The Arizona Cardinals will take on the Houston Texans this weekend. Houston is arguably the worst team in the NFL right now. However, as coaches do, Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph found a way to make them sound like a tough opponent.
Houston is averaging the second-fewest points in the league at 15.2 per game. With Davis Mills starting at quarterback, they have scored 34 total points in four games. In three of them, they have been held to nine or fewer points.
But if you listen to Joseph, the Texans are a real threat.
“I see a young quarterback that can make every single throw. He’s very bright,” Joseph said when he addressed the media on Saturday. “It’s a run-first offense with three really good backs. It’s a scrappy offensive line and they have a big-time receiver in (Brandin) Cooks.”
Every NFL team is obviously talented. The Cardinals can’t afford to overlook anyone. These are the exact things that Joseph should say about the Texans.
However, the only real threat the Texans have, if you peel away the almost forced adjectives, is Cooks.
He is the one bright spot on the Texans’ roster.
Yes, this is a game the Cardinals should and will win, and they should beat them handily.
But this might be the nicest way ever to describe a team that is just awful in every way right now.
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