Many of you who follow this blog have heard the wave of woe coming from the masthead regarding the Texans defensive inability to do much of anything without Jadeveon Clowney and J.J. Watt. When Clowney was traded, that wave rose to tidal status. When Watt went down for the year with a torn pectoral muscle it made landfall.
On the other side of the ball, the Texans franchise quarterback was getting pounded into mincemeat behind a porous offensive line. Trading for Laremy Tunsil and moving rookie Tytus Howard to right tackle helped alleviate this to some extent.