Each year when the National Football League goes on hiatus from mid-February to early-August, it's a time period that's mostly filled with optimistic fanbases projecting and talking themselves into the best case scenario versions of what the upcoming season may look like. For fans of the Houston Texans, it doesn't take an overactive imagination to see what the 2026 Texans will look like.
We know that Houston's defense will remain elite. Yes, year over year, defense tends to be more volatile than we generally expect it to be, but when the unit has as much talent as the Texans defense does, it's pretty safe to say that the group will remain one of the best in the NFL.