The two-0 Houston Texans had been lots of people’s sneaky Tremendous Bowl decide previous to this season and haven’t performed something by way of two weeks to make individuals doubt that notion.
The staff’s rise again from obscurity has introduced a couple of haters out of the woodwork, however that doesn’t hassle one participant who stated he enjoys being the villain.
Previous to the staff’s Week 3 matchup with the 2-0 Minnesota Vikings, linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair informed CBS Sports activities’ Evan Washburn that he’s energized to go up in opposition to Minnesota and that “I actually personally like being the villain, I like being on the street.”
“I actually personally like being the villain, I like being on the street.”
Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair tells @EvanWashburn he is energized to go up in opposition to the Vikings. pic.twitter.com/Sh8yMsQOrN
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Al-Shaair added “the circumstances are what they’re” and that enjoying in Minnesota gained’t make his Texans change the way in which. they do issues.
Al-Shaair had a robust efficiency in final week’s victory over the Chicago Bears with ten tackles and a sack and has shortly grow to be a key member of this protection after final 12 months’s breakout efficiency with the Tennessee Titans.
The 27-year-old posted a career-high 163 tackles for the Titans final season and joined the Texans this offseason on a 3-year, $34 million deal.
Houston’s protection has surrendered 20 factors per recreation thus far and can now tackle an explosive Vikings offense that hasn’t missed a beat with Sam Darnold taking up at quarterback this season.
Darnold has accomplished 72 % of his passes thus far and has 4 landing passes, and whereas Al-Shaair acknowledged the impression Darnold has had, he additionally identified how pivotal it’s to decelerate Justin Jefferson.
Jefferson appears like his previous self after lacking a lot of final season with an damage and has 192 yards and two TDs thus far, so Al-Shaair and his fellow defenders have their palms full.
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