• Garrett Wilson and Tank Dell shine whereas different receivers sat out: The Houston Texans have been down Nico Collins and Stefon Diggs, whereas the New York Jets have been down Allen Lazard and Davante Adams by the top of the sport. The remaining starters gained 210 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
• Houston Texans rely closely on Joe Mixon: In each sport Mixon has performed outdoors of when he was injured or returned from harm, he’s carried the ball not less than 24 instances.
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Houston Texans @ New York Jets
Tank Dell steps into WR1 function: Stefon Diggs landed on injured reserve earlier within the week due high a season-ending ACL tear, and Nico Collins stays on injured reserve as a consequence of a hamstring harm.
Dell was C.J. Stroud’s clear favourite goal with the opposite two broad receivers out, catching 4 passes for 70 yards. The Texans have been persistently rotating broad receivers each play. Xavier Hutchinson tended to play the X receiver spot no matter personnel grouping, Dell performed the Z spot in 11 personnel as regular, John Metchie III performed within the slot, and Robert Woods performed the Z in 12 personnel. While these have been the tendencies, everybody was used considerably in each personnel groupings in a number of positions.
This solely led to Dell taking part in barely extra snaps, as they nonetheless favor to not have a 5-foot-8, 165-pound receiver on nearly all of run performs.
The studies on Collins’ restoration have usually been constructive. Once he can return, we are able to count on him to take many of the snaps from Hutchinson within the X-receiver function, leaving Hutchinson simply to be Collins’ backup. We can largely count on Dell, Metchie III and Woods’ roles to proceed like this for the remainder of the season except the Texans can pull off a commerce earlier than Tuesday’s commerce deadline.
Jets change their slot receiver: With Allen Lazard on injured reserve, the Jets modified their slot broad receiver rotation.
The Jets broad receiver room already acquired unhealthy information earlier than the sport, as Allen Lazard landed on injured reserve as a consequence of a chest harm. For the second straight week, Mike Williams was the clear third receiver in three-receiver units, whereas Xavier Gipson and Malachi Corley sometimes blended in.
Lazard had been the Jets’ major slot receiver earlier than his harm. Adams and Garrett Wilson each performed extra slot snaps final week. Williams spent 83% of his snaps lined up outdoors over 2022-2023, however on this sport, he recorded probably the most routes from the slot over the primary three quarters with 10, adopted by Adams’ 9 and Wilson’s six.
Adams spent many of the fourth quarter being evaluated for a concussion within the locker room. He was in a position to return late within the fourth quarter. While Adams was out, Williams turned an every-down receiver whereas Gipson persistently performed in three-receiver units. Williams continued to be the first slot receiver. Considering how a lot Rodgers has thrown to fit receivers in his profession, this might enhance Williams’ probabilities of having fantasy worth sooner or later this season.
Miscellaneous Notes
- Texans backup operating again Dameon Pierce was inactive as a consequence of a groin harm. J.J. Taylor was signed to the energetic roster on Wednesday to offer the Texans a 3rd operating again.
- Texans lead tight finish Dalton Schultz solely performed round two-thirds of the Texans’ offensive snaps for a second straight week after taking part in 95%-plus of the snaps a number of instances earlier within the season. Teagan Quitoriano took round half of the 12 personnel snaps away from Schultz, whereas Cade Stover additionally took some 11 personnel snaps from him.
- Braelon Allen has changed Breece Hall because the Jets’ major short-yardage again. From Weeks 1-7, Allen performed 39% of the snaps when the Jets wanted 1-2 yards for a primary down. In the final two weeks, he’s performed 73% of these short-yardage performs.
- The Jets activated tight finish Kenny Yeboah from injured reserve and launched Anthony Firkser in a corresponding transfer. Yeboah served because the third tight finish for New York Thursday night time. He performed 206 offensive snaps from 2021-2023 as a backup tight finish for New York.
Table Notes
- Snaps embody performs referred to as again as a consequence of penalties, together with offensive holding or defensive go interference. The different three stats have these performs eliminated.
- Targets might differ from official NFL sources. The probably discrepancy could be from a transparent thrown-away go, the place the NFL might give the goal to the closest receiver, whereas this knowledge won’t.
- Carries are solely on designed performs. Quarterback scrambles received’t rely for the overall variety of carries within the sport.