This hasn't been a pro football blog. Not to make any changes here, except for the moment. Today was spent on reading up on the Texans pro football team. Why not write about it? So here we go.
Hope springs eternal at this time of the year. The Texans have struggled in recent years. With all the controversies of recent times, I've ignored the NFL for the most part. But I've gotten into it again. At least a little. When looking at the Texans, I'm seeing an entirely new outfit from when I saw them last. It's a completely different team. The last playoff season was in 2019.
Not much is expected from the team. For me, it is hard to say what their prospects will be. It wouldn't be a big surprise that they will be even worse than before. However, the talk around the team seems to be upbeat. Maybe they know something that nobody else seems to know.
I think it is preseason hype. Maybe the hype is so intense that they all believe it themselves.
This team is short of big time players. For the team to improve, they'd better find a lot of playmakers. If they do, it will have to be the young guys they brought in the last couple seasons. A bunch of guys that have knocked around the league aren't the kind of guys that are going to turn things around. This team is a far cry from the last playoff team in 2019. It's too much to ask for these guys to turn into world beaters, or even average. There's a lot to prove.
You can't tell much from preseason games. They've won the first two, with one remaining. If there's one thing that stands out so far is the number of sacks. But I'm not convinced that this is anything meaningful. Maybe the guys making the sacks will make the team. I'm not too sure that preseaon heroics is a guarantee of that.
Reality hits in a few weeks. The season is approaching fast. The young quarterback is predicting big things. He's not Joe Namath. Maybe it is better to hype things now. It could be the brightest part of this season for this team.
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