DeMeco Ryans Details What Texans Want From New WR Additions
Prioritizing veteran poise over unproven potential, Houston pivots to proven playmakers Sterling Shepard and Zay Jones to stabilize a receiving corps shaken by Jayden Higgins' season-ending injury.
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Honor her.
Like, I'm getting a lot of, like, crazy vibes.
Mm-hmm.
Like, I guess I'll just parlay that into what are your expectations on the Texans this year?
Well, I expect them to be really good.
I think this is a really good team, and I felt that way in '12.
You know, '13, I felt they would be better than two and 14, Garrett, because every time we feel this good about something, always gotta look at, "Hey, what's the, what's the downside here?
What's the, what is the possibility of something going really wrong?"
because look, we've lived through it, right?
But I, I think this is 2013 proof, okay?
I even think this is O and three proof from 2025 or 2018, or one of those starts, right?
I don't see that happening to the squad either.
I just think this team is too good for that.
Now, we all know what it's about, right?
You have to climb the mountain again.
Everyone wants to go right back to the divisional round.
Can you do better this time?
How will you do better this time?
They can't think that way.
They gotta build the whole spaceship again and take off and get through orbit, right?
They, they gotta do it.
It You can't start there.
You have to start by having a great joint practice with the Raiders tomorrow.
That's all you can do, and that's how I look at this season.
You know, it's a building block.
This is a brutal schedule.
I felt really good about 2012 coming in.
That team had a much Maybe not much, but they had an easier schedule than this team.
You know, 2012, you started against the Dolphins at home, Ryan Tannehill, rookie quarterback.
He feasted.
You know, Jacksonville was terrible.
Tennessee was no good yet.
You know, you had a lot going for it.
The Jets, you went there, you know, week five, beat them on Monday Night Football soundly.
You had a lot of games like that in 2012.
You had some tough ones, too.
I get it.
The Bears, et cetera.
The Lions up there, Thanksgiving.
I just look at this team as their best team with their best shot, but you come down the stretch, you better be healthy when you gotta go outside and play Philadelphia Christmas Eve.
You gotta go to Green Bay, Monday Night Football in early January.
You know, you gotta go to I don't know how Washington's gonna be.
You gotta go on the road and play them.
You got a lot of tough games.
The first four is tough as you could ask for, and Daniel Jones, healthy, week three, you gotta go to Indy.
How bad do they want that game?
They wanna kill you.
You know, the dreaded, hated, despised Horseshoe wants you badly.
You're gonna be the target of everybody.
Everyone's raving about the Texans.
Guess what?
