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Houston Texans — 2018
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Team grade · 2018
56.5
Overall
53 pct
53.6
Offense
56
55.7
Defense
56
59.8
S. Teams
69
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
62
OL
31
Starting lineup
4-3 Base
FS
Justin Reid
›
64.7
SS
Mike Tyson
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
J.J. Watt
›
EDGE
16
/ 16
1,025
87.5
100
2
Will Fuller
›
low volume
WR
7
/ 6
375
71.9
90
3
Jadeveon Clowney
›
EDGE
15
/ 15
908
69.1
80
4
Kareem Jackson
›
CB
16
/ 15
997
68.2
86
5
DeAndre Hopkins
›
WR
16
/ 16
1,088
66.2
80
6
Justin Reid
›
CB
16
/ 13
1,141
64.7
77
7
Keke Coutee
›
low volume
WR
6
/ 4
267
61.8
74
8
Deshaun Watson
›
QB
16
/ 16
1,093
61.6
68
9
Johnathan Joseph
›
CB
14
/ 12
850
61.4
72
10
Christian Covington
›
low volume
EDGE
12
/ 0
274
60.8
66
11
Ka'imi Fairbairn
›
K
16
/ 1
177
58.0
55
12
Jordan Akins
›
low volume
TE
16
/ 3
467
54.1
68
13
Andre Hal
›
low volume
S
8
/ 2
286
52.1
58
14
Lamar Miller
›
RB
14
/ 13
619
51.2
54
15
Demaryius Thomas
›
WR
15
/ 15
764
51.1
55
16
Trevor Daniel
›
P
16
/ 0
158
50.6
50
17
DeAndre Carter
›
low volume
WR
14
/ 5
388
49.9
50
18
Tyrann Mathieu
›
S
16
/ 16
1,048
49.1
55
19
Benardrick McKinney
›
LB
16
/ 16
950
48.3
53
20
Aaron Colvin
›
CB
10
/ 5
343
39.2
30
21
Zach Cunningham
›
LB
14
/ 13
821
38.8
21
22
Ryan Griffin
›
TE
14
/ 14
882
38.8
18
23
Brandon Dunn
›
low volume
iDL
14
/ 2
419
33.6
26
24
Whitney Mercilus
›
LB
16
/ 14
849
32.2
23
25
DJ Reader
›
iDL
16
/ 14
684
31.3
23
26
Shareece Wright
›
CB
12
/ 10
535
30.2
19
27
Alfred Blue
›
RB
16
/ 3
602
26.6
17
28
Angelo Blackson
›
EDGE
16
/ 2
517
17.6
3
29
Nick Martin
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,157
—
—
30
Julie'n Davenport
›
OL
16
/ 15
1,098
—
—
31
Senio Kelemete
›
OL
15
/ 13
969
—
—
32
Kendall Lamm
›
OL
15
/ 13
938
—
—
33
Zach Fulton
›
OL
13
/ 12
880
—
—
34
Jordan Thomas
›
TE
16
/ 6
516
—
—
35
Martinas Rankin
›
OL
16
/ 6
514
—
—
36
Greg Mancz
›
OL
16
/ 5
452
—
—
37
Joe Webb
›
QB
16
/ 16
347
—
—
38
A.J. Moore
›
CB
16
/ 16
344
—
—
39
Brennan Scarlett
›
LB
12
/ 10
334
—
—
40
Johnson Bademosi
›
CB
16
/ 16
329
—
—
41
Peter Kalambayi
›
LB
15
/ 15
329
—
—
42
Dylan Cole
›
LB
8
/ 8
273
—
—
43
Buddy Howell
›
RB
15
/ 14
268
—
—
44
Brian Peters
›
LB
11
/ 7
260
—
—
45
Mike Tyson
›
CB
10
/ 0
242
—
—
46
Duke Ejiofor
›
LB
12
/ 0
214
—
—
47
Vyncint Smith
›
WR
7
/ 3
191
—
—
48
Sammie Coates
›
WR
12
/ 3
174
—
—
49
Jon Weeks
›
LS
16
/ 0
158
—
—
50
Chris Landrum
›
EDGE
7
/ 0
132
—
—
51
Deante Burton
›
CB
3
/ 1
96
—
—
52
Josh Keyes
›
LB
3
/ 3
78
—
—
53
Tyrell Adams
›
LB
4
/ 4
77
—
—
54
Joel Heath
›
EDGE
5
/ 0
66
—
—
55
Kevin Johnson
›
CB
1
/ 1
65
—
—
56
Carlos Watkins
›
iDL
4
/ 0
45
—
—
57
D'Onta Foreman
›
RB
1
/ 0
31
—
—
58
Seantrel Henderson
›
OL
1
/ 0
11
—
—
59
Kayvon Webster
›
CB
2
/ 0
10
—
—
60
Roderick Johnson
›
OL
1
/ 0
3
—
—
61
Brandon Weeden
›
QB
1
/ 0
1
—
—
62
Steven Mitchell
›
WR
1
/ 0
1
—
—
63
Shane Lechler
›
P
0
/ 0
—
—
—
64
Nick Thurman
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
65
Jester Weah
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
66
Terry Swanson
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
67
Kingsley Opara
›
iDL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
68
Jaryd Jones-Smith
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
69
Davin Bellamy
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
70
David Steinmetz
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
71
Jermaine Kelly
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
72
Jevoni Robinson
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
73
Chris Thompson
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
74
Bryce Jones
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
75
Amba Etta-Tawo
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
76
Kennan Gilchrist
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
Isaac Whitney
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
Maurquice Shakir
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Michael Hunter
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
A.J. Hendy
›
S
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Jerell Adams
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Josh Ferguson
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Ben Heeney
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Chad Slade
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Kurtis Drummond
›
S
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
Quan Bray
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Jay Prosch
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Stephen Morris
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
61
RB
41
TE
44
Defense
EDGE
58
CB
58
LB
44
S
50
iDL
32
Special teams
K
58
P
51
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
—
LB
Benardrick McKinney
›
48.3
LCB
Kareem Jackson
›
68.2
EDGE
DJ Reader
›
31.3
iDL
Brandon Dunn
›
33.6
iDL
Carlos Watkins
›
—
EDGE
Christian Covington
›
60.8
RCB
Shareece Wright
›
30.2
WR1
Vyncint Smith
›
—
OL
30.7
LT
Davenport
LG
Kelemete
C
Martin
RG
Fulton
RT
Lamm
TE
Ryan Griffin
›
38.8
WR2
Steven Mitchell
›
—
QB
Deshaun Watson
›
61.6
RB
Lamar Miller
›
51.2
Special teams
K
Ka'imi Fairbairn
›
58.0
P
Trevor Daniel
›
50.6
Offense
QB
Deshaun Watson
›
61.6
RB
Lamar Miller
›
51.2
WR1
Vyncint Smith
›
—
WR2
Steven Mitchell
›
—
TE
Ryan Griffin
›
38.8
Offensive line
Team grade
30.7
LT
Davenport
LG
Kelemete
C
Martin
RG
Fulton
RT
Lamm
Defense
EDGE
DJ Reader
›
31.3
iDL
Brandon Dunn
›
33.6
iDL
Carlos Watkins
›
—
EDGE
Christian Covington
›
60.8
LB
Special teams
K
Ka'imi Fairbairn
›
58.0
P
Trevor Daniel
›
50.6
Benardrick McKinney
›
48.3
LCB
Kareem Jackson
›
68.2
RCB
Shareece Wright
›
30.2
FS
Justin Reid
›
64.7
SS
Mike Tyson
›
—