Texans Must Improve This Before Sunday Night Football Against Bears

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Despite the Texans' victory over the Colts in Week 1, The Drive's Clint Stoerner and Ron Hughley dissect what they need to improve going into Week 2 on Sunday Night Football against the Chicago Bears.

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00:00To me, I looked at this game, and I got to say this, I was, for me personally, I was

00:05disappointed in Derrick Stingley.

00:09I think he's got great player written over him, all over him.

00:13We talked about it.

00:14We saw Patrick Sertain set the new market for corners.

00:17We feel like that Derrick Stingley will go through that along with him and Sauce Gardner.

00:24And as you said, he's got a chance to be the best corner in the league.

00:27He's got that kind of skill set.

00:29I was disappointed in the big play he did give up and the potential other big play that

00:35he could have given up that the quarterback and the receiver just weren't able to connect

00:40on.

00:41So I was a bit disappointed in him.

00:42And I don't know, maybe I'm over, I was over expecting things for some of the other headliners

00:50on this defense, like Daniil Hunter and Will Anderson Jr., especially those two.

00:57Those three feel like the big, especially with Christian Harris out.

01:02Those three feel like the big, big names in, and I just don't think they impacted the game

01:07the way that I was hoping that they would impact.

01:11Well, look, I think there was limited opportunity because of how few plays they ran, first and

01:15foremost.

01:16But I like where you start the conversation with Stingley, right?

01:19Because I give grace when a guy throws the ball 68 yards in the air, but the reality

01:25of it is, because I'm seeing that more, because that was a quarters coverage of that side.

01:31They bracketed him and it was a post.

01:33And so it looks like it's more on Jimmy Ward because Jimmy Ward's inside and Derrick's

01:41outside, right?

01:42But in reality, we're talking about a top-notch, potentially the best corner in the league

01:47type of skill set.

01:50He's outside looking in, so he should have seen the ball all the way.

01:54He should have knew the ball was coming.

01:57And the expectations for us, for him, from us, are that Alec Pierce doesn't go out there

02:04and make plays on him.

02:06Not like that.

02:07And so I think if you look at it through the lens of Derrick Stingley Jr. and you just

02:13simply ask, quarters coverage, outside technique, eyes inside, you're soft, and a post gets

02:21thrown over the top of your inside safety.

02:23That was in the air for 10 seconds, it felt like.

02:27Would you like to see Derrick Stingley get over the top, have the skill and ball skills

02:35to go either break that up or make that catch?

02:42I could see that.

02:43I could see the expectation that, I mean, that's not Mike Evans.

02:49That ball was in the air a really long time.

02:51Alec Pierce.

02:52Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

02:53So, yeah, and then the double move that would have been six, if you got beat there, there's

02:57another one.

02:59Other than that, there wasn't very many opportunities for him to make plays, if we're being honest.

03:03For him, those are big ones that jump out.

03:07It's just like, you know what, it's just like CJ Stroud.

03:10CJ Stroud underthrew the ball to Nico Collins that Nico caught.

03:14CJ Stroud underthrew a ball that got broken up by an underneath defender that would have

03:17been a touchdown for Tank Dale.

03:19If that's a middle-of-the-road quarterback out there.

03:23Yeah, like Kamari Lassiter, I expected he might get got on a double move or somebody

03:29may run past him.

03:32That one, all right, man, it's your first game.

03:34You're out here.

03:35You're being aggressive.

03:36I could see that.

03:37Hadn't been tested a lot downfield, I could see that, but I got higher expectations.

03:42I understand there are some people texting in, they were containing and letting the inside

03:49guys get pressure, but listen, I'm not saying the guys played a bad game, but Daniil Hunter

03:55and Will Anderson Jr. are, Daniil Hunter is a top elite pass rusher in the league, and

04:04these were not great tackles he was going up against.

04:07I had the expectation that he impacted, yes, it doesn't have to always be sacks, but I

04:12had the expectation that he impacts the passing game more.

04:16Will Anderson, I'll give a bit of a pass to him because he hasn't been playing and practicing

04:21enough, but we've had this time and time again.

04:25His job is to set the edge, but if he's just an edge setter, that ain't enough.

04:31We know what the expectation is that he gets pressure on the quarterback.

04:38Listen, it's just game one.

04:39I believe these guys, I mean, for the most part, these guys have shown a certain level

04:44in a track record, especially Daniil Hunter, that they'll be there, it's just, I expect

04:51for those guys to have a certain level of impact, and they just win the colt at the

04:56ball, just not as much.

04:58No, look, I think that's fair.

04:59I don't think it's, I mean, look, when it's all said and done, you've got Will Anderson,

05:06you've got Daniil Hunter, you've got Derek Stingley, you can throw Aziz Al-Shayan there

05:13if you'd like to.

05:14But I think those three players that I mentioned at the beginning, when you turn a Texans game

05:17on defensively, at some point in time, and more times than not, we will, but we didn't

05:25see those guys just flash and make big time game changing impact plays.

05:29We didn't.

05:30And I think if you just look, like when I'm watching All-22 tonight, Daniil Hunter did

05:35work.

05:36Daniil Hunter was a problem.

05:38I would imagine Will Anderson was too, don't know yet, but Daniil Hunter was.

05:41Did he ever get home?

05:42No, he didn't.

05:43You know, hell, on the play where he got pressure and really impacted the quarterback, he threw

05:48a 70-yard touchdown pass.

05:50So, I mean, I don't think it's wrong.

05:53I mean, the reality of it is, I watched that entire game, and we didn't see a sack, we

05:59didn't see a sack fumble.

06:01We didn't see one of those that's like-

06:02Like I said, they didn't play terrible.

06:05Yes, I'm not saying they didn't get any pressures, especially those two up front.

06:09But like, for instance, and I'm going to compare them to, especially Daniil Hunter, these class,

06:15like Chris Jones was going up against an elusive quarterback.

06:22You saw how much he impacted that game.

06:24You don't walk away from the game thinking, oh, well, man, I think I may remember a play

06:30that caused a sack fumble and had pressure all game long on Lamar, who you don't want

06:34to let get out of the pocket, just like an Anthony Richardson.

06:39And I mean, that's kind of, especially with Daniil Hunter, and the hope is that Will Anderson

06:43gets there.

06:45That's one thing.

06:46There's no argument with Derrick Stingley, and Derrick Stingley just got burned twice.

06:51I mean, that one can't happen, all right?

06:55They're probably sending a little help over there towards Lasseter's side.

06:58You can't just get burnt on the outside by a rookie like that.

07:03So not expecting that that will happen every week, but that was disappointing.

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