There was a reason why the Texans were expected to make the playoffs last season. The year before, they achieved the finest accomplishment in franchise history: a winning season. Matt Schaub led the league in passing and was expected to become even better. The biggest problem for the Texans was their lack of a running game. The Texans ranked 30th in rushing in the league, primarily because Steve Slaton did not live up to his expectations. However, in the very first game of the season against the rival colts, the solution was found. Arian Foster was unstoppable, rushing for 231 yards and reaching the endzone 3 times.
The Texans seemed unstoppable.
They were ranked number 3 in ESPN's power rankings, and their offense was electric. In the end, however, just one small problem prevented the Texans from achieving greatness, their secondary. The Texans had the leagues worst secondary in 2010, and it caused them to finish disappointedly at 6-10.
Expect that to change this season.
The Texans signed Pro-Bowl corner Jonathan Joseph, and an excellent safety in Daneal Manning. With these two defensive veterans on the team, the Texans are expected not to only improve their secondary, but actually have a good one. The Texans front seven seems to be stacked. They are made up of three Pro-Bowlers in Demeco Ryans, Brian Cushing, and Mario Williams. With the addition of JJ Watt, the Texans first round draft choice, the front seven seems very scary. Watt is impressing everyone at training camp. Gary Kubiak has said that Watt has already won the respect of the team's veterans, and Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips is quoted as saying, "JJ Watt is stepping up and being a starter right now."
With an unstoppable offense and a revamped defense, the Texans appear to be playoff bound.
7 comments:
i'm not sure about this, it's gonna be hard as hell for houston to beat out teams like nyj and baltimore for wild-card spots
I agree tyler. Their only chance of making the playoffs is if the win the division, which is possible. Peyton Manning is not supposed to be elite this season. The texans have to get through the AFC North this season though.
I disagree with both Jordan and Tyler. As last night showed, Wade Phillips has showed what he can do to this up-and-coming defense. Wade is known as "Mr. Fix It", where he takes shitty defenses and makes them into top-10 caliber defenses. With the great move of Mario Williams, the electric JJ Watt, and brand new corner Jonathan Joseph the Texans have a bright future defensively. Jordan, the AFC North SUCKS. Baltimore and Pittsburgh are all right but the Browns and the Bengals are arguably two of the worst teams in the AFC, and for that matter the NFL. And Tyler, Baltimore is not better than Texas. One key reason: Ed Reed and Ray Lewis are old and getting older. Its going to be a tight race in the AFC South this year.
Tyler, tell Eric what Ray Lewis did years back. It was covered up by his lawyers and he was proven innocent.
Do you know?
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matt the Texans just suck
how did it get 20 likes i have no clue
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