Source: houston.cbslocal.com --- Saturday, July 29, 2017
Houston (CBS HOUSTON) – Last season the Houston Texans had the best defense in the NFL, only allowing 301.3 yards a game. While most of that same defense will be returning, the team will be without some very key contributors, in the secondary alone strong safety Quintin Demps and slot cornerback A.J. Bouye both left in free agency. Demps picked off the second most passes in the NFL with six interceptions and the veteran safety was rarely out of position. Bouye a fourth-year corner, had a breakout season, with 17 pass deflections, good enough to tie him for seventh in the NFL, he would also become a weapon for the team against tight ends which is something that’s haunted Texans defensives in years past. “It’ll definitely be tough to replace what they did for us last year, but we got some great guys in the room,” Kareem Jackson said when asked how do they make up for what both Demps and Bouye provided. “Getting Kevin (Johnson) back is definitely huge for us as a defense, Corey Moore played a ton of ball for us last year as well, so with those two guys out there I think we can definitely the job done.” While the secondary did lose to top contributors, the biggest overall weapon for the Texans, J.J. Watt only played in three games last season, and after a second back surgery, the three-time defensive player of the year is ready to rejoin a defense that was number one without him. “He’s a huge piece to our defense and to have him bac ...
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