DeMeco Ryans coming back to coach the Houston Texans generates nostalgia for Clutch City sports fans.
However, it isn’t for lack of good reason. The former 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year had a productive 86-game tenure with the Texans through the 2011 season. Ryans earned two Pro Bowl nods at the end of the 2007 and 2009 campaigns.
Ryans wasn’t part of the great playoff runs of the 2010s, save for the first one in 2011. Nevertheless Ryans did his part to set the standard at linebacker that was carried on after he finished out his career with the Philadelphia Eagles from 2012-15.
Here are four games that were among the best in Ryans’ career in Houston.