Get ready for the merch wars -- which Texan will have the most popular jersey in the coming season.
Dameon Pierce was the most popular Texan in 2022, but he should have some competition now in 2023.Over the last two very depressing seasons of Houston Texans football, one of the MOST depressing things would occur on my walk through the NRG Stadium concourse, very early on game day mornings at home games on my way to our stage for the pregame show in Bud Light Plaza.
In 2019, the stroll was far more encouraging, as the jerseys were those of players like Deshaun Watson , DeAndre Hopkins, and J.J. Watt. In 2020, COVID kept our pregame coverage away from the stadium altogether. In 2021, the bottom fell out of the organization and the jerseys the team was marketing to fans were some combination of Hopkins-trade-throw-in David Johnson, malcontent Zach Cunningham, and washed up Whitney Mercilus.
THAT is depressing. In 2022, it wasn't much better, as the team was still so bereft of talent they were force feeding us Nico Collins and Jonathan Greenard jerseys. I'm here to tell you, though, with the DeMeco Ryans Era underway, and two consecutive drafts full of intriguing young talent, we may actually see fans wearing jerseys worth purchasing.
If I had to guess, here is my unscientific prediction of whose jerseys will be most prevalent in the stadium at home games this season:Just to finish the story on the sad parade of jerseys the last two seasons — well, nobody bought Greenard jerseys or David Johnson jerseys. Nobody. Instead, we saw a slew of Watt, Andre Johnson, and yes, even Deshaun Watson jerseys. I suspect we will still get healthy smattering of those .
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