Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said rookie WR Tank Dell is “going to be an explosive playmaker for us.”
“It was good to see Tank make some plays,” Ryans said on the rookie’s debut. “We’ve seen him make a lot of plays, some of these same plays, so it was good to see him do the same thing here in a game. He’s going to be an explosive playmaker for us.” Dell had been lighting up Texans’ practices the last couple weeks. Now that they’ve seen him do it in games, the Texans should have no trouble finding early-season snaps for their third-round pick. Dell started Houston’s preseason opener over John Metchie with Robert Woods inactive and could open the year in three-wide sets.