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Texans should have all 5 TEs active: - Dalton Schultz - Foster Moreau - Marlin Klein - Cade Stover - Brevin Jordan Along with: 5 WRs: - Kayshon Boutte - Jaylin Noel - Xavier Hutchinson - Jared Wayne - Lewis Bond 3 RBs: - David Montgomery - Woody Marks - British Brooks

Texans Projected Roster vs Bengals with: Lewis Bond & George Odum added to depth chart Jaden Crumedy, Nate Thomas & Collin Wright *projected* inactive in RED w/ players already ruled out

Texans were considered a top team & the talk all offseason was how Houston needed the 1-seed & those were the expectations Losing tiebreakers to AFC teams, at home, would be a rough start They had a lot of playoff tiebreakers last year due to conference record

Still crazy to think that the Texans will be without WRs: Nico Collins Jayden Higgins Tank Dell already in WK2. That's a lot of fire power

They thought enough to keep Brevin Jordan on the active roster over Lewis Bond and Jawhar Jordan Would make sense if they valued him being active over them in a game with limited weapons

I figured Texans would either elevate: 1) Lewis Bond (or Tinsley/Kelly) or 2) Jawhar Jordan (would give more depth for 21, 22 & 23 personnel) If not opting to, then more TE depth for 13-personnel would be the obvious pivot

Texans Roster vs Bengals before inactives 2nd of 3 possible elevations for Odum RED = OUT If no other elevations from PS, specifically for a WR or RB, I'd keep all 5 TEs active

1 AFC loss (JAX) of those 4, was the difference in winning the division The focus on the Texans this offseason was on how they needed to start hot & take advantage of 3 of the first 4 at home Now, they'll have to do it w/o Nico Collins & others missing the game

If Texans lose to CIN, they'll have as many conference loses in 2026 as they did in all of 2025 (Houston went 10-2 vs AFC last year) An 0-2 start at home would be much different than last year's bad start 2025: 3 of first 4 losses on ROAD 3 0f first 4 losses vs NFC

Texans Depth Chart for Bengals game w/ 4 players ruled out: - Nico Collins - Ed Ingram - Jadeveon Clowney - Jake Hummel Lewis Bond could get his 1st practice squad elevation Wyatt Teller should start w/ Febechi Nwaiwu active Dominique Robinson & Sebastian Harsh will be DE3 & 4 Aiden Fisher & Jamal Hill should both be active at LB

Heading into Bills game, felt Buffalo's key to the game was 13-personnel usage on offense Heading into the Bengals game, I feel their DL should throw a lot of stunts at the Texans OL DT rotation of Dexter Lawrence, Jonathan Allen, B.J. Hill & T.J. Slaton Jr. could cause havoc