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Texansballer74
The Marine
I'd imagine Jaylin Smith is probably pretty happy for Jayden Higgins..
Texansballer74
The Marine
TheRealJoker V2
All Pro
This was probably the most criticized selection in this year’s class. But given the retirement of Darby and Ward’s recent arrest, this pick is looking much clearer going into camp. Knowing what we know now it makes sense to spend a top 100 pick on a CB for depth and development reasons.
I am excited to see Smith in camp and preseason. Hopefully we wont need to see him much in the regular season outside of ST, but if needed he’ll be ready.
I am excited to see Smith in camp and preseason. Hopefully we wont need to see him much in the regular season outside of ST, but if needed he’ll be ready.
They also brought in Arnette. Regardless of what you think of him, if his head is screwed on right he's a really talented player.
Texansballer74
The Marine
That would be a big time plus/addition. But for some reason Meco doesn’t like to blitz much. He wants to hit home with the big hogs in the trenches.
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
Demeco likes to rush 4 and put as many bodies in to coverage as possible.
And considering the amount of pressure and sacks we get with just a 4 man rush I’d say he’s been right.
KoolAid Sipper
AFCEVET
In 2024, the team ranked 15th in blitz percentage and 5th in sacks.
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badboy
Hall of Fame
I love them too when they work. As we know, if they don't it could be a TD if the safety isn't where he should be.
TheRealJoker V2
All Pro
Pitre has had success as a blitzer. Causing distuption. I’d like to see healthy Pitre and Harris (a good blitzer from LB) and see what kind of unique ways DeMeco’s defense can put opposing QBs in the pressure cooker.
House of Pain
Wild Speculator
I know this post is going to be a little off topic, but I believe Smith will be a good depth piece for this defense. The biggest issue we had last year was no depth on defense. Once we lost Pitre, then Ward, we had no other players to play that unique position in the defense. From what I heard from media that attended rookie, voluntary and mandatory minicamp, they stated that Smith is being groomed for the Pitre/Ward role. Going to be interesting if they keep Ward on the roster and if he can even play this year. I wonder if they will find another player to fit that role if Ward isn't going to be here.
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
CJGJ is also somewhat a younger version of Ward. Deep safety who likes to hit hard and who’s done some of his best work playing a slot/box safety role.
Arnette and I'm not convinced that Ward will be cut.
badboy
Hall of Fame
Neither am i.
House of Pain
Wild Speculator
I too would like to say that I'm not entirely sure that they get rid of Ward. You would have to think that Demeco and Ward have a pretty close relationship.
And considering this defensive strategy just beat the breaks off the Chiefs in the SB, I'd say that's a good thing too
badboy
Hall of Fame
We do operate a base 4 but it seemed to me that we actually rushed five a great percentage of the time. That is my preference. 5-2-4
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
I don’t actually believe we did. Not sure where the numbers are but I believe we’re pretty low on blitzes and sending an extra man on pressure.
I think that is DeMeco's plan, but at the end of last season we sent 5 or 6 as much as anyone.
Texansballer74
The Marine
Pass Rush. The Texans' blitz rate in the 2024 season was 22.4% which ranks 27th in the league, with no blitz category higher than bottom 10. On top of that they also rarely ever run sim pressures, 4.4% is the lowest rate in the league by a large distance.
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badboy
Hall of Fame
Does that include having five players on the line? I think that is just referring to when we blitzed a defensive back?
Does that break it down by weeks? My contention is we blitzes more the last 4 games we played than the earlier games.Pass Rush. The Texans' blitz rate in the 2024 season was 22.4% which ranks 27th in the league, with no blitz category higher than bottom 10. On top of that they also rarely ever run sim pressures, 4.4% is the lowest rate in the league by a large distance.
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Texansballer74
The Marine
Looks like they were factoring in the amount of blitz throughout the entire season. Sometimes I say him blitz with a linebacker, and sometimes a DB.
Yes @thunderkyss he picked it up in the last 4 games. But overall imo it wasn’t enough. I remember in a lot of games last season I questioned on here why didn’t we blitz. It seems as if Meco relies heavily on the boys in the trenches to hit home.
Here’s the percentage from 2023.
In the 2023 NFL season, the Houston Texans blitzed on 22.4% of their defensive snaps, according to stormcloud.blog. This placed them 27th in the league in blitz rate, indicating they didn't heavily rely on blitzing compared to other teams.