The Houston Texans defense has not been good when opposing pass-catchers have gotten into space, surrendering an average of 5.80 yards-after-the-catch this year: the 4th-most in football.The Houston Texans safeties grade out as the worst group of safeties in the NFL this year in pass coverage.The Tennessee Titans have been faced with a stacked the box on 26.4% of their plays since the start of last season, 2nd-most in the league. Keeping an extra defender close to the line of scrimmage improves run-stopping at the cost of better passing efficiency.The Tennessee Titans have incorporated play action on 30.3% of their dropbacks since the start of last season (7th-most in the NFL), making the defense think run and leading to much higher passing efficiency.The Tennessee Titans have gone no-huddle on 11.3% of their plays outside the two-minute warning since the start of last season (10th-most in football). This speeds up the pace, resulting in more volume and stat production.
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