This Make The Houston Texans TERRIFYING...

This makes the Texans terrifying, as the Houston Texans not only get their first win of the season, but also make the huge trade we were all expecting. How does this new acquisition fit in with the roster, and is it still time to make a playoff push? What's up, ladies and gentlemen? Welcome back to Texans Digest. I'm your host, as always, Isaac Estrada. Man, we got a lot we need to talk about today. The Houston Texans did make the big trade we were all expecting. Plus, they win their first game of the season, leaving a lot of us to question, can they still make the playoffs? We're going to dive into all that and more today on Texans Digest. but man right before we do that about 90% of you guys still not subscribed so do your boy a favor hit that subscribe button you're going to be getting daily updates here on Texans Digest man let's dive right into it so we had gotten this report yesterday following the win to the Tennessee Titans the Arizona Cardinals are trading Marvin Harrison Jr. to the Texans in a blockbuster per Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter so the trade details are official they got updated today so this is official. It's Marvin Harrison Jr. and a sixth rounder to Houston. Cardinals in return get a second rounder and a seventh rounder for this upcoming draft. Big trade, man. Huge trade for the Houston Texans. Some big news. We needed some help offensively. I know a lot of people have been talking about, hey, how does this help the offensive line? How does this help the run game? We're actually going to dive into that as well, man, because I think it genuinely does help both of those aspects. Man, so let's dive right into it. What does the Marvin Harrison Jr. trade mean for Houston. The CJ Stroud and Marvin Harrison connection could be huge. Let's talk about it, man. So CJ Stroud, when he was talking to the media, this is what he had to say when talking about Marvin Harrison Jr. I think he brings a dynamic playmaker, someone who can run great routes, can really catch any ball. Man, I am just really excited to get with him. I loved him in college. Probably one of the hardest workers I have been around. So that was one of the big things about Marvin Harrison Jr. before this trade happened is, hey, he's sloppy. He looks lazy. He looks like he's not really getting it together. You just got a vouch from your quarterback, your now current quarterback, and also your quarterback in college when you were having the best seasons of your pro football career, that he's one of the hardest workers he's seen. So I don't think that's anything that Houston Texans fans need to be worried about. And C.J. Stroud and Marvin Harrison Jr., that connection has worked before. We've seen it before. And not only that, in the NFL, we've seen C.J. Stroud be great. We can all agree we've seen C.J. Stroud be great in this league. We've seen him be great this season so far. He just had a great game against Tennessee, and we've also seen Marvin Harrison Jr. be great in this league. Obviously, this year, he's had his struggles. We're going to dive into it, man, because I don't think that's all his fault, but seeing that they already are working together, seeing that there's already that connection, that CJ is like, man, it's great to have him. We're already going to get to working. That's already a great connection to see, and something else I want to dive into. Chris Carter, when talking on the Up and Adam show this morning, they were talking about the Marvin Harrison trade. Chris Carter, of course, Hall of Fame player in the NFL. This is what he had to say. I guarantee you when they come up with the game plan and when they do put him in on the field, he will not leave the field as a starter and only having two, three, four targets. So that's what Chris Carter had to say on the Up and Adam show. Chris Carter, of course, legendary wide receiver. But something I want to point out is what he said there at the end. He will not leave the field as a starter and only see two, three, or four targets. that was Marvin's biggest issue in Arizona was the fact that he was getting targeted what one to two times a game maybe three if he's lucky we're gonna pull it up on the big screen right now man because I think that was his biggest issue this year that was his biggest issue this year obviously right there it says his team is Houston but the 2026 stats account for his Cardinals days he had 12 targets across a month of the season for five receptions 85 yards and one touchdown that is what Chris Carter is talking about that is what Chris is talking about when he says, hey, he's not going to be leaving the field with two, three, four targets. That's exactly what happened in Arizona. I will say he struggled a little bit this year in Arizona. I'm going to give him that. I'm going to say that. But I don't under any circumstances think that it's 100% his fault. You want him to be that star wide receiver. Don't you think he should