If you haven’t been following the news about the Houston Texans’ defense this week, they’ve been going through a lot of unfortunate breaks — particularly in the spine of their defense. Everything points in one direction for the Green Bay Packers: Run the ball.
At defensive tackle, the Texans’ most played player there (according to NFL Pro’s alignment data) in Mario Edwards Jr. was suspended this week for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. The second-most played defensive tackle for the team, Foley Fatukasi, missed Wednesday’s and Thursday’s practices in Houston and was only a limited participant on Friday.