Texans star units hilariously excessive defensive purpose for 2025 season
The Houston Texans already had among the best secondaries within the NFL through the 2024 season, they usually solely strengthened it this offseason once they added security C.J. Gardner-Johnson. Returning stars like Derek Stingley Jr., in addition to the addition of Gardner-Johnson, have the Texans setting excessive targets for what they’re able to in 2025.
Actually excessive targets.
Maybe unreachably excessive targets.
However even when they’re unreachable it’s a testomony to how a lot confidence they’ve in themselves.
Stingley Jr. advised ESPN this week that he feels just like the Texans shouldn’t solely lead the league interceptions, he feels they need to lead the league “by 10 or 15 interceptions.”
“Going primarily based off of final yr, plus the blokes we acquired now, we should always lead in interceptions most likely by a minimum of about 10 to fifteen,” Stingley advised ESPN. “I imply, we all know we will get the ball. We simply acquired to maintain going to get the ball.”
The Texans had been second within the NFL through the 2024 season, intercepting 19 passes, 5 behind the Minnesota Vikings. To succeed in Stingley’s purpose the Texans would doubtless want to complete the season with a minimum of 30 interceptions … or extra.
Whereas a number of groups have reached that quantity in a single season (the file is definitely 49 set by the 1961 Chargers), most of these cases got here within the Nineteen Sixties, 70s and 80s when interception totals had been far increased and the league’s guidelines had been extra tilted towards the protection.
With Stingley and Kamari Lassiter on the surface, in addition to the addition of Gardner-Johnson, the Texans are actually going to have probably the most feared secondaries within the league. Each single participant out there’s a ball-hawk, they usually would possibly very nicely lead the league.
It simply looks like a excessive expectation to take action to the diploma Stingley desires.
