Texans 2019 Mid Season (Well, 9 Game) Review

by Dirty-Chan1 | 6 years ago | 3 Comments

9 games are in the books for the Texans 2019 season and the team is off and running to a 8-1 start. With a tough stretch going down “Past Champions Road”, the Texans saw four straight past champions in a row and went 3-1 over that stretch with the Texans seeing their lone loss on the season handed to them by the Falcons. It’s worth noting in that lone loss however, the Texans defense remained stout against a good Falcons team, only giving up 171 yds passing and 2 offensive TD’s in game that saw an untouched kickoff return TD by Falcon’s Telvin Colemen and a huge cutback 87 yard td by Devonta Freeman late in the 4th be the X factor. To finish off the tough stretch however, the Texans outscored opponents 95 points to 27 points.

All in all, the start has been solid but this team knows a good start to the season is merely a fraction of the end goal in mind, but they will take it. Through 9 games, the Texans boast the number 4 overall offense and the number 1 overall defense. In an offense that is methodical, yet explosive, usually is led by the arm of Deshaun Watson. But a new game plan has seen this Texans team 3rd in the league in rushing yards to tag along with a 6th best passing attack that is one of two teams in the league that has 3 receivers post 600+ yds each. The Texans defense has been nothing short of lights out, being number 1 in total yards allowed by a wide margin while being the only team in the top 6 teams to play 9 games so far. The defense on average is giving up a league best 13.5 points a game while the offense posts on average 33.5 points a game, giving them a league best 20 point average per game differential. 

The offense and defensive MVP’s also happen to be the Most Surprising award winners as well for the team; The first half Offensive MVP’s are HB Lamar Miller and WR Latteral Bryant. HB Lamar Miller rejuvenated his career posting top 10 in both rushing yards and rushing touchdowns at 5.6 ypc. He has been a huge reason for the teams success, but sadly has been setback with an adominal tear that will see him out till week 14. The rookie WR Latteral Bryant has taken the league by storm posting the 3rd most TD’s (9) and avgs. 80 yards a game on an impressive 23.4 yards a reception. The first half Defensive MVP is uniamious in MLB Benardrick McKinney. He is the only one in the league with 5+ sacks and 5+ INT’s. He can also pair that with 8 TFL’s and 2 FF’s. 

To make this season truly special, the Texans must keep up this pace and finish the season strong.