be getting more than two targets a game, two, three targets a game? Let's see. He played four games. He had 12 targets on the season. He's averaging about three targets a game. That's insane. That's insane for a guy who should be a generational talent and it was very evident that Arizona was not utilizing him correctly and not only were they not utilizing him correctly they didn't care to utilize him correctly they talked to the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals they talked to the quarterback Jacoby Brissett both of them when asking about Marvin Harrison Jr. before he got traded they said well you know we got other guys on this team you asked Jacoby Brissett hey how come Marvin isn't getting involved much his response well we have another receiver on this team who we just paid so you know we got to get him involved as well when talking to the head coach his response hey Trey McBride is one of the best tight ends in the league he's one of the best underneath guys we got to get him involved as well that's not the response you say whenever you're talking about hey why is your star wide receiver not getting involved what those responses told me what those responses told me is that they don't value him as a number one wide receiver and they don't care to see him as a number one wide receiver I had talked about it before can you guys imagine if Nico Collins played every single game this season not only did he play every single game this season but when they were talking to DeMeco Ryans and they said hey Nico Collins is hardly getting involved Nico Collins only has 12 targets on the season again this is a hypothetical if DeMeco Ryan's response was well you know Tank Dell's coming back soon well you know Dalton Schultz is one of the best tight ends in the league that's not a response you want to hear about why your star player is getting less and less reps on the field and I think on this team Chris knocked it on the head man Marvin Harrison Jr. is not going to come on this team he's not going to be that wide receiver one or probably a wide receiver two and only have two three four targets that's just not what we're going to see and I completely agree we're going to see a lot more than that out of Marv. Now, this is the crazy part that we need to break down. This is the crazy part. So, Adam Schefter was on the Pat McAfee show today. They were asking him about the trade. They were asking him, hey, what's going on with this trade? How come we didn't get the trade? We knew he was getting traded, but we didn't know where he was getting traded. Adam Schefter said this, there are trades that come together, but they don't often come together up against the game. Marvin Harrison Jr. was informed that he wasn't going to play on Sunday because they were working out a trade. That's what Adam Schefter had to say. And we had talked about it. If you follow this channel very closely, which you should, we had talked about it on the post on this channel and also on the shorts. The trade was in place. Evan Sitterly, multiple other sources claimed it. The trade was in place for Marvin Harrison Jr. to be a Houston Texan. The issue was, is that the Houston Texans wanted to see, are we going to win this game against the Tennessee Titans? If we're going to win this game, okay, we're getting a little bit of momentum. We know that this team can be a winning team. We know that we can still make a playoff push. then Marvin Harrison Jr. is going to be a great acquisition to this team I had talked about it before I think that was the game where you're like man if we lose to the 0-4 at the time Tennessee Titans a team that is dramatically struggling they can't even get a touchdown on the board if we're struggling against that team we don't need to make this trade then we got a lot more going on than just unlucky wins right and that's exactly what it seemed like the Houston Texans wanted to do so it was kind of interesting to see man that Marvin Harrison Jr. the trade was in place. They were ready to ship him off to Houston, but Houston said, let's wait to see if we beat the Titans. It's exactly what they did. I had called it. I said, hey, this is going to be an easy win. Not only is it going to be that, they're going to beat the Brakes off this team. That's a holy voice crack, by the way, but that's exactly what happened. Houston Texans put a whooping on the Tennessee Titans. Tennessee Titans are not a good football team. The Houston Texans should have done that, and I said, hey, you can't go into this game and skate out with the 20-17 win. You have to absolutely decimate this team. Houston did a great job at that. Will Anderson Jr. left this game with three sacks carrying the body of Cam Newton. He was doing so, or not Cam Newton, Cam Ward. He was doing so well. This defense looked great. This offense looked pretty serviceable in the first half. Second half, they let it go. C.J. Stroud got himself a rushing touchdown. That's how you know the offense is running. Got