The regular season of the 2019 season has concluded and it ended with a 15-1 record and ultimately a first round bye for the Houston Texans and Coach Chan. Predominantly led by their defense all season, the Texans were actually the only team in the SFL to be top 5 (5th in O and 1st in D) in both offensive and defensive yardage. 

 

The offense: The Texans ended the season with the 5th most yards (3 yds shy of 3rd place) in the SFL. This was somewhat of a ridiculous turn around from an offense last season that had almost zero to no running game and seemingly had QB Deshaun Watson running for his play after play. The offensive turnaround all started at the offensive line play, and that in return saw this Texans offense; 3rd in rushing yards, 9th in passing yards, 2nd in points scored, 1st in passing TD’s, 6th in rushing TD’s, 2nd in 3D%, 1st in Redzone Points % and 2nd best in Giveaways/ Turnover Diff. This production in play by the offense led QB Deshaun Watson to his first MVP award this cycle. 

Offensive MVP: QB Deshaun Watson- 4514 Tot Yds. (4200 passing/ 314 rushing), 48 Tot TD’s (43 passing/ 5 rushing), 128.8 Rating, 13.2 YPA. 

 

The defense: This Texans team ended the 2019 campaign with the best defense, bar none. They were 1st in total yards allowed (441 yards better than second place), 3rd in passing yards, 1st in rushing yards (356 yds better than second place), 1st in points allowed (43 points better than second place), 1st in interceptions, 1st in Redzone DATT(27) and Redzone TD’s allowed(9) and tied for 2nd with 56 takeaways. The defense was dominate on the field in 2019, but the offense keeping them off the field more often this season was a HUGE factor to this defense’s success. 

Defensive Co-MVP’s: SS Tyrann Mathieu- 65 tackles, 7 TFL, 1 sack, 10 INT, 12 DEFL, 2 TD’s. 

OLB Benardrick McKinney- 57 tackles, 12 TFL, 8 Sacks, 9 INT, 6 DEFL, 2 FFUMB, 2 TD’s. 

 

These numbers and stats are great and all, but Coach Chan and his team are still trying to get their first SFL championship this cycle and need to ride this momentous regular season into the post season if they want to raise the trophy.