The Texans play New England tonight in their first preseason game. SeanTPendergast is all over it.
When DeMeco Ryans was hired as the Houston Texans' sixth full time head coach in franchise history back in late January, for the first time in years, there was a sudden sense of enthusiastic anticipation for the upcoming season. It felt like the start of preseason and actual preseason games would never arrive.
The Houston Texans, with DeMeco Ryans as their head coach, are in New England Thursday night to face off against this century's defining franchise, the New England Patriots, with Bill Belichick patrolling the opposing sideline and former Texans head coach Bill O'Brien coordinating the Patriots' offense after a year of Matt Patricia-led sludge.
Certainly, one of the bigger sidebar storylines is the reunion with O'Brien, who will be back in the same building with a slew of Houston Texans employees for the first time since he was fired back in 2020 after an 0-4 start to the season.
Any O'Brien drama will eventually serve as an appetizer to the actual game, in which there is plenty to watch for tonight, if you're a Texans fan. Here are four things to keep an eye on:The backups along the offensive line would be an area to watch, even if the Texans' offensive line were fully healthy.
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