Football isn’t a contact sport. It’s a collision sport. No matter how much the NFL tries to make the game safe by limiting head-to-head hits, blindside blocks, and punishment that isn’t required to play the game, football will always be a violent, physical affair. Nothing can change that. It’s what makes football football.
For today’s GroupThink, the masthead gathered around and discussed their favorite hits in Texans history.
MATT WESTON:
In 2012, both the Texans and the Bears started the season 7-1. Houston suffered a loss to Green Bay earlier that season on Sunday Night Football and were making another prime time appearance against a NFC North team.