The Houston Texans pass blocking was hardly top notch. In fact, it may not have been worthy enough to even record a notch.
Quarterback Deshaun Watson took four sacks as the Texans lost to the Kansas City Chiefs 34-20 in Week 1 at Arrowhead Stadium.
According to Seth Walder from ESPN, the Texans were the penultimate team when it came to worst pass block win rate, winning 37.9% of the time. Only the New York Giants were worse at 33.3%.
The results are enough to believe the offensive line needs a little more work together, even if they are the first line to return all five starters for the first time since 2011.
Better late than never, here are team pass block win rates from Week 1.
Obvious stunner is the Eagles. Haven't had a chance to watch the game back, but guessing the NGS note that 7 of 8 Wentz sacks came when he held ball for 4+ seconds had something to do with it. pic.twitter.com/xqsh2QHrqN
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) September 17, 2020
Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil isn’t going to blame the Texans’ pass blocking issues in Week 1 on the lack of preseason games.
“Not having a preseason game, I really don’t think it mattered as much because we had training camp, but that’s just my opinion,” Tunsil said. “We’ve just got to come out there and execute the game plan. I don’t know. I don’t think the preseason really affected us as much. We’ve just got to come out there with a better attitude.”
Houston will need to fix their offensive line issues in a hurry. The Baltimore Ravens visit NRG Stadium in Week 2 blitzed 23 times last week, the second-most in the league.
