FULL Houston Texans 2024 Preview: Win Total Floor & Ceiling

[Applause] Houston Texans 2024 chalk line sits at 9 and a half wins this after a 10 and7 record in year one of CJ we pun our [Applause] ticket and statement made Bullpen question for you can you digs it Rooks ruled the Houston chess board in 2023 that's a fun today baby can't wait to see you ball out Rook head coach coach maybe should have been head coach of the Year great job great job Rook quarterback who took offensive Rookie of the Year CJ St going to be fun to watch for a long long time Rook defensive end who took home Defensive Rookie of the Year into the tank baby the tank Bobby fiser would have a tough time with those dudes check and mate touchdown CJ St where does kerid Bernard Stroud the fourth Go From Here High stepping touchdown CJ Stroud over 4,000 yd passing touchdown amazing 23 touchdowns throws back across his body caught touchdown tank down only five interceptions over 273 yards per game passing wow what a kid most in the NFL 75 yards on the opening play yeah he's the fourth clarage no Jay's in his name though so I don't know how they came up with CJ oh you won 8.2 yds per attempt 12.9 yd per completion great ball man great those are bloated in the right way he can make every a rating of 100.8 he if you start out looking like a vet how are you supposed to mature into one CJ stoud with more magic to the end zone stoud could not be better set up to still make a jump despite how good he looked out of the gate for the touchdown he has two number ones now that Houston traded for Stefan Diggs 1,000 yards plus six straight years keeps his feet running and breaks through the contact from go and takes it to the house that is unbelievable by Stefan digs and brings all kind of fire to the locker room and Sidelines are you not in the te let's talk about Nico Collins this is what that dude was telling people in 20122 when the Texans were a doormat teams were wiping their feet on it's going to come it's going to come it's going come keep grinding Collins enters the game preview guy Hall of Fame love that dude and his attitude caught by n 25 oh and the cat just isn't positive he's a baller rock and roll touchdown Houston 80 catches almost 1300 yds receiving Nico has got him on fire eight touchdowns to the corner he's in touchdown so what happens if he in tank Dell run the whole season CAU the St Houston Take the Lead let's go yet another Rook didn't know you could have four Rooks on the board at once but I don't play checkers five touchdown Dell was having himself a year before he got hurt 11 games over 700 yds seven touchdowns major home run threat what a throw by strad and Dell with the reception Noah Brown is another Blazer on the field people another dude who didn't play a Full Slate 10 games 500 plus yards Noah brown with the catch Robert Woods also chipped in over 400 yards for the cause what a throw and a kick he and Dalton Schultz are the old men in the group Schultz had over 600 yards and five touchdowns caught touchdown SCH imagine if Houston's line improves this year Texans quarterbacks bagged up 47 times tied for 22nd wrapped up and S back at the 22 yd line so they hit the draft to try to make things better took Blake fiser in the second round the foot quickness the punch and slide and again he's young so he's still developing I believe if he goes back to school next year we're talking about him as potential first round pick he decided to leave with his bookend tackle and Joe Al he enters into the NFL no Waldo on their line per se they dealt with a lot of injury stoud looking downfield under pressure and he'll be sacked so lack continuity but they have a left tackle anchor and laramy tonsil his pressure rate two percentage points lower than the league average let's go no more Devin single who hit at 4.2 a carry last year almost 900 yards Joe Mixon takes over he's to the 50 down the sideline put up over a th000 yds for Cinna n tou touchdowns and even four yards per carry he will Waltz into the end zone for a Bengals touchdown mixon's also a good pass catcher three straight years with 40 plus catches catches at the six Houston's oace last year good enough for 13th most points for game Texans go up two scores tonight I'm Jacksonville 12th most yards per game huge year-over-year Improvement walks in touchdown and how about that defense they don't score they don't win simple as that 11th in points per game allowed 14th in yards game this defense playing out of their mind their pass rush an integral part of that showing don't be fooled by the middle of the pack finishing sacks no sir no sir without blitzing much Houston had one of the highest pressure rates gets hit the ball pops out and they were top 10 in quarterback hits brings down the quarterback Texans front four will be different though only one ruring you know what I'm bringing today you know what I'm bringing today will Anderson the other Cornerstone draft pick I'm in that moment man seven sacks his rookie year 22 QB hits Pro Bowl eating a lot today he did