Every week, we up our prep on the Patriots’ next opponent with our “5 questions…” feature where we check in with a writer who covers New England’s next opponent. For this week’s game against the Texans, we talk with The General, John McClain, the longtime Texans beat writer for the Houston Chronicle. Check him out on Twitter here. Thanks to The General for his time.
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1. General … what’s going on with that Texans defense? It looks like we're a long way from the units of the past.
JJ Watt
Jadeveon
Clowney
Lamar
Jackson
Whitney
Mercilus
Gareon Conley
Vernon Hargreaves
Courtney
Roby
Lonnie Johnson Jr
Tom
Brady
2. Give me an assessment of where Deshaun Watson is right now.
Will
Fuller
3. Do you think Hopkins and Gilmore will go head-to-head? Who wins?
4. Will O’Brien ever beat Belichick … will Jack Easterby be the difference this time?
5. What’s the approach on each side of the ball to beat the Texans, and what’s your game pick?