Following what was certainly their most noteworthy win of the 2025 season to date, Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans could've stepped up to the podium on both Sunday night in Kansas City and back home in Houston on Monday afternoon and delivered an impassioned defense of why his team deserves far more respect than they've gotten. Even though it would've been perfectly justified, this isn't the way that Ryans handled his post-game media obligations. Instead, he used that time to provide a thoughtful and tremendously self-aware analysis of his football team.
When asked about his team's defensive effort in the 20-10 win against the three-time defending AFC champions, Ryans lavished the Texans with praise, saying, "I can’t say enough about the effort from our defense," before at least attempting to do so, noting the contributions of Kamari Lassiter, Jalen Pitre, Tommy Togiai and Walter Payton Man of the Year Club Winner Azeez Al-Shaair.