{"id":820135,"date":"2026-03-19T00:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/820135\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T00:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:20:18","slug":"what-reed-blankenship-wants-to-bring-to-houstons-legit-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/820135\/","title":{"rendered":"What Reed Blankenship wants to bring to Houston&#8217;s &#8216;legit&#8217; defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reed Blankenship is one of the best starting safeties in the National Football League. He leaves a Philadelphia Eagles team winning a Super Bowl in 2025 and playing four very good seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Early in <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/nfl-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL free agency<\/a>, Blankenship signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/houston-texans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Texans<\/a> to become the new strong safety. Everywhere you look, there is a star on the Texans&#8217; defense. Derek Stingley Jr, Will Anderson Jr, Danielle Hunter, Jalen Pitre, Azeez Al-Shaair, and many more studs lead the way. Blankenship will fit right in.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with KPRC2 in Houston, Blankenship talked about what he wants to bring to the table for this already strong defense.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Texans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Texans<\/a> new safety Reed Blankenship &#8216;Watching them fly around, dang, this defense is legit. I want to bring a sense calmness to the defense and be that communicator. I&#8217;m born and raised to hit dudes for a living&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KPRC2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@KPRC2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tDmPUvgs4G\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tDmPUvgs4G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronWilson_NFL\/status\/2034364601760973032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching Houston fly around at times, I&#8217;m like dang, this defense is legit,\u201d Blakenship said. \u201cFast forward to being able to play for them now, it&#8217;s crazy to think that a team like that wants me to come in and play for them at a high level. I feel like I can bring everyone a sense of calmness, that is part of my game. I want to be the communicator out there. I don&#8217;t want to step on anybody&#8217;s toes at all, but I just want everybody to play free and have fun, and at the end of the day, just go hit dudes. I&#8217;ve always been coached oldschool and I&#8217;m born and raised to hit dudes for a living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blankenship also recently said that <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/houston-texans\/texans-news-reed-blankenship-houston-signing-life-changing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signing with the Texans was \u2018life-changing<\/a>.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In four seasons, Blankenship has racked up 308 tackles (204 solo) with nine interceptions, one forced fumble, three fumble recoveries, and 23 pass deflections. He&#8217;s been known to be a hard hitter out there and is clearly not afraid of contact, a trait the entire defense shares.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reed Blankenship is one of the best starting safeties in the National Football League. 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