While there's plenty of room for improvement after a lopsided season-opening loss to the Baltimore Ravens, a handful of Houston Texans players displayed promising signs on Sunday.
Pro Football Focus has released its player grades for the first week of the NFL season, and some of the Texans' top performers might surprise you at first glance. We've compiled the five highest-graded players on the roster below, based on their overall offensive or defensive PFF rating. We excluded individuals who played less than 35 snaps in order to limit the sample size to starters and backups who played a prominent role.