Texans' Ascension: Predictions for a 10+ Win Season
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00:00So, is there any doubt in your mind that the Ascension is here for the Texans?
00:07They win 10 plus games, or how can this go off the rails a bit where they take a step
00:11back and maybe win eight to nine games and not even the division?
00:15Yeah, I think injuries, Donnie, right?
00:17That would really curtail Houston's efforts to potentially win 10 or 11 games, not just
00:23on the offensive side of the ball, but on the defensive side of the ball as well.
00:27I believe in D'Amico Ryan's year number two in terms of his scheme.
00:30I think he could elevate Will Anderson in that unit up to potentially a top 15 unit.
00:36It's going to come down to, can CJ Stroud stay healthy?
00:39I think there's no doubt.
00:40He erased all the doubts last year.
00:42I really believe he is one of the best quarterbacks in the AFC.
00:47I don't put him up there yet with Josh Allen, obviously, Joe Burrow and Pat Mahomes that
00:53won three Super Bowls right now, but he's on that trajectory, right?
00:57I mean, he can stretch defenses vertically, and the biggest thing for me about CJ Stroud,
01:02Donnie, is the fact that he maintained in his poison and composure.
01:05He didn't get rattled in certain situations.
01:08In the playoff game, he stepped up against one of the better defenses in the AFC and
01:13torched them early, and to have Stephon Diggs now to warrant double teams and take it away
01:20from Nico Collins, that could be his biggest attribute outside of catching passes.
01:26You weren't at all about the sophomore slump, let's face it now, a year of tape for defensive
01:34coordinators here, Joe, Joe, on Stroud.
01:36This is a, we're going to learn a little something about him.
01:39I mean, no doubt he's good, but they are going to be game planning in a big way against him,
01:45and are you confident enough he can overcome it, because it feels like a lull is coming
01:49at some point this year?
01:51It seems that way, but I believe in him.
01:54And again, you know, you saw him challenge Georgia in the semifinal playoff game.
01:58That was his coming out party, and then you saw what he did in the playoffs.
02:02I don't think there's going to be that much of a drop off in terms of productivity, especially
02:06now when you have multiple weapons.
02:08He can check down at every level, running back, tight end with Dalton Schultz.
02:13He has every level of the passing tree covered as it relates to this roster.
02:18So I think he's going to be just fine, guys.