This Is Houston's LAST Chance...

This might be the Houston Texans' last chance as they head into a huge Week 6 matchup against the division rivals. How can Houston sneak out of London with the win? 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. We're going to talk about the players who will not play this Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars as the game is just less than 24 hours away, along with all you need to know right before the game. But before we dive into all of that, man, about 90% of you guys still not subscribed. We just hit 3,000 subscribers, and I am forever grateful for you guys. But if you're not already subscribed, please do me a favor and do that. But regardless, I appreciate you guys for tuning into the video. So I know what a lot of us are thinking. This might be make or break for the Houston Texans. Beating Tennessee doesn't hold much weight. You beat a division rival. You beat the 4-1 Jacksonville Jaguars in their home away from home in London. That is what is huge in order for the Houston Texans to still make a playoff push. So, we're going to dive into the three key victory steps that the Houston Texans need to take, along with what that injury report is looking like. So, let's dive right into it, man. Step number one, defense is the key to success. The defense has to step up, man. As self-explanatory as it gets, the defense has to step up. Last week against the Tennessee Titans, defense did a phenomenal job, man. They were swarming Cam Ward behind the line. Will Anderson Jr., man, how do you do? Three sacks in last week's game. He had himself a phenomenal performance against the division rivals of the Tennessee Titans. We need another big game from that defense, man. I'm talking about Reed Blankenship playing phenomenal kind of game we need out of this defense. We had talked about it earlier, man. We had talked about it earlier this week. We got the news. Anton Harrison is not going to be playing. Anton Harrison for the Jacksonville Jaguars is out. He is not going to be playing this week. That helps this defense out a lot. Obviously, you hate to see anybody go down, even if it's against a divisional rival. but I think that this is the opportunity man it's now or never when it comes defensively the Houston Texans have to pounce if you guys have been keeping up with my videos you would know I am a divisional one supporter of this defense from start to finish I made a I made a video that got that got pretty popular had well over 5,000 views and it talked a lot about how I still think this Houston Texans has some juice and I don't think it's worth giving up on them like a lot of the media and a lot of our fans have a lot of people fried me for that right after that I said watch what they do to these Tennessee Titans. They put a whooping on them, and I still have faith in this defense, man. The offensive line is a little bit banged up for Jacksonville. I think this defense can capitalize on that. Absolutely. I think this defense still has a ton of steam. They got to go out there and prove it, man. It starts with this guy right here. It starts with Will Anderson Jr. putting some pressure on that line. It starts with guys like his best friend, Danielle Hunter, again, coming on the outside. Maybe we go more blitz due to the fact that they're down in offensive lineman obviously we know one of the backups is going to step in but I think it goes in a lot deeper than that man obviously Bullock we got to see him step up as well Derek guys like Derek Stingley Kamari Lassiter those are guys we need to lock in we know guys like Washington will step up for the Jacksonville Jaguars and absolutely take advantage so this defense needs to be on point man as simple as it gets this defense needs to be on point I think DeMeco Ryan's calling plays defensively worked out phenomenal last week that was against the Tennessee Titans it has to work out phenomenally again against Jacksonville Jaguars and I cannot stress enough man I can't stress it enough the UK London this is Jacksonville's home away from home we might as well call this a semi away game in terms of like home field advantage for Jacksonville this is their home away from home Wembley Stadium London Roger Goodell loves sending Jacksonville to London they love sending them over there Jacksonville's already been over there for already a week they already got blood pumping in their veins that juice in their veins after they beat the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday. I talked about it in my last video yesterday. I think they already have their favorite coffee spots to go drink at, their favorite places to go eat, because they're always in London. They've already been there for well over a week. They're going to have the advantage. They're going to have the advantage of already adjusting to the time, already doing all that. I've been to London before. I went for a study abroad trip with my college. It takes about three or four days to get adjusted to that time change. At least for me, it did. They've already been there for well over a week. They already got a win in their veins in London. Houston can't say the same man is going to take this defense to swarm them D'Amico Ryans needs to step up defensively play calling man we're going to dive right into the next reason right into the next key to victory so offensive line needs to stand tall the offensive line has struggled this season man let's talk about it let's talk about it man so the offensive line has struggled this season obviously we talk a lot about Cole Popovich offensive line coordinator run game coordinator that offensive line struggled obviously we got good news man we got good news let's take a look at the injury report really quickly Braden Smith we know he's coming back we know Braden Smith is coming back we know he's 100% he is ready to go obviously we still got a few question marks on that list as well but I think it's going to be okay man I think this offensive line really needs to step up we really got to see Cole Popovich as an offensive line coordinator step up Braden Smith in he's coming back Braden Smith is coming back we're starting to see guys finally start taking form in that offensive line I think that offensive line played better than usual last week again it's the Tennessee Titans but when you got guys like Jeffrey Simmons on that defense you always got to look out for it i think the Tennessee Titans are not the Tennessee Titans Houston Texans held up well last week in terms of the offensive line you got to do it again one week means nothing if it's against the Tennessee Titans and next week you fall flat on your face you have to do it again man cole popovich needs to step up as an offensive line coach this week we need him man this offensive line cannot get into that position where you're letting CJ Stroud constantly maybe they're only giving up a sack or two. But how many times is C.J. Stroud getting pressured? How many times is our star quarterback going to get pressured in a single game? We need that offensive line to step up, man. We