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Houston Texans cornerback Bradley Roby is rather surprised that his team is 1-5 heading into his second season with the AFC South club.
The Texans were purported to have talent. Should they be 5-1 instead? Maybe not, but the one win over the first six weeks has come as a shocker to stakeholders and spectators in Houston.
“You have to look at, there’s a lot of things you have to look at,” Roby said. “A majority of teams in the NFL have talented teams, talented rosters. So, it’s all about how those teams come together. It’s a lot of things that make teams win. A lot of things happen throughout the game that allow the team to win or lose.”
The Texans are the worst team in the NFL defending the run with 177.5 rushing yards given up per game and 5.4 yards per carry surrendered. The passing defense is also bleeding out with opposing quarterbacks compiling a 111.5 passer rating, the second-highest in the league.
Even though the metrics show the Texans defense could be a unit of a bad team, Roby believes Houston can compete with every team on their schedule, including the Green Bay Packers, who visit NRG Stadium in Week 7.
“One thing I do know is we can play with anyone,” Roby said. “I think every game we’ve been in other than the first game, first two games.”
Part of the reason the Texans got off to a disjointed start, according to Roby, was because of how COVID-19 impacted the offseason and disallowed the Texans, along with the rest of the NFL, to have offseason workouts, which is what the Texans needed with defensive line coach Anthony Weaver taking over as defensive coordinator.
“We’ve had new coaches,” said Roby. “You have no offseason and new coaches. You kind of have to understand that — me being in the league for a long time, I understand that it’s not going to just be perfect just because it looks good on paper. You have to communicate and talk and fix your mistakes, and everyone has to be on the same page. That comes with time.
“Rome wasn’t built in one day. You can’t expect things to just be perfect just because the X’s and O’s look good because it’s never like that.”