Secondary
Another glaring issue in the Texans defense is their secondary. The Texans ranked in the bottom half of the NFL in terms of interceptions and tackles.
After losing safety, Tyrann Mathieu in the 2019 offseason, the Texans had to scramble to find a replacement. The Texans were able to sign former Pro Bowl safety, Tashaun Gipson, to replace Mathieu for 2019. Though it seemed like a great move for the Texans, Gipson played hurt almost the whole season and wasn’t able to perform to the best of his ability.
News also came out that young, talented safety Justin Reid played the whole year with a bad shoulder injury that required surgery. Outside of the addition of Bradley Roby, the Texans secondary seemed very depleted and under performed heavily.
The Texans were able to make some mid-season moves to help their depleted secondary by adding two former first-round picks in Vernon Hargreaves and Gareon Conley, but those moves alone were not enough to revamp the secondary. Some notable free agents that could help in the secondary are Chris Harris, Jimmy Smith, and Ronald Darby.
With a fresh start ahead of the Texans, they need to fill the holes on their team to reach the ultimate goal of a Super Bowl for Houston.