The first third of the 2025 season has been a disappointment for the Houston Texans, who entered the year with hopes and expectations of winning a third consecutive AFC South division title. Presently, the Texans find themselves 3.5 games back of the surprisingly dominant Indianapolis Colts, but even if Indy wasn't the early-season darling of the league, this would still be cause for concern for the Texans.
The problem here seems to be not just that the Texans are still going through the growing pains of working in a new offensive coordinator, four new starters along the offensive line and various new faces at skill positions.