HOUSTON -- When new Houston Texans defensive coordinator Lovie Smith sat down with his defense at the start of the team’s offseason program, he had a message about how the unit was going to play football.
We’re going to get the ball.
“That’s been an emphasis in every meeting,” safety Justin Reid said. “... We have target goals on how many times we even want to punch the ball. This is the first time I’ve seen it where we’re tracking just strips attempts, punch attempts -- tracking all of that. Really trying to put an emphasis on guys to go after the ball and create turnovers, because those are game-changing situations.