Houston Texans Team Analyst John Harris breaks down the Texans 2022 secondary.

Early in the offseason, in fact, day one back in April, Texans head coach Lovie Smith strode to the podium to meet the assembled media and was asked a question about Houston’s secondary in 2021. Throughout the entire offseason, we had heard promising and encouraging discourse from the Texans leader about most every area on the team. However, when queried about the secondary, he didn’t hold back on what he saw in 2021.

“It just wasn’t good enough.”

When a coach or GM speaks during the month of April, I typically take it with a grain of salt, given that it’s Draft Month, aka Lying Season. But, the Texans’ subsequent actions spoke volumes and gave Smith’s statement 100% credence.

• Three 2021 starters were traded, released or signed elsewhere.
• Texans’ number three overall pick in the draft was a DB
• Texans’ number 37 overall pick in the draft was a DB
• Two of team’s top three draft picks were those two DBs
• Five new veteran defensive backs were signed this offseason
• Two veteran defensive backs were re-signed in Houston after 2021.
• Two UDFAs signed were DBs.

Lo and behold, the secondary unit is still under construction but how much more work is needed remains to be seen. There’s little question, carrying the construction metaphor a bit further, that the tools and materials are much improved but there’s no telling how quickly the house can be built in 2022. How fast can this renovation take place? We’ll find out very soon as we head into training camp in a few weeks. Let’s take a look at the Texans defensive backs heading into the Texans 21st training camp.

At the outset of the 2021 season, King was the team’s inside slot corner but as the season wore on, King stepped outside and played the second half of the season as one of the team’s starters at perimeter corner (not to mention his punt return responsibilities). Once he was inserted at that spot, he made a number of…