s. In 10 career games against the Texans, Henry is 普通の／平均（する）ing 103.5 急ぐing yards while 得点する／非難する／２０ing nine touchdowns.
"To try to stop a guy like Derrick Henry or just any good 支援する, just making sure we're in our own gaps, doing our own 職業," Houston 防御の lineman Rasheem Green said. "Making sure we do a good 職業 of 取り組むing this week."
Houston also needs help from an 罪／違反 that's tied for 28th in 得点する／非難する／２０ing at 17.7 points per game. The Texans have talented 武器s in 新人 running 支援する Dameon Pierce (504 急ぐing yards), second-year quarterback Davis Mills (1,350 passing yards) and 退役軍人 receiver Brandin Cooks (28 catches, 281 yards), but still 階級 just 25th in total 罪／違反.
Tennessee leads the かつてない series 22-18. The teams have 分裂（する） 20 games in Houston, with the 巨人s pulling out a 28-25 勝利，勝つ in January.
--Field Level マスコミ
