Texans' Brett Rypien Release Shows Just How Much They Trust Davis Mills
By cutting their veteran depth, Houston signals total confidence in their long-tenured backup to anchor the offense if C.J. Stroud sidelined, betting big on Mills' proven reliability.
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And I have one more burning question for you because, we said it earlier in the live show.
We, we, all we wanna do is talk about the offense.
So I'm gonna ask you about the defense now.
The burning question is, this Texans defense will be much better than it was last year?
Much is a strong word, but I mean, just on paper, you add Reed Blankenship to, like, the one big missing piece on your defense at strong safety, where communication is a big part of it, and he's known for his communication skills and pretty solid, you know, in-the-box run fitter.
And then obviously Caden McDonald, we talked about.
Like, he may not be ready to hit the ground running right off the bat, but, like, hopefully at some point in the season he can give you, like, solid production at the very least in early run-stopping downs.
You added Logan Hall, who is I thought he looked pretty good.
Like, his length stands out on tape, like, using his arms and his hands.
He's violent.
And you got Jadeveon Clowney as your DN3, man.
I mean, just from that alone, it should be better.
And now, like, I think it was 10 out of the 11 starters on this defense are now in the third year together on this defense.
Like, the continuity alone is a big factor, being on the same page.
So you have those two factors that make me say yes.
But then I think the biggest factor of making me say yes is the offense improving to complement them, which I've been saying it on here, I'm sure we all agree, but, like, I thought it was a historically great defense last year, and the offense robbed them of that title by, you know, not complementing them.
Obviously, you have to make a deep run to do that.
So I think because of that, the offense will be better.
We make a deep run.
They will, they will be a improved, much better defense.
I think they have a chance.
My burning hot take I've been saying is they have a legit chance to be a top five defense of all time.
Obviously, you gotta win the Super Bowl to do that, but I think that's, I think it's obtainable
