Will Anderson Jr. has been as good as advertised in his first two NFL seasons with the Houston Texans.
The Defensive Rookie of the Year from two years ago followed that up with his first double-digit sack (11) season in 2024. But there is still plenty of room for improvement.
Anderson talked about it in detail following the Texans' first day of organized team activities Wednesday.
"I came out here all fired up and everything," he said. "(Head coach) DeMeco (Ryans) pulled me to the side and was like now it is about fine tuning those little things in your game. How precise can you be? How good can you be at taking the next step up? For me, it is just like when I am on the block using my hands better, getting off blocks, my escape when I am rushing the passer, am I reaching with position on the quarterback, can I get some strip sacks?
"Stuff like that, those are the things I want to work on this off season, this time during OTA's. Really just getting precise at those things and taking my game to the next level."
Anderson was also asked about his offseason goals.
"Phase one, Phase two, (defensive line] Coach Rod (Wright) I think he has been doing an excellent job. We do these things called pro rolls, where we go back and look at all the tapes from last year," Anderson said. "He has done a really good job of putting together a really good presentation for each one of us. For me, mine is just reaching for precision. After practice, or during practice when I am not in we are getting on the dummies, we are reaching, we are going through bags, bending the corner, reaching for precision, stuff like that.
"Just making sure it is muscle memory so that when you get out Sunday, you are just doing it."
