cornerbacks
The great thing about the injuries that hit the Texans’ cornerback group midway through the year was it forced the personnel department to scour the waiver wire and look at other teams’ rosters. Enter Gareon Conley and Vernon Hargreaves. Conley had a key pass breakup on a third-and-10 from the Houston 37 with 1:20 to go until halftime. Then, rookie cornerback Lonnie Johnson on the very next play batted away a fake punt pass intended for Dane Cruikshank, the cornerback who caught a touchdown pass on the same play in Week 2 of 2018 in a 20-17 Titans win. Johnathan Joseph produced a pass deflection, and even Bradley Roby recovered from a bad outing in Week 14 to have a pass breakup. Rookie receiver A.J. Brown did run around the Houston secondary at will with eight catches for 114 yards and a touchdown.