Where I Worry About the Texans
Just a few places where I wring my hands
I try not to worry.
It’s a useless endeavor. Nothing positive is accomplished via worry. I try to usher in the idea of “control what you can control” but it’s a tainted phrase. Bill O’Brien leaned on that phrase but didn’t practice what he preached. DeMeco Ryans has started to repair the idea for me as he went to it many times during his first season as a head coach.
I say all that and still admit to you, that I worry about smaller things, and I have a few things about this team that worries me.
Tackles With Injury History
Laremy Tunsil and Tytus Howard are coming off surgery on their knees this offseason. They have lengthy injury histories which range from issues that keep them from practicing to injuries that keep them from playing. If either goes down, Charlie Heck or rookie Blake Fisher are next up.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want either player to protect C.J. Stroud against some of the pass rushes on the schedule, especially the latter portion of the schedule. Hopefully, Tunsil and Howard are ready to go from day one and the Texans don’t need to worry about missing one of the highest-paid tackle duos at all. Heck is hopefully healthier and had a real offseason. Fisher could be a prodigy.
If it isn’t Tunsil and Howard, I will worry quite a bit.
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
― Corrie Ten Boom