The Texans have one player on their roster who truly matters, and that’s Deshaun Watson. Everyone else here isn’t integral. They could be traded or cut. They can be replaced. The entirety of the franchise is tied around their star quarterback, who is one of the five best quarterbacks in the league, playing the most important position in the game, a player who routinely turns the third into the fourth, who melds the supernatural into the natural here on Earth.
Despite having the league’s worst run game by DVOA, Watson has carried an offense that is seventh in passing DVOA, the highest mark the Texans have seen since the Matt Schaub days.