The Houston Texans and the New England Patriots square off in a massive battle on Sunday Night Football in Week 13.

At 7-4, the Texans lead the AFC South. Meanwhile, the Patriots are AFC East leaders with a 10-1 record. This game could be an absolute war.

It appears the Houston linebackers are ready for anything. They showed up to the stadium decked out in SWAT uniforms.

How Texans linebackers showed up to face the Patriots: 😎 (via @NFLUK) pic.twitter.com/XCJswGjebz — ESPN (@espn) December 2, 2019

Unsurprisingly, this has gotten a ton of mixed reactions. There are the fans poking fun at it. Quite a few have likened them to the SHIELD of the WWE. Hopefully, someone adds their entrance music to this video at some point.

However, there are also those that like the brotherhood. It’s not like them wearing the uniforms is going to make the Texans play better or get the Patriots all fired up.

What it does do though, is show that they are all on the same page. Clearly, they are able to have fun together, and that’s extremely important on the football field. This is a group that like trusts one another and that get along well. What else can you ask for?

In the grand scheme of things, this won’t mean much. It will give some talking points though. If they play well tonight, maybe somebody points to that and say, “see they knew what they were doing”.

If they play poorly though, it’s something that can be used as a tool to mock them. The internet is ruthless, and will definitely have some fun with that if the New England offense torches them all night.

For now though, it’s just another small thing that will help build to the excitement of what should be a fantastic game between two of the best teams in the NFL.