2016 NFL Week Two Hot Takes: End of the Tony Romo Era?
By Erik Lambert
Texans have their eye on the single-season sack record
Time to give GM Rick Smith some credit. He has done quite a job putting together that Houston Texans defense, specifically the front seven. Of course it helps when one spends several 1st round picks on it. Still the results speak for themselves. Houston is 2-0 and hasn’t given up more than 14 points in a game yet this season. At the heart of their success is a swirling maelstrom of a pass rush that has quarterbacks running for their lives.
Through two weeks the combination of J.J. Watt, Jadeveon Clowney, Whitney Mercilus and John Simon have led the team to nine sacks. That starts them on a pretty impressive pace. The NFL record belongs to the 1984 Chicago Bears who had 72. This means the Texans have 63 more to go in order to tie the record and 64 to top it. That averages out to around 4.6 sacks per game. It might sound daunting but with this loaded front and the slew of weak offensive lines they play in the weeks to come? Look out.