Romeo Crennel: Take Drew Lock’s weapons away
Rookie quarterback Drew Lock will receive his second career start on Sunday. Last week, the second-round rookie out of Missouri got his first, beating the Los Angeles Chargers 23-20.
Lock will face the Texans defense, coaching by defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel. Since his arrival to Houston in 2014, the Texans are 11-1 against rookie quarterbacks. How will he make it 12-1? Take away Lock’s weapons.
“Well, he’s pretty accurate and a lot of times it depends on the weapons that they around them,” said Crennel on Thursday. “If they got good weapons around them, then that makes them better. So, he’s got some weapons that he can use and he can go to. So, if we can take those weapons away, then it would be better for us.”
Lock’s weapons begin with Courtland Sutton. Last week, his two lone touchdown passes came to the 6-4 wide-out. A second-year deep-ball ace out of SMU, Sutton has 54 receptions for 906 yards and six touchdowns in 2019.