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into their bye week, the Texans were 3-5, with blowout losses to the Atlanta
Falcons and the Miami Dolphins. Their only wins were against Jacksonville,
Tennessee, and Tampa Bay, all teams drafting in the top 10 of this year's NFL Draft.
Nothing
about this team inspired confidence. Not when they continuously changed QBs
from Brian
Hoyer to Ryan Mallet and back, or when RB Arian Foster went down with
injury again.
The
defense, which was supposed to anchor the team, was giving up an average of 30
points per game.
Then
the second half of the season came, and a new Texans team emerged. The vaunted
defense, led by J.J. Watt, gave up an average of 13.5 points a game, while they
found consistency in Hoyer after releasing Mallet.
Additionally,
they found an emerging star in WR DeAndre Hopkins, who led the team with 111
receptions, 1,521 yards and 11 TD’s. With Watt anchoring a stout defense, and
Hoyer connecting with Hopkins, the Texans won six of their final eight games to
secure the AFC South division, and the 4-seed in the playoffs.
However,
the Texans struggled in their playoff game from the start, after the Chiefs
returned the opening kickoff for a TD. Hoyer had one of his worst games all
season, turning the ball over four times in the first half.
The
Texans season ended with a 30-0 loss to Kansas City in the wild card round of
the playoffs.
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