Houston Texans Secondary: Getting the Band Back Together

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty ImagesThe pass defense of the 2021 Houston Texans coughed up 4117 air yards, 27 touchdowns, a 94.1 opposing passer rating, 218 first downs, 55 passes over 20+ yards and 12 over 40+ yards.

For those with no frame of reference, the technical term for this is “bad”. Very, very bad.

In fact, it wasn’t just the defensive backfield, but all of the Texans defense that worked really hard to climb up to 30th best in the NFL last season.

For a team striving to make improvements, under normal circumstances this might lead to the defensive coordinator getting fired.

Instead, the Texans promoted theirs to head coach.

In lieu of terminating the coach responsible for such misery, a…