A major media publication believes the Houston Texans will go from first to worst in the AFC South in 2019.
Either the USA Today doesn’t respect the Houston Texans or the franchise itself hasn’t done much to showcase their abilities as of late, but in a recent article on the website, the Texans are being projected to have a losing season.
Not a lot of folks believe in the Texans entering the 2019 NFL season and training camp including a recent article by Nate Davis of the USA Today says he believes the Texans will finish 6-10 overall, one season following finishing 11-5 and winning the AFC South title.
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Davis believes the Indianapolis Colts will win the AFC South championship at 10-6, and that is OK. From there, he has the Jacksonville Jaguars also at 10-6, the Tennessee Titans at 9-7 and then the Texans with their projected six wins and 10 losses.
The article states the following about the Texans:
"“They’ll face a formidable pass rush virtually every week — Von Miller, Joey Bosa, Melvin Ingram, Frank Clark, Cam Jordan and Gerald McCoy are among those on the non-divisional menu — which looks problematic for a line that allowed a league-high 62 sacks …”"
That is true, but the offense had a bad line last season and was still able to win 11 games, though they might not have faced such a tough pass rush as what awaits them this season.
Houston’s line will play better than they did a year ago, that I do believe. They won’t be the best or maybe not be in the Top 15 of offensive lines in the NFL, but if they can play better than they did last season, that will make Deshaun Watson a better quarterback than he already is.
What will also make the Texans a better offense and overcome some of their offensive line issues is Seantrel Henderson is back after missing last season, and Matt Kalil should challenge Julie’n Davenport at left tackle. Greg Mancz should make Nick Martin better at center too, as they will battle in training camp for the starting spot.
Don’t forget the trio of wide receivers that includes DeAndre Hopkins, Will Fuller and Keke Coutee. An offense with those three on the field at the same time isn’t going to finish last in a division. The problem is the trio has rarely been on the field together at the same time, but when they were, it was extremely exciting.
The Texans are coming into this season as underdogs in the AFC South, and that is fine. Even though they are the champs of the division, they still have to prove they belong in the talk of the best teams in not only the division, but the conference, too.