Tag: Texans Pro Bowlers

Texans LT Laremy Tunsil hopes to earn first-team All-Pro

Houston Texans left tackle Laremy Tunsil is appreciative of his Pro Bowl selection but hopes to earn a first-team All-Pro nomination.

Houston Texans left tackle Laremy Tunsil earned his third Pro Bowl selection of his career Wednesday.

The former Miami Dolphins 2016 first-round pick will be one of the “starters” for the AFC team in the 2023 Pro Bowl games.

“Means a lot, means a lot,” Tunsil said via video from KRPC-TV’s Aaron Wilson. “Next one is the All-Pro. Get the All-Pro, that will mean a lot to me.”

Tunsil would be the second Texans offensive lineman in club history to earn a first-team All-Pro honor. In 2012, tackle Duane Brown became the first.

The 6-5, 313-pounder credits the offensive scheme run by offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton as being one of the reasons why he was able to earn his third Pro Bowl.

Said Tunsil: “Me personally, I feel like I elevated my game, especially in the run game. And the system helped me out, too. Running the ball more, getting out there, and showing my ability more, and it showed my run-blocking and pass-blocking.”

Of course, there was another element that Tunsil playfully attributed to his Pro Bowl selection.

“Go draft a guy like Dameon Pierce,” Tunsil said.

Pierce’s 939 rushing yards were the most among rookie running backs by the time of his placement on injured reserve after Week 14. The fourth-rounder from Florida also notched the 12th-most single-season rushing yards in Texans history. It may not have been possible without Tunsil playing at a high level on the edge.

4 Houston Texans who were named Pro Bowl alternates

The Houston Texans had four players who were named alternates to the Pro Bowl.

Even though the Houston Texans are 1-12-1, factually worse than they were entering Week 16 a year ago with a 3-11 record, they are doing better in another area.

Houston had a player named to the Pro Bowl in left tackle Laremy Tunsil. It marks the first time since 2020 that the Texans had a player make the AFC roster.

The Texans also had four players who were named Pro Bowl alternates. If the AFC has players who don’t want to take part in the Pro Bowl games, these Texans could be called upon to take their place — and then the “alternate” part is dropped and the term “Pro Bowler” becomes official.

What will it take for Texans DE Jonathan Greenard to make the Pro Bowl?

Houston Texans DE Jonathan Greenard made NFL.com’s list of Pro Bowl candidates from each team. What will Greenard need to do to qualify?

The Houston Texans did not have a player go to the Pro Bowl following the 2021 season. Such is the side effect of going 4-13 and not having a face of the franchise.

According to Nick Shook from NFL.com, defensive end Jonathan Greenard is a candidate from the Texans to make the Pro Bowl in 2022.

The pickings remain slim in Houston, and while I desperately wanted to push all of my chips to the center of the table on Davis Mills, I just couldn’t do it (at least not yet). The more likely candidate to reach the Pro Bowl is one of the sneakier standouts from last season, Greenard, a player who quietly led the Texans with eight sacks. He did so on a limited number of snaps, too, and didn’t miss the watchful eye of Pro Football Focus, which has Greenard listed among its top 10 breakout candidates from the 2020 draft class. If we’re looking for a first-time Pro Bowl candidate in Houston, Greenard is the one.

For Greenard to make the Pro Bowl, he will need to at least hit the 10.0 mark. The former 2020 third-round pick from Florida will also need to add a few forced fumbles and tackles for loss to his stat line in order to show coaches and players across the league he is a force off the edge.

What will also help Greenard’s candidacy is if the Texans are competitive. If Greenard is tallying his 10.0-plus sacks while Houston is 1-7 and starting Kyle Allen at quarterback, Greenard’s good work is going to get buried amid the losing. If Greenard’s efforts are part of even a 4-4 campaign and the losses are by a touchdown or less, the perception will be the Texans have finally gotten out of the rebuilding phase.

The last Pro Bowl defensive end the Texans had was J.J. Watt in 2018 when he collected 16.0 sacks, 18 tackles for loss, 25 quarterback hits, seven forced fumbles, and four pass breakups.

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Texans DE Jonathan Greenard asks fans to help him get to the Pro Bowl

Houston Texans defensive end Jonathan Greenard is asking fans to help him get enough votes to make the 2022 NFL Pro Bowl.

Houston Texans defensive end Jonathan Greenard is asking fans to vote for him for the 2022 NFL Pro Bowl.

The former 2020 third-round pick from Florida posted a short video of himself on Twitter Wednesday afternoon and encouraged fans to simply retweet his tweet as each retweet counts as a vote.

Greenard is having a decent season for Houston, leading the team with 8.0 sacks, the largest number of sacks since 2018 when J.J. Watt had 16.0.

At 2-9, the Texans don’t have much to show for league-wide merit. If Greenard were able to make the Pro Bowl, it would extend Houston’s streak of having at least one Pro Bowler on the AFC roster out to 18 seasons. The last time Houston didn’t have a Pro Bowler was in 2003, Andre Johnson’s rookie year, who later became the Texans’ first ever Pro Bowler following the 2004 campaign.

Texans QB Deshaun Watson and LT Laremy Tunsil make 2021 Pro Bowl

The Houston Texans had two players in QB Deshaun Watson and LT Laremy Tunsil named to the 2021 NFL Pro Bowl.

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson and left tackle Laremy Tunsil were named to the 2021 Pro Bowl.

For Watson, it is his third Pro Bowl selection. For Tunsil, it his second, all of which he has earned in his two seasons with the Texans.

With Tunsil and Watson named to the Pro Bowl, it marks the 17th straight year the Texans have had at least one player named to the Pro Bowl.

Tunsil is the second offensive lineman in Texans history to earn consecutive Pro Bowls.

Watson leads the NFL in yards per pass attempt (8.76), is second in passing yards (4,134), and also second in passer rating (110.6). Despite the Texans being 4-10, from Weeks 4-9, Watson became the fifth quarterback in league history and the first since Peyton Manning with the Denver Broncos in 2013 to record at least 275 passing yards and a 105.0 passer rating in five straight games.

The Pro Bowl has been altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of playing an actual game and having live practices, the entire week is going virtual.

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