Based on how the first eight weeks of the 2025 season have gone, you wouldn't get much pushback if you were to suggest that the Houston Texans are the best defense in the National Football League. Houston has allowed the fewest points in the NFL and sits near the top of the league in most meaningful statistical categories.
The question isn't whether this Texans defense is for real... it's whether there's another level this group can really get to this season, and what that would even look like?
"I think as a defense, we watch our tape like, we're just a couple of plays away from having a shut out, a couple of times of being more disciplined to having a shut out," star edge rusher Will Anderson Jr.