Today at 4:25 p.m. ET, the Houston Texas (2-6) and Arizona Cardinals (4-4) go head-to-head live from University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona. The game can be live streamed here. Houston fans can hear all the action by turning their dials to KILT-FM 100.3 FM while Arizona fans can do the same on 620 KTAR FM.
The Texans are looking to avoid their worst losing streak in franchise history and they'll have to do so without their head coach and may be without their top running back. Head coach Gary Kubiak is out in definitely after suffering a mini-stroke while jogging off the field at halftime of Houston's 27-24 loss the Indianapolis Colts.
Kubiak, 52, was released from the hospital Tuesday and is expected to make a full recovery while his return to the sidelines remains uncertain.
"I've been through an ordeal and my focus now is to get back to good health," Kubiak said in a statement released by the team.
Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips will serve as the interim coach and will look to end the team's six-game losing streak that is tied for the franchise record of most consecutive losses.
Arian Foster, who left last week's loss with a back injury, is lost for the season due to a need for surgery to repair the injury. Foster has rushed for 542 yards on 121 attempts with just one touchdown this season. After back-to-back AFC South titles, this year has been a disappointing one for Houston.
"It's been frustrating, especially after the past two seasons and the expectations," receiver Andre Johnson said per ESPN. "But if you don't go out and play the way you're supposed to play you're not going to win. And we didn't do that so that's why we haven't been winning ... somehow some way we've got to go out and fix the mistakes we've been making and try to win a game."
Johnson has 57 receptions for 813 yards and three touchdowns. Case Keenum will once again try to lead Houston to its first win since Week 2 as he'll be under center for the Texans this afternoon. Keenum has been a rare bright spot for Houston so far, as he's gone 35-for-59 (59.3%) for 621 yards with four touchdowns and no picks.
In its most recent contest, Arizona defeated the Atlanta Falcons 27-13 on Oct. 27 before having a bye in Week 9. Arizona is hoping to come out of its bye refreshed and confident.
"We take a short-term look at long goals and then get back to the process of making sure we win this Sunday and forget about adding things up," coach Bruce Arians said via ESPN. "We'll add them up in late December."
Rookie Andre Ellington has ignited the Cardinals rushing game while rushing for 333 yards on 43 attempts with two touchdowns. He could share time with Rashard Mendenhall if he's ready to return.
"You want to have that one-two punch," Arians said per ESPN. "Andre's kind of got his role cut out. We'd like to, as I said last week, hopefully get him into space a couple of more times in the ball game
Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald will hope to connect more after Fitzgerald has been limited on catches in the last two weeks. Fitzgerald has 36 receptions for 470 yards this season five touchdowns while Palmer is 174-for-284 (61.3%) for 1,913 yards with 10 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
Houston looks to avoid setting a franchise record for consecutive losses while Arizona hopes to come back refreshed after a bye week when these two teams lock horns this afternoon.
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