This Has Massive Implications For The Houston Texans...

This has massive implications for the Houston Texans as the Texans go into a must-win matchup this weekend against the Chargers. That mixed with the fact that the Chargers have a plethora of drama surrounding their team right now. 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 on today's episode. So, Houston goes into a must-win game this weekend if they want to keep their playoff hopes alive by any means. I know it's still a long shot, but you know we're going to cover all that more here on Texans Digest. That, along with the fact that the Chargers, they have a plethora of rumors circulating them headed into this week. I want to talk about if Houston can use that into their advantage and possibly use that to take advantage of this team this Sunday So, we're going to dive into all that more today on Texans Digest, but right before we do that, man, you guys know about 83% of you guys are not subscribed, and we just hit 3,300 subscribers on this channel. We're trying to get to 4,000 by no specific time, but if you are not already subscribed, do your boy a favor and hit that subscribe button. You're going to be getting daily updates here on Texans Digest, but without further ado, man, let's quit all that talking and let's get right into it, starting off with... Houston heads into a week nine game against a mess of a team in the Chargers. How does Houston make sure they don't fall into another trap game? So I say another trap game because Houston, I think before the bye week when we faced the Giants, that's exactly what the Houston Texans fell into was a trap game, a game where they were like, oh, we are two and four right now. We desperately need a win. We're already on a two game win streak. This is easy. J.J. McCarthy is making his first start ever or this first start ever as a Giant in a full game. That on top of the fact that the Houston Texans defense looks like they're starting to get a little better. Maybe they're not as abysmal as we thought they were going to be. They look really good against the Tennessee Titans. And when they needed to the most, they came up clutch against the Jaguars. So I think that's the kind of momentum that Houston headed into the Giants game had. They fell flat on their face. Multiple times that Giants run took advantage of the Houston Texans defense. Of course, offensively, we were able to get rolling later in the second half and also later in the second. In the first half, but in that first quarter, we really weren't able to get anything together, and I did think that that was really a trap game for us. We're starting to see these a lot more often. You saw with the Tennessee Titans and the Bengals this past Sunday as well. The Bengals headed into that contest thinking, hey, they just shipped off their only threat of Jeremy Simmons. We are good, and Tennessee almost caught him, man, and I think that that's starting to happen a lot more this season around the league, and I want to make sure that Houston is not going to fall into that same category again because they already fell into it once. You headed into the bye week. Now you're coming into the bye week I'm LA Chargers teams who has a plethora starting of rumors surrounding them that we're going to dive into, but I just want to make sure that that's not what they're going to fall into. So starting us off, you can see it right here, man. The Houston Texans currently ranked number 18 in to the NFL in points per game defensively speak when it comes to how many points they're allowing. Obviously that ranks right around middle of the pack, but the lower half, and that's something that I think now. that the Chargers can definitely take advantage of, or so I thought that they could. That is before I saw this report, man. That is before I saw this report. This coming from Legion. All these are coming from Legion talking about the LA Chargers here. Let's put this on an even bigger screen. So the LA Chargers currently rank 32 in the league in points per game, total yards per game 26, passing yards per game 26 as well, rushing yards per game 18, third down conversions 28th in the NFL, sacks allowed 25th, points per game 20th. I can read all these out, but you guys know that defense or that offense has just not been good this season. Justin Herbert has not been able to rally behind his guys this season and get it going. Obviously passing yards, that's something that is still deadly, but I think that the The Houston Texans are going to be okay. I think they'll be fine against that, especially with all these rumors surrounding Justin Herbert possibly getting traded. So, obviously, you see this if you're the Houston Texan and you're saying, finally, defense can finally go feast once again. Just do not fall into that category of, hey, We're going to get another easy win. This is going to be an easy win, just like we thought it was going to be against J.J. McCarthy, just like I thought it was going to be, and a lot of us thought it was going to be, and fall into that trap. I don't want Houston to fall into that trap, and I think that there's an opportunity for L.A. to take advantage of that. All eyes are pointed on whether or not Justin Herbert's going to get traded. All eyes are pointed on the fact that Justin Herbert, so far this season, has not been very good. We can pull up the numbers here. 1,300 passing yards, five touchdowns, 10 interceptions, a 69.3 passer rating. This is the worst season we've ever seen out of Justin Herbert. This is the opportunity when the Houston Texans need to take the most amount of advantage. I just want to make sure they're not falling into that trap game because that's already happened one time this season to the Houston Texans in our most recent game. So I just want to make sure Houston's not kind of falling into that category. Something I will pull up. The running back. For the Chargers, not a bad season at all so far. Didn't have done pretty solid here. We'll put this on the top left of our screen. Not horrendous, but also not anything to be happy about. 27th in the league among rushing yards with 309. Obviously, that offense hasn't been able to get anything going. 