{"id":824449,"date":"2026-03-21T03:53:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824449\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:53:53","slug":"texans-rank-17th-in-new-post-free-agency-power-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824449\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans rank 17th in new post-free agency power rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Texans have shown this offseason that one of their biggest priorities was to make the offensive line bigger and badder for quarterback CJ Stroud. They\u2019ve done just that by signing both Braden Smith and Wyatt Teller, two of the top free agents on the market this offseason at their respective positions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Teller and Smith are of the same breed. They\u2019re both mean, rugged, and powerful blockers who will help change the mentality of the front five and add a needed boost to the rushing attack that also added former Lions back David Montgomery this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On the face, these moves make the offense better. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s up for debate. But that didn\u2019t stop the Texans from sliding downward a bit in a new set of post-free agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/priscos-nfl-power-rankings-free-agency-edition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">power rankings<\/a> from CBS Sports\u2019 Pete Prisco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThey made some moves on the offensive line, which might not be a bad thing,\u201d says Prisco. \u201cThey have to get better up front and hope C.J. Stroud can get back to his earlier form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Defensively, the team added former Eagles safety Reed Blankenship and defensive lineman Logan Hall. Both are seemingly depth and rotational pieces than bonafide starters but that\u2019s absolutely fine when the defense was one of the best in all of football during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Do you all agree with Prisco\u2019s ranking of the Texans? Why or why not? Where do you think they should rank at this point in the offseason? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texans have shown this offseason that one of their biggest priorities was to make the offensive line&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[7,221,253,3116,63618,2368,6,222],"class_list":["post-824449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-texans","tag-football","tag-houston","tag-houston-texans","tag-houston-texans-news","tag-houston-texans-power-rankings","tag-houstontexans","tag-nfl","tag-texans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116265147712630621","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}