The 2019 NFL season is just a few weeks away, so Andy Benoit makes a few predictions for each NFL team. Today he considers the Houston Texans, who finished 11–5 and won the AFC South last year.
Rookie offensive tackles revamp the O-line. Good thing, too. The front five felled this team in 2018. First-rounder Tytus Howard of Alabama State and second-rounder Max Scharping of Northern Illinois are projects, but O-line coach Mike Devlin, who quietly got the line to play better as last season progressed, is a skilled teacher. Howard and Scharping remove the ceiling that deficient talent imposed on the line last year.