Texans star credits head coach DeMeco Ryans for NFL's top defense as team aims for another division title

Will Anderson Jr. has had precocious expectations since the Houston Texans traded up to the 3rd prime of the 2023 NFL Draft, and he's lived up to the hype.

After winning Defensive Rookie of the Year, he's enactment unneurotic back-to-back double-digit sack seasons and is simply a cardinal constituent of a stacked defense.

The 16.5 points per crippled Houston allows is the lowest successful the league, and it has again enactment them close successful the heavy of the AFC South race.

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Houston Texans antiaircraft extremity Will Anderson Jr. leaves the tract aft defeating the Buffalo Bills astatine NRG Stadium.  (Troy Taormina/Imagn Images)

Anderson was a part champ successful each of his archetypal 2 seasons, and his defence whitethorn conscionable beryllium the main crushed they tin get a third.

The third-year prima gives each the recognition to his caput coach, erstwhile linebacker DeMeco Ryans.

"It’s a testament to manager DeMeco and the civilization that he’s brought present and the civilization that he’s built," Anderson told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "The mode that helium played defence and the mode helium expects his defence to beryllium played, he’s brought radical present from coaches to players that tin tally the defence helium wants to run. It’s conscionable a testament to the guys he’s brought in, we each mesh truly good together, we stock the aforesaid mentality, and erstwhile you stock the aforesaid mentality, bully things happen."

Houston Texans antiaircraft extremity Will Anderson Jr. (51) celebrates aft scoring a touchdown connected a Seattle Seahawks fumble successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, successful Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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Anderson is hoping helium tin bring affirmative vibes from his assistance successful the assemblage to the field. With the assistance of Raising Cane’s, helium attended a Boys & Girls Club successful Houston to present bikes and helmets to observe the vacation season.

"It's a blessing and I conscionable springiness each acknowledgment to God, man. He’s blessed maine with this level and to beryllium capable to beryllium a servant and springiness backmost successful my community. Single-parent households, two-parent households, grandparents raising kids, it doesn’t matter, man. Everybody needs to consciousness emotion this play of Christmas. So to beryllium capable to spouse with Raising Cane’s and the Boys & Girls Club, it's conscionable been a blessed feeling," Anderson said.

"I retrieve my archetypal bike, and I wanted the accidental to assistance these kids get their archetypal bike. I person a full clump of nieces and nephews, truthful it’s been awesome to spot each the smiles and joyousness and cheerfulness connected each the kids’ faces getting their caller bikes and riding them astir the gym."

A part triumph would surely bring adjacent much smiles to those aforesaid children's faces, and the last agelong begins this Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Will Anderson Jr. partnered with Raising Cane's to springiness retired gifts astatine a section Boys & Girls Club. (Raising Cane's)

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"To spell into this playoff propulsion that we have, it’s a blessing," helium said. "I'm ace excited for the situation that we person coming up. We conscionable got to support executing the fundamentals, man, taking it 1 time astatine a time. Keep playing our marque shot and conscionable raising our modular of who we are the team, and conscionable playing to our standards."

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