Texans Officially Down Their Starting Center And Two Receivers
September 13th, 2025
Time to eat.
This offseason, the Texans augmented their receiving corps with a Dolphins castoff, Braxton Berrios, and by dealing a seventh-round pick to the Jaguars big-money Christian Kirk.
Neither will be available Monday night against the Bucs. Both are still nursing hamstring injuries and neither played in Week 1. Texans receiver Tank Dell hasn’t practiced or played since a serious knee injury in December.
That leaves Texans receiver Nico Collins as Houston’s only dangerous wide receiver target. He caught 3 balls on 5 targets in Week 1 against the Rams for a paltry 25 yards and no first downs.
Joe watched the game and the Rams barely blitzed. Instead, they opted to cover and Collins had a rough day. Joe later looked up the data and Los Angeles only blitzed Houston six times.
Also out for Houston is starting center Jake Andrews, who was carted off the Week 1 field with an ankle injury.
Replacing Andrews is the Texans 2024 starting center Jarrett Patterson. Andrews was cut by the Patriots after the 2025 NFL Draft and Houston picked him. Yeah, the Texans have offensive line issues, serious ones.
Flash poll posted at 5:33 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.