JJ Watt is frustrated with the Texans run defense after 3 weeks. Three reasons why Texans are winless this season. Upcoming: Houston and Minnesota battle in week 4 to break a 3-game losing streak.
DE J.J. Watt frustrated with Texans’ run defense after 3 weeks
By Mark Lane, TexansWire
Excerpt from article: “I don’t know why we can play the run well early on and not finish it,” Watt told reporters after the 28-21 loss to Pittsburgh. “So, I need to get that answer so we can figure it out. We have to — I mean, whether we’re not playing our gaps because — I don’t know what it is, but we got to figure it out. You’re going to lose football games and we are losing football games, and we need to win.
The problem puzzles Watt because they excel at all other aspects of stopping the run. However, when teams run to the outside, they find their yards.
“We got a sudden edge, we got to get hands to the ball, and we make the plays,” said Watt. “We’re just giving up runs around edge like it was easy. We can’t do that. We cannot do that.”
Here are 3 reasons on why the Texans are winless this season
By click2Houston.com
Excerpt from the article: After some improvement to the sack total in 2019 vs. 2018, the Texans are again trending backward in that category.
In 2018, Watson was sacked 62 times. In 2019, the improved offensive line gave up 44 sacks. However, through the first three games, Watson has been sacked 13 times, leaving the Texans on pace to give up roughly 69 sacks this season.
The Texans just paid Watson $160 million. They need to protect their quarterback. Outside of Tunsil, the line has struggled to keep Watson upright. It looks like this could be a problem all season, but the Texans return the whole 2019 line.