Houston Texans: Julién Davenport
Deshaun Watson found a way to lead the Texans to the playoffs last year despite a dreadful offensive line in front of him. But Houston can’t continue to play with fire like that. There needs to be a significant improvement in the offensive line this season. Otherwise, it’ll be too difficult for Watson to take his game to the next level and take the Texans to the next level in the process.
Obviously, it’s not all on Davenport to raise the level of the entire offensive line. But as the left tackle, he’s easily the most important player on the offensive line. He started to make some strides last season, but it’s vital that he takes another step forward in 2019. If Davenport has a bad year, the entire line will have a bad year, and if that happens, the Texans are in trouble.