Texans 2018-2019 Season Recap

by Dirty-Chan1 | 7 years ago | 0 Comments

The 2018-2019 season was obviously a special one for the Texans as they met the expectations set by coach Chan with a championship at the end. But the journey along the way was, as coach Chan stated, “equally as important as the ending result”. 

With last season being a disappointment due too a playoff exit, fixes on both sides of the ball were in order to make a Super Bowl run this season. The biggest adjustments that this team made were last season’s achilles heel, including: converting at a much better percentage on third down during the entire season, not fumbling the football on offense and more production out of the secondary. These three key adjustments for this team full of young superstars really shows their ability to learn and adapt, which is the main rule if you want to succeed in the league. 

The season however, didn’t start the way the team and most certainly Deshaun wanted. After week one, QB Deshaun Watson caught a controversial two game suspension for “stat padding”. With no prior history for 10 seasons of stat padding from coach Chan and the fact they didn’t actually score left a lot shaking their heads at the punishment casted down. When asked about the suspension, coach Chan and Deshaun both used the same sentiments in, “we will use this as motivation. No since in bitching about what’s done. No lip necessary, I’ll just ball”. Deshaun used that motivationa and capped off a wonderful season with: 4634 yds passing(11.2 avg)/45 passing tds-12 ints/75.5 cmp%/ 131.7 passer rating/ 212 yds rushing/ 4 rushing tds. Ultimately, finishing second in the mvp race for back to back seasons. But at only 23 years of age and now a Super Bowl champ, the sky is most certainly the limit. 

Other standouts on offense were the dynamic duo at WR in Deandre Hopkins and Will Fuller. They combined for: 158 catches/ 2,824 yards/ 25 tds. With Will Fuller taking some of the load off Deandre, this offense seems to be the real deal for the future. 

Defensive standouts for the Texans included huge years from Jadaveon Clowney and Carlos Fields. Clowney finally seemed to live up to the defensive stud and  finished with 21 sacks and Fields finished leading the team in tackles and 12 INTs. 

Big time standouts for the team were the unsung players in OLB Clay Matthews who coach Chan said, “was an overall defensive game changer for this team. He could rush the quarterback, play the run and play in coverage at a very high level”. Matthews also stepped up for the Texans playoff run big time for filling in for Clowney as he was injured. The other standout was WR Desean Jackson who seemingly made clutch catches over and over again on third down and in late games. Not to mention the effort put in at returning kicks/punts. 

The Texnas look to defend their title this season and have hopefully picked up where they left off with a week one 45-16 win over a good Los Angeles Chargers team.