Monday night in the Superdome is inching closer and the Saints are preparing for a tough week 1 match-up against the Houston Texans. The 2018 AFC South champs have an up and coming young quarterback leading the offense and a defense that’s been one of the best in the NFL for a while.
“They’re very, very technique sound,” said Saints head coach Sean Payton about the Texans D. “They’re an extremely stout defense. You see their rushing numbers. It’s a physical defense and I think its coached extremely well.”
Houston defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel’s group allowed just 82.7 yards per game a year ago, which was 3rd best on the NFL behind the Saints & Bears. Their pass defense was near the bottom of the league though, giving up 260.4 yards per contest. New Orleans finished just below that at 268.9 passing a game.
The main man of that Texans defensive attack is J.J. Watt. The 30 year old has been hampered by injuries recenlty , but was healthy all of last season tallying 16 sacks, 18 tackles for loss, 25 hots on the QB along with 7 forced fumbles and 4 passes defended.