need that offensive line to step up. Hang on. I feel like my camera is a little too high. There we go. Now I look like the six foot two man that I clearly am. But anyways, man, let's dive into key three. C.J. Stroud needs another big game. Man, we keep talking about it. We keep talking about C.J. Stroud, how he's been phenomenal this season, right? How he's been having great success this season. We need to see it again. We got to see it again. CJ Stroud has been phenomenal this season. Hasn't thrown any interceptions. Obviously, people are going to dog on me and say, hey, what about those two fumbles against the Buffalo Bills? I get it. He had a few rough moments in that game. He played phenomenal in that game outside of those two fumbles. CJ needs another big game, man. CJ needs another big game. We need him to step up. CJ, you want those 60 M's? You want to prove that you're the franchise quarterback? It doesn't mean anything. Even if CJ throws for 50 touchdowns and zero interceptions this year, what does it mean what is it worth if we miss the playoffs if it means nothing in terms of the legacy and going to a Super Bowl if it means nothing in terms of doing what he said he wanted to do in bringing Houston a Super Bowl championship we need another big game out of CJ man we need another big game out of CJ Stroud I bring up the photo of Marvin Harrison Jr. I didn't put this as a key on here but we got this news we talked about it yesterday Texans wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. obviously we got this from Aaron Wilson let me stop myself we got this from Aaron Wilson Aaron Wilson reports on the Houston Texans daily one of the most credible sources when it comes to the Houston Texans outside of maybe Jonathan Alexander Aaron Wilson is our guy when it comes to the Houston Texans Texans wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. second practice with the team plan versus Jaguars is to play him be involved not a full workload though after the trade with the Cardinals i was talking about a man and i saw your guys's comments i saw your guys's comments last week we don't need Marvin Harrison Jr. to be fully healthy it takes more than a week for him to get used to this playbook. I understand what you guys are saying. What I am saying is the fact that, man, Tank Dell isn't going to play. We know Tank Dell is not going to play. Obviously, we look at the injury report. He's out. Tank Dell is not playing. He's probably going to come back either next week, and if he doesn't come back next week, we'll have to wait till after the bye, but Tank Dell's not going to play. Tank Dell is not going to play. Keishawn Booty is not the most reliable receiver on this team. Reliable receiver. So, Keishawn Booty isn't as reliable as we'd like to see. Tank Dell is not playing. Obviously, I know he can't play all 80 snaps offensively. I think Marvin Harrison Jr. needs to step up immediately. We cannot see the Cardinals Marvin Harrison Jr. and everyone's been talking about how he looks so much more energized and pumped to be on the Houston Texans. I get that. We need a big game out of him, man. We need to see him step up. We need to see him in that CJ Stroud connection now or never. We can't wait till after the bye week till week 9 or 10 when they got a little bit of momentum. We can't wait because we had such an abysmal start to the season. We had such an abysmal start to the season. We got to see this offense step up. I hate to say it man I hate to say it but I'm gonna put my bat and all my marbles in the Nick Kaylee bag because I have no other option because I have no other option and we have no other options man Nick Kaylee he did a great job last week of opening up that offensive playbook and letting CJ Stroud be himself we saw CJ Stroud get a rushing touchdown for crying out loud the offensive playbook was open for him Nick Kaylee has to do it again you cannot play conservatively and just hope the defense stands tall because unfortunately as much as I love this defense as much as I am a divisional one supporter of this defense they've fallen flat a handful of times second half against the Dallas Cowboys they fell flat second half and honestly the full game against the Buffalo Bills they fell flat you saw it in the second half against the Bengals after the offense couldn't stop couldn't get a gust of wind going offensively offensive line couldn't stop a gust of wind the defense begins to falter we started seeing those Ja'Marr Chase touchdowns start sagging up I fear that that might be what happens again if that coaching staff does not step up DeMeco Ryans is calling plays defensively. Nick Cayley opened up that playbook offensively for CJ Stroud last week. That offensive line, Co Popovich offensive line looked decent. That's all I'm going to say is they look decent. We need Woody Marks to have a big game as well. It takes every single guy on that field, man. We're going to go in depth a little bit. We got a little bit of time left. We're going to go in depth on this injury report for the Houston Texans. Tank Dell is out. You obviously knew Jalen Petrie was going to be out as well. Obviously dealing with that shoulder injury, Again, I'm going to emphasize, I'm just glad he doesn't have to have season-ending shoulder injury. Dameon Pierce, still questionable. David Montgomery is out. And Nico Collins is questionable. I don't think he's going to play. I doubt he's going to play. I think by the time I'm recording this, we should hear soon that Nico Collins is not going to play. If he plays, man, I'm not going to shave my head. I'm not going to say that. You guys are going to hold me to that. I'm not going to say I'm going to shave my head. But that would be insane if Nico Collins was to play. But either way, man, this is it for the Houston Texans. If they go 1-5, saying you're going to need a Hail Mary would be an understatement. So they have to step up immediately. This has to be the game for the Houston Texans. If you go 1-5, it's going to be rough, man. There's still a road back to victory, but it's going to be rough to come back from a 1-5 start. I'll end the video on this. I'll end the video on this. Can Houston pull off the upset in Wembley Stadium? Let me know what you guys think. Yes, no, or maybe. And if you say maybe, tell me why in the comments. Tell me why you think maybe this could happen. I'm a full believer in these Houston Texans, man. And the reason why I'm a full believer is because I have to be. Because I don't want to be stuck in the sorrow of, oh man, we're 1-4 too bad. I'm going to ride or die with these Houston Texans, man. You guys can see me in the comment section of almost every single video. Every single time somebody in the comments is saying, hey, I'm supporting these Houston Texans. I am right there with you and we should be right behind our guys. But thank you guys so much for watching today on Texans Digest. less than 24 hours away from what the biggest game of the season is for the Houston Texans so far. Have a great day. Have a blessed day. See you guys tomorrow after the game.