The Houston Texans have won a couple games in a row to get back to.500.
And on Thursday, they've got some injury news going in their favor.
They're expected to have kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn back for Thursday Night Football. He practiced fully this week after missing two games with a quad injury.
The Texans had relied on veteran Matthew Wright as the fill-in kicker for Fairbairn, but they'll be much happier with their main man back there putting his laces through the football.
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All told, Fairbairn has played in eight games this season. He has made 22-of-25 field goals (88%) and all 12 of his extra point attempts.
Fairbairn is a career 86.9% field goal kicker, with a career long of 61 yards. He's also at 93.0% on extra points.
The native of Hawaii has been with the Texans for all nine seasons of his NFL career after playing his college football at UCLA.
Your fun fact of the night is that Fairbairn's full name is John Christian Ka'iminoeauloameka'ikeokekumupa'a Fairbairn.
The Texans will have more fun if they score touchdowns than settle for field goals, but if Fairbairn makes his kicks when he has to, the Texans will have at least a chance of pulling an upset of the Bills on Thursday night.
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