Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the Atlanta Falcons go head-to-head with the Houston Texans in a Week 2 preseason game live from Reliant Stadium in Texas. The game can be live streamed here. Atlanta fans can hear all of the action on STAR 94 while Houston fans can do the same on KILT 100.3.
The Falcons are coming off of a 16-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins in their preseason opener while the Texans were shut out by the Arizona Cardinals 32-0 in the opening tilt of their exhibition slate.
Matt Ryan enters his seventh season under center for Atlanta after going 439-for-651 (67.4 percent) for 4,515 yards with 26 touchdowns and 17 interceptions last season.
One of Ryan's best targets last season was wide receiver Harry Douglas, who had 85 receptions for 1,067 yards and two scores. Steven Jackson led the Atlanta ground game, rushing for 543 yards on 157 carries while reaching the end zone six times.
The Texans are involved in a quarterback competition as Ryan Fitzpatrick and Case Keenum are battling it out over the starting reigns.
Fitzpatrick went 217-for-350 (62 percent) for the Tennessee Titans last season for 2,454 yards with 14 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Keenum went 137-for-253 (54.2 percent) for 1,760 yards in eight games with nine scores and six picks.
Andre Johnson, who was a training camp holdout, led Texans wide receivers last season with 109 receptions for 1,407 yards with five touchdowns while Arian Foster will look to lead the ground game after carrying the ball 121 times for 542 yards last season and reaching the end zone just once and being limited to eight games.
The Falcons and Texans continue their preseason slates when they take the field for Week 2 action tonight at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
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