HOUSTON TEXANS (11-6)New faces: OTs Tytus Howard and Max Scharping http://www.thetexanslockerroom.com/authentic-bradley-roby-jersey , LT Matt Kalil, S Tashaun Gipson, CBs Briean Boddy-Calhoun, Bradley Roby and Lonnie Johnson, Jr., QB AJ McCarron, TE Kahale Warring.Key losses: GM Brian Gaine, CB/S Kareem Jackson, S Tyrann Mathieu, TE Ryan Griffin, CB Kevin Johnson, WR Demaryius Thomas, S Andre Hal.Strengths: OLB Jadeveon Clowney skipped training camp unhappy he didn't receive long-term deal but is expected to return for regular season Womens Derek Newton Jersey , and 2014 top overall pick will help Houston's front seven be strength of team. Clowney and healthy J.J. Watt provide fearsome pass-rushing duo after combining for 25 sacks and 34 tackles for losses last season. They're joined by veteran ILB Benardrick McKinney and third-year pro ILB Zach Cunningham, who had breakout 2018 and led team with 107 tackles. QB Deshaun Watson should also take step forward after starting each game in 2018 following injury-shortened rookie season.Weaknesses: Team needs to make huge improvement on offensive line after Watson was sacked 62 times.Serious questions about group because Kalil hasn't played since 2017 because of knee injury and RT Seantrel Henderson missed all of last season after breaking ankle in Week 1. If Texans hope to better protect Watson they'll also need Howard, first-round pick in this year's draft, to contribute immediately. Also questions in secondary after team let Mathieu and veteran Jackson go in free agency.Fantasy Players To Watch: WR DeAndre Hopkins. Ranked third in NFL with career-high 1,572 yards receiving last season. Could put up even bigger numbers in 2019 in third season with Watson. WR Will Fuller had 523 yards receiving and seven TDs in just seven games before season-ending knee injury. Fourth-year player is healthy and poised for big season after struggling with injuries for last two years.Vegas Says: Win Super Bowl 45-1. Over/under wins 8 1-2.Expectations: Texans made playoffs for third time in four seasons last year, but coach Bill O'Brien, who will also serve as general manager this year after Gaine's dismissal, needs to do more than simply make postseason in sixth season in charge. If offensive line is better, Watson should improve unit starring Hopkins and Fuller. And defense led by Watt and Clowney, combined with Watson's development, could make Texans much better than last season as they try to make deeper playoff run. Tom Brady didn't have any trouble finding receivers to throw to in the New England Patriots' opener.The reigning NFL MVP completed passes to eight players in a 27-20 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday, connecting with Rob Gronkowski and Phillip Dorsett for seven receptions and a touchdown apiece."We try to spread it around quite a bit," said Brady Womens Jay Prosch Jersey , who was 26 of 39 for 277 yards and three scores. "If you're out there, I trust you, the coaches trust you, the team trusts you. That's why we're putting you out there."After losing Danny Amendola to free agency and Julian Edelman to a four-game suspension, the Patriots were expected to be hobbled by a lack of targets for the three-time NFL MVP. This year's corps was being compared to the one in 2006, when Reche Caldwell led the team with 63 receptions (and caught only 15 more the rest of his career).Brady hit Gronkowski for 123 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown three plays after Deshaun Watson fumbled a handoff at the Texans 19 on Houston's first offensive play . They also connected on a 28-yard pass during a 2-minute drill that left the Patriots with a 21-6 halftime lead."It's very important that they came out and played the way they did. They're our leaders," said Dorsett, who had 66 receiving yards, including a 4-yard score. "When they play well, they give an adrenaline boost to the rest of the team."It was Gronkowski's 31st career regular-season or playoff game of 100 yards or more, tying Tony Gonzalez's NFL record."We've been playing together for a long time," Brady said. "I know his body language. I know his ability to run and what routes. He can do it. He can do really all the routes. It's just a matter of giving him a chance Trevor Daniel Jersey White , and it came with a big touchdown today."The 41-year-old quarterback also found James White for a touchdown; he also had an interception on a pass that was tipped at the line of scrimmage. Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, who missed the final nine games last season with a torn right ACL, completed 17 of 35 passes for 176 yards, one score and one interception.Watson struggled to move the team in the first 40 minutes, managing just a pair of field-goal drives before Alfred Blue ran it in from 1 yard to make it 24-13 in the last two minutes of the third period. Lamar Miller ran 20 times for 98 yards for Houston.A muffed punt by New England's Riley McCarron with under five minutes left set up Watson's 5-yard TD pass to Bruce Ellington and cut the deficit to 27-20. But after getting the ball back at their 1 with 43 seconds left, the Texans failed to reach midfield.BACK FROM INJURIESWatson, defensive lineman J.J. Watt and linebacker Whitney Mercilus returned after finishing 2017 on injured reserve. Watt had two quarterback hurries, but D.J. Reader had the only two sacks of Brady, both late."It's good to play a full game to know it lasts, to know it holds up," said Watt, a three-time defensive player of the year. "I didn't think about it once. So, that's all you can ask for."UNDER PRESSUREWatson Sammie Coates Jersey , who threw for 301 yards in a 36-33 loss to New England last year in his second NFL start, botched a handoff with Miller in the first quarter, setting up the Patriots for their first touchdown. In the second quarter, Watson inexplicably chucked the ball into the end zone for a double-covered Vyncint Smith on a second-and-3 from the New England 42.Stephon Gilmore brought it down for the interception."I think it was terrible, on my part," Watson said. "I just feel like you can put the 'L' on me."INJURIESTexans: DE Christian Covington injured his thigh in the first quarter. T Seantrel Henderson left after getting his left ankle rolled a few plays later. Kevin Johnson left with what the team said was a concussion and did not return.Patriots: RB Jeremy Hill left with a right knee injury on the Gronkowski fumble in the third quarter.LATE SERIESAfter the Texans forced New England to punt in the final minute, Ryan Allen landed the ball inside the 5-yard line and Jonathan Jones downed it at the 1. Houston advanced to the 16 on a penalty for leading with the helmet and Watson found DeAndre Hopkins for 14 yards before scrambling for 13 more.From his 43 with 5 seconds left, Watson chucked the ball as far as the 10, but it was knocked away.