The Houston Texans are taking on the No. 2 scoring defense in the NFL in the Buffalo Bills for Saturday’s AFC wild-card at NRG Stadium. However, the defense that gave up 16.2 points per game also has a challenge on its hands in containing All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins.
Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White, who is arguably the best cornerback of the season with 17 pass breakups and six interceptions, knows it won’t be up to him alone to contain Hopkins.
“I don’t think it’s going to be a one-on-one matchup. I mean, because, there’s 11 guys on the field,” White said via the Bills Wire. “Whenever he comes to the left side I have to be on my game and when he lines up on the right, [Cornerback] Kevin (Johnson) will have to be on his best game. It’s going to take all 11 of us to try and limit him.”
In their most recent matchup, a 20-13 Texans victory on Oct. 14, 2018, Hopkins caught five passes for 63 yards a touchdown. The Texans’ passing game wasn’t exactly on point as quarterback Deshaun Watson was playing through a rib injury sustained the previous week against the Dallas Cowboys in a 19-16 overtime victory at NRG Stadium on Sunday Night Football.
White had two tackles and a tackle for loss in the losing effort. The former 2017 first-round pick from LSU knows that in order to stop Hopkins and beat the Texans, he will have to do his job, but so will his teammates.
