The Texans play 13 different opponents in the 2017 season, including the defending World Champion New England Patriots, the entire NFC West and the entire AFC North. Here is my list of the top 50 players that the Texans will face in those 13 games. There are fewer quarterbacks on this list (Brady, Big Ben, Mariota, Luck) than last year (Rodgers, Rivers, Carr, Luck, Mariota) but the running backs?? Whoa, what a group (Bell, Johnson, Murray, Hill, Gurley)! Quibble where you will, but it’s clear who’s at the top of the list.
1. QB Tom Brady, Patriots - The GOAT
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