89th in carries. That ranks right around the bottom of the league as well. And three touchdowns. That's in the top 10 as well. But outside of that, man, not really a whole lot going on with that run game as well. Obviously, Hampton's a talented back, especially if you used him in Madden. You know, ball, but obviously he's a very talented back. I just don't think that he's going to give the Houston Texans defense a plethora of problems. And I say that I want to say that under my breath a little bit because this Houston Texans defensive line was abysmal last time we saw them. If you guys remember Cam Scadaboo the week before he played Houston had zero carries. They ran him as a fullback because the prior weeks he was doing nothing. If you remember Cam Scadaboo was that guy who was having 18 carries for 50 yards that Cam Scadaboo was not playing well at all. Had zero carries the week before the Texans. Goes against the Texans and explodes for over 120 yards. And in overtime has that 42-yard rush that sets up the Devin Singletary touchdown to end the game. I want to make sure that we're not overlooking running backs that kind of look like they're bottom of the barrel. And I want to make sure we're not doing that with Hampton. Hampton's an okay running back. He's a solid running back. I think I put him in that same category that I'm going to put Woody Marks in that a lot of you guys get mad at me for. But I'm putting him in that same category. I just want to make sure that we're not going to... If you're the Houston Texans, I don't care who the running back is. You know that that run game has been abysmal. Take advantage of this and completely fry Hampton behind the line of scrimmage. Put Will Anderson Jr. out there and just destroy, man. Decimate. I need this defense to come up big, man. We need this defense to come up big. So I wanted to pull that up. Something I want to talk about now regarding this team and regarding the team, obviously being the Chargers. Something I want to talk about. Justin Herbert, trade talks, come amidst their game this Sunday. Can Houston take advantage of that? The reason why I bring this up, and again, I am not a Houston, or I am not, I almost said I am not a Houston Texans fan. Whoa. I am not a Chargers fan by any means. I've been seeing the trade rumors. I don't know if they have any validity to them. I don't know if they're, if there's speculation. I've seen it's been a lot of the ESPN guy made a mock trade. I know it's been a lot of that. So I don't think these hold a whole lot of weight. But just from the outside looking in, man, a quick search of Justin Herbert and everything about Justin Herbert is talking about, hey, Justin Herbert possibly being traded. Justin Herbert possibly, are the Vikings linked to Justin Herbert? How much are the Chargers going to ask for it in a haul? This is all we're seeing right now from the Chargers. And if you're the Houston Texans, take advantage of this. Take advantage of the fact that the noise is coming in against the Chargers more so than the Texans. I thought the Houston Texans were one of the noisiest teams when it came to criticism. Everyone's talking about how the Houston Texans' defense is predictable, how they fell off a mountain defensively, and offensively, C.J. Stroud doesn't deserve that contract. It's even worse for the Chargers. The Chargers have even more noise pressed on them, and I think that's going to be something that Houston can definitely take advantage of. Everything we're seeing is just about Justin Herbert. Is he going to be traded? Is he out of the door for the Chargers? I think if you are Houston Texans, take advantage of the noise coming in. Take advantage of the fact that this has not been a good season for Justin Herbert and this Chargers team. Take advantage of all this and more and don't overlook it. I cannot stress that enough. We cannot overlook the fact that the Houston Texans are 2-0, or that the fact that the LA Chargers are 0-7 on this season, not doing very well on this season. We cannot overlook that because this can most definitely be a trap game, just like the J.J. McCarthy game was, where, hey, J.J.'s making his first start. He had kind of a rough outing in Minnesota. He looked okay the last game in the second half, but it was really just garbage time because Jameis Winston and that offense couldn't clutch it up for New York. Let's see how he does against this Houston Texans defense that's been looking pretty good lately. And they flattened them out with a great run game, taking the pressure off of J.J., and it was allowed J.J. able, and J.J. was allowed to be able to play free because of that, over 250 passing yards because of that. I don't want Houston to fall into that same category. So they have to play smart and they have to play very aggressive. Do not play conservative defensively. Play aggressive on an offense that is already beat up. That a quarterback that is widely considered top 10 in the NFL up until this season is having what looks like a terrible rookie season, in my opinion, is what we're seeing from Justin Herbert so far. That on top of a running back that is not terrible by any means, but by any means is not anything phenomenal that we need to be shaking our boots about. I think if you're the Houston Texans, take advantage of that, man. This defense can still ball. We haven't seen it hardly at all lately. Obviously, I think they can still turn it on. We saw it against Tennessee. Then when there's a bad team, they can turn it on. Do it against the Chargers, man. Pop out against the Chargers and show out. So I'm looking forward to see how that goes for the Houston Texans. How do we end these videos, guys? You guys know how we always end these videos. It is a democracy up in here. So I'm going to leave it up to you guys. Who needs to step up the most this week for Houston? Is it one, CJ Stroud? Two, the defense? Three, the offensive line? Four, the coaching? Or five, other? Because I know a lot of people are saying, maybe I put Woody Marks in this photo kind of as my option for number five. We really need Woody Marks to step up big time, man. I love Woody Marks. Woody Marks is so much fun to have on this team. But, again, I think Woody Marks needs to step up a little bit. I can already hear the comments saying, how dare you? That offensive line is the issue. I agree. Woody Marks should play a little bit better, man. We need a little bit more out of Woody Marks in that run game. So as always, let me know what you guys think in the comments. Let me know who you think needs to step up the most. I think it needs to be the defense and this run game. So as always, let me know what you guys think in the comments. But that is what we talked about here today on Texans Digest. Texans have a huge game this Sunday. Go and put a whooping on this team. And show that you still are the Houston Texans that we all know and love. But thank you guys so much for watching today on Texans Digest. Have a great day. Have a blessed day. I will see you guys tomorrow.