With every passing week of the 2024 NFL season, it becomes more and more clear — the future cornerstones for the Houston Texans over the next decade are C.J. Stroud on offense and Will Anderson on defense. This is precisely the way the Texans drew it up on draft night...
With every passing week of the 2024 NFL season, it becomes more and more clear — the future cornerstones for the Houston Texans over the next decade are C.J. Stroud on offense and Will Anderson on defense. This is precisely the way the Texans drew it up on draft night 2023, when they selected Stroud with the second overall pick and traded up for Anderson at the third overall pick.
Accolades continue to roll in for both, further validating the Texans plan. The latest? Will Anderson, Jr. was named the AFC's Defensive Player of the Month for October 2024:Anderson was a monster all month long, as he led the team to a 3-1 record and a multiple game lead in the AFC South race. It's the team's best start since 2012.
Anderson recorded at least one sack in the last three contests for the month of October, showing a consistency that is indicative of an ascending player in his second season. The best week in October for Anderson was a Week 6 performance against the Patriots that featured the following stat line: four tackles for loss, three sacks and a pass defensed. For that performance, Anderson was honored as AFC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in his career.
For the Texans, it's their first Defensive Player of the Month honor since J.J. Watt won it in September of 2018, coming off of a broken leg the year before. Anderson is the sixth player to win monthly defensive honors in team history, joining Marcus Coleman, Connor Barwin, Whitney Mercilus, Quintin Demps, all wining it once, along with Watt, who won it six times in his Texans career.Listen to Sean Pendergast on SportsRadio 610 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekdays.
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