himself a passing one as well. Something I want to look at now. Marvin Harrison Jr. on this team. This was the last time we saw him really have a full season. was in 2025. Had 41 catches for 608 yards. Great season, man. It was a good season by him. He only played 12 games. I think if he would have played all 17, it would have been a much different story. But I think that's the kind of Marv we're going to be getting back. CJ is going to target this guy early and often. CJ Stroud, throughout the season, the run game has not been there. He's been throwing the ball, spreading it out a lot more. So I think it's going to greatly benefit him to have Marvin on the team. No offense to our other wide receivers, but I don't think they can do it like Marvin Harrison Jr. Outside of if you want to make the argument for Nico Collins. I don't think they're doing it like Marv. So having him on this team is an absolutely great addition. Something now I want to bring up. This is what the current wide receiver room is looking like for the Houston Texans following the Marvin Harrison trade. So it's a pretty stacked room. It's a pretty crowded room, I will say that. Nico Collins, Marvin Harrison Jr., Tank Dell, Kayshawn Booty, and Jalen Nolan. Obviously, I think we have a few guys on our practice squad as well, but those are our five guys right now at the wide receiver position. And it's great. This is a great wide receiver room. I think CJ Stroud has plenty of options in a year where he's demanding $60 million a year. He's got plenty of options and I think that's going to be great for him. So it's great, man. It's good to have Marv on this team. It's good to see him fit in with that offense. Now, I want to ask you guys, do you think the Houston Texans can still make a playoff push? Because I think they can. Looking at the strength of this schedule that we have over the next five games, these are all winnable games, given I know a lot of people are going to say, hey, our first four losses were winnable games. I get that. but man if once the Houston Texans now they finally got some momentum right we had talked about it before it doesn't matter if it's against the Tennessee Titans it doesn't matter if it's against the 2017 0-16 Cleveland Browns getting a win underneath your belt really brings some momentum brings a boost to this team it's exactly what the Houston Texans got on Sunday and I think that's important than more than anything is them finally saying okay we can win we can finally eat like D'Amico Ryan said in the locker room how does it feel to eat these guys can finally get a win And I think that's what is going to benefit this team the most. This is what we're looking at, man, over the course of the next five games. So we play Jacksonville in London this upcoming Sunday. It's going to be an interesting game. Jacksonville, they're a team that thrives in London. Don't ask me why, but Jacksonville is always playing overseas in London, and they're always doing pretty well. They just came off a win against the Philadelphia Eagles, where you can never count out Jacksonville. I still think that's a winnable game for Arizona, for the Houston. I think you go out there and you make a statement winning the divisional round, just like we did this past Sunday, you got some momentum. Then look at these next four games, all totally winnable games. Giants, kind of struggling this year. They just had a really weird game where they ended in a tie this past Sunday against Washington. The team is definitely beatable. The Chargers, 0-5 this season, one of the only teams that hasn't had a win. That's definitely a winnable game. I know Justin Herbert has been struggling this year. I know that offense has been struggling this year. Still, definitely a winnable game. The Cleveland Browns, they were obviously starting to get some momentum together. They were beating Pittsburgh. They were beating Carolina. They took an L to the Jets this past Sunday. You know what that tells me? They're a very beatable team, and they still have a kryptonite. The Indianapolis Colts. That's a game that just skated by us that our offense was not rolling. I think our offense is going to start rolling now, and I think that's going to be a great win for us. I can see the Houston Texans realistically, guys. Not kidding. I can see Houston winning the next five games, getting back on track, and finally being at the top of this division once again where they belong. I can see it, man. the Houston Texans just need to get some momentum going which I think they did this past Sunday when they beat the Tennessee Titans but thank you guys so much for watching today on Texans Digest man we're going to dive into it later throughout this week how this offensive line has benefited how this team's logistics are going to work out now with Marvin on the team but right now the Houston Texans are in a great spot thank you guys so much for watching today on Texans Digest have a great day have a blessed day I'll see you guys tomorrow