lose his partner though Jonathan Bernard led the team with 12 and a half sacks he's gone here they come again pick it set no worry though just plug in a new QB Hunter great play by denil Hunter denil formerly a viking comes off a year that saw him rack 16 and 1 half quarterbacks oh he's CL both inside guys will be new and they got good production from their DTS last year Sheldon ranked six sacks Malik Collins five Frank runs it in taking one spot former Titan Deno otrey 11 and 1 12 sacks last year eight or more three straight Seasons it is seventh of the season to lead the Titans Texans play versus the run as good as it got last year held Runners to three and a half a carry second lowest in the league I like that linebacker Blake Cashman played a big role in that gave him over 100 tackles and he's gone away then goes down they went back to the Tennessee well and NAB aiz alire over 160 tackles for that dude last year he is sworn this is going to be a fourth and short here he joins Christian Harris also a triple digit guy on the tackle front he's back good boy good boy Texans secondary was sort of up and down across the year and it's intercepted Houston has the Rock at the end only two teams allowed more yards per attempt only three gave up a higher completion percentage and he's got him Contex to Room to Grow but it's not going to be easy when you lose a cornerback like Steven Nelson he held quarterbacks to low 70s rating last season it's picked off by Nelson taking his place Jeff okuda gave up a rating of 93.3 he was with Atlanta not bad just not as good as Nelson was big tackle by Auda that's a huge play Houston Star cornerback is back cornerback Derek Stingley Jr it's picked off by Stingley mid-50s rating last year five interceptions and he gets down at the 46 yd line of Jackson now let's try staying on the field the whole year it's not a half day or anything 11 games played last year only nine in his rookie year and it's stingly for the second time today cornerback sha Griffin also played well for Houston last season 72 rating one interception isn't returning intercepted In The End Zone Third primary cornerback could be Desmond King who they traded for last year and they get to live us again rating allowed was over a 100 though same was true of safety Jaylen Petri see baby you here today I'm not getting nothing nothing happening on me today dial on his rate turned to 127.0 minut and they don't play any hits on that station and I start getting tired my lips start getting dry he did at least make 84 tackles safety Jimmy Ward only 10 games played last year played the pass well enough it's intercepted the Texans have it Jimmy Ward they also drafted Kamari Lasser in the second round too day one starter at the next level did not run the 40 time he wanted running in the low four sixes but when you watch him on tape you see someone who's very tough and very instinctive Kime Fair Baron Texans kicker hit 27 of 28 tries so not very reliable it's good big picture view of their key guys mixing for single ter seems like an even swap adding Diggs is an upgrade he doesn't replace anyone specifically just eats up Robert Woods and Noah Brown targets up front four of the Five Guys from from last year are back four of the Five Guys from last year are back their rookie fiser may have to fight for playing time out of the gate but wait and see who lands where with this group defense up front Hunter for grenard Hunter is one of the few guys who's an upgrade over someone like Jonathan Collins and rankins both put up good years on the way out but Deno is an upgrade over one of them will slap a downgrade on the other spot Aziz and Cashman are both good linebackers so break even there secondary Singletary no cut now early up to two new starters could go for them okuda but he did not play as well as Nelson did last year ler could also start doesn't really replace anybody so the explainer as to why St and Company aren't being stamped for more expected wins only three teams on their schedule expected to be sort of pushovers maybe Tennessee New England and Minnesota they get a lot of big boys at home and on the road tighter everybody got to be tighter on their cover let's look at it pessimistically first first maybe still get a road win versus Chicago take Minnesota on the road still beat Jacksonville at home take care of business versus Buffalo Patriots are an easy spare in theory if you're into the whole bowling thing defend the pen versus Indie take care of Tennessee both times if they struggle with the big boys the bottom could fall out like it did to Jacksonville last year eight- n as their floor I'm just like this if they're ready for prime time though they sweep the Colts they take out the jet sweep the Jags dispatch the Dolphins or some combo that leaves them with 12 wins the Magic game preview Guy bag sees Improvement but all those games against the other numero Unos forces us to slow our roll 10 and seven which could still be good enough to take that division great job keep hunting keep hunting you know it