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Atlanta Falcons vs Houston Texans

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Texans is the better survivor pick this week

Texans score 0.361 equity (47.2% win probability) against Falcons at 0.291 — a real gap of 0.070.

ATL team page →HOU team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ PITOpponentvs BUF

32.8%Win prob47.2%

0.291Equity score0.361

+5.0Spread11/11 books+1.5

41.5Game total45.0

▼ 0.005Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▲ 0.008

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 6 meetings · ATL 3 — HOU 3. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1475.8ELO rating1573.1

#20ELO rank#6

8-9Record12-5

NFC SouthDivisionAFC South

#1Division rank#2

W +2 · W +3 · W +7 · W +1 · L 28Last 5newest firstL 12 · W +24 · W +8 · W +4 · W +2

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

16.3 · #17vs QB12.8 · #3

21.7 · #15vs RB20.1 · #11

33.6 · #23vs WR25.9 · #3

10.2 · #3vs TE12.3 · #11

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

3.35 (2025)Sacks / game2.95 (2025)

9.18Pressures / game8.42

7-6Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows10-10

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

53.0% · #3Pre-snap motion44.7% · #14

9.3% · #26Play action11.2% · #16

3.7% · #19RPO1.3% · #29

3.8% · #14Screen pass2.2% · #31

9.5% · #8No huddle3.6% · #27

66.0% · #4Shotgun51.0% · #23

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

33.4% · #12Man coverage31.5% · #16

34.9% · #2Blitz (5+ rushers)22.9% · #23

31.3% · #13Pressure30.7% · #15

ATL scheme profile →HOU scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Atlanta Falcons

A.J. Terrell Jr.CornerbackOut
Billy Bowman Jr.CBLimited Participation in Practice
Brandon DorlusDTLimited Participation in Practice
Carlos Washington Jr.Running BackQuestionable
Casey WashingtonWide ReceiverOut
Clark Phillips IIICornerbackQuestionable
Cobee BryantCornerbackQuestionable
Da'Shawn HandDTLimited Participation in Practice
Darnell MooneyWide ReceiverOut
DeAngelo MaloneLinebackerQuestionable
Dee AlfordCornerbackQuestionable
Drake LondonWide ReceiverOut

Houston Texans

Aireontae ErseryOffensive TackleOut
Alijah HuzzieCornerbackOut
Ameer SpeedCornerbackOut
Azeez Al-ShaairLinebackerOut
Blake FisherOffensive TackleQuestionable
Braxton BerriosWide ReceiverOut
Brevin JordanTight EndInjured Reserve
British BrooksRunning BackOut
C.J. Gardner-JohnsonSafetyQuestionable
C.J. StroudQuarterbackOut
Cade StoverTight EndQuestionable
Cam RobinsonOffensive TackleOut

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