Texans Officially Down Their Starting Center And Two Receivers
September 13th, 2025
Time to eat.
This offseason, the Texans augmented their receiving corps with a Dolphins castoff, Braxton Berrios, and by dealing a seventh-round pick to the Jaguars big-money Christian Kirk.
Neither will be available Monday night against the Bucs. Both are still nursing hamstring injuries and neither played in Week 1. Texans receiver Tank Dell hasn’t practiced or played since a serious knee injury in December.
That leaves Texans receiver Nico Collins as Houston’s only dangerous wide receiver target. He caught 3 balls on 5 targets in Week 1 against the Rams for a paltry 25 yards and no first downs.
Joe watched the game and the Rams barely blitzed. Instead, they opted to cover and Collins had a rough day. Joe later looked up the data and Los Angeles only blitzed Houston six times.
Also out for Houston is starting center Jake Andrews, who was carted off the Week 1 field with an ankle injury.
Replacing Andrews is the Texans 2024 starting center Jarrett Patterson. Andrews was cut by the Patriots after the 2025 NFL Draft and Houston picked him. Yeah, the Texans have offensive line issues, serious ones.
September 13th, 2025 at 6:35 pm
Honestly I’d rather play everyone when they’re full strength. Don’t want to hear excuses from chronic dissers when we beat people’s a$$es 💪🏼🏈
September 13th, 2025 at 7:04 pm
Me too. I don’t want us to get ahead of ourselves early in the season. Champions need to be humming at the end of the season. I do not expect that we will peak early on and then fall back. Let’s just enjoy the games one at a time for now. Certainly we can take stock at the end of each quarter of the season.
September 13th, 2025 at 7:08 pm
I’ll take a game against the walking wounded… we’re pretty banged up too.
September 13th, 2025 at 7:13 pm
Hopefully doesn’t happen, but we have all witnessed playing down to the level of our opponents. Take nothing for granted. Our Bucs should play well Monday.
Just win Baby!
September 13th, 2025 at 7:29 pm
We need to beat the brakes off them. CJ should have nowhere to throw and our Dline should feast on him. If that doesn’t happen then something is definitely wrong.
September 13th, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Good
September 13th, 2025 at 8:50 pm
Todd doesn’t know how to win going away. He keeps everything close so he can exhibit his genius.
September 13th, 2025 at 8:53 pm
I agree 100% with the previous 6 posts. Someone pinch me!
September 13th, 2025 at 9:36 pm
Bowles will blitz like a lunatic and Collin’s will have a HUGE day.
September 13th, 2025 at 9:42 pm
With the state of the Texans OL, this would be a really good game to test our ability to rush w/4.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take all the sack we can get, but we need to stress Stroud out all game long. No rhythm, no time to find rushing lanes, no extending plays with your legs, no explosives, no time but to panic.
I don’t see an injury riddled team as inferior, it’s just an easier meal to catch. We shouldn’t we hunt as hard as we would against a top notch OL? Butt kickings are equal opportunity.
September 13th, 2025 at 10:12 pm
Let’s see if Bowles is smart enough to follow the Rams successful game plan and minimize blitzing and focus on minimizing Nico’s impact. Sounds like a Belicheat approach. Eliminate their best player and force them to win by going to the scrubs.