The fantasy football season is underway, which means it’s time to come up with a fantasy team name. Whether you’re deep into a dynasty league or starting up a new redraft team, finding the right name for your squad can be a challenge.
We compiled a list of the best fantasy football team names for each NFL franchise. But if you’re just looking for Houston Texans-themed team names, you’ve come to the right place.
Houston Texans Fantasy Team Names
- Loud and Stroud (C.J. Stroud)
- Two’s Company, Three’s a Stroud (C.J. Stroud)
- Stroudy With a Chance of Deep Balls (C.J. Stroud)
- Stroud and Proud (C.J. Stroud)
- Stroud Surfing (C.J. Stroud)
- Strouded in Mystery (C.J. Stroud)
- Stroud Control (C.J. Stroud)
- Stroudway to Heaven (C.J. Stroud)
- Let’s Get Stroudy (C.J. Stroud)
- On Stroud 9 (C.J. Stroud)
- The Stroud Goes Wild (C.J. Stroud)
- Stroud Above The Rest (C.J. Stroud)
- Mixon It Up (Joe Mixon)
- Mixon-Match (Joe Mixon)
- Catalina Wine Mixon (Joe Mixon)
- Can You Digg It? (Stefon Diggs)
- Diggin’ It (Stefon Diggs)
- Diggs In a Blanket (Stefon Diggs)
- Dude! You’re Getting A Dell! (Tank Dell)
- Tank for Tank (Tank Dell)
- Dell of the Ball (Tank Dell)
- Tanks For the Memories (Tank Dell)
- Tank You, Next (Tank Dell)
- Starsky & Hutchinson (Xavier Hutchinson)
- Texan Terrors
- Houston Havoc
- Houston Heat
- Lone Star Legends
- Houston Havoc
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Who Are the Texans’ Top Fantasy Players?
C.J. Stroud Fantasy Outlook
We were collectively impressed with Stroud’s poise versus the blitz as a rookie (114.4 passer rating, fourth best among qualifiers), and guess what? He’s getting better!
Stroud is 15-of-17 for 161 yards and a touchdown in such spots this season (125.7 passer rating), leaving defenses in a ca n’t-win situation. Do you bring the head and get exposed by maybe the most NFL-ready prospect we’ve seen of late? Or do you lay back in coverage and let this three-headed receiving monster pick you apart if Joe Mixon doesn’t do that via the traditional ground game?
I’m not sure what defenses are supposed to do. Stroud’s aDOT is down 13.3% this season from last, meaning there is room for significant fantasy growth with time (remember, he said he wanted to stretch the field more this season than last).
You drafted Stroud as a potential game-breaker, and while the raw counting numbers don’t put him there just yet, the avalanches are coming — this might well be the first taste we get of it in 2024.
Nico Collins Fantasy Outlook
Andre Johnson averaged 4.6 catches per game through three seasons before establishing himself as an alpha target in Year 4 (6.4 catches per game, a 39.3% increase). Collins averaged 3.8 catches per game through three seasons – he’s hauled in 14 passes through two weeks (252 yards and one touchdown).
He’s not Johnson – because Johnson never had a double-digit touchdown season, a box I believe Collins checks this year. Yeah, you could say I’m a believer in Houston’s alpha receiver.
Tank Dell Fantasy Outlook
After an impressive rookie season, I didn’t think we’d be two weeks into Year 2 and 48.6% of Dell’s yards from scrimmage would be courtesy of the rush. The box score isn’t pretty, but he did short-arm a deep pass last week that, due to his creativity with the ball in his hands, had a shot at turning into a 70-yard score if hauled in.
I think that’s what we are looking at in 2024 for Dell: the need for him to produce when given the opportunity. Collins is going to see enough looks to overcome a bad week in terms of catch rate, and we saw in Week 1 that Stefon Diggs’ veteran savvy puts him in a position to win around the goal line.
That’s a dangerous profile that will cause headaches. Dr. Soppe prescribes you plenty of rest and one tablet of sell-high … after next week. The Texans get the Jaguars in Week 4, a defense that ranks 24th in yards per deep pass attempt and 30th in deep pass touchdown rate.
As far as this week is concerned, Dell is hovering around WR30, and I wouldn’t fault you for playing him over “better” receivers that have backups under center (Jaylen Waddle and Jayden Reed) or QBs that are playing like backups (Amari Cooper and Keenan Allen). That’s more the product of those specific situations than anything – Dell comes preloaded with a wide range of outcomes this weekend, and that can be appealing if your roster lacks upside.
Stefon Diggs Fantasy Outlook
The former Minnesota Viking has seen six targets in both of his games as a member of the Texans, though it is worth noting that he satisfied a different role in each of those contests.
- Week 1: nine air yards
- Week 2: 59 air yards
Diggs saw three deep targets last week, and while that raises the potential value of his opportunities, I think it’s a net negative for his projection moving forward. We know that Collins can win on all three levels and that Dell is viewed more as a field stretcher – if Diggs’ aDOT rises, he runs into more target competition.
His former employer owns the seventh-lowest opponent aDOT since the beginning of last season, making this a “show me” game of sorts. If Diggs is earning targets less than 10 yards down the field, I’ll move him back into my low-end WR2 tier. For the time being, I’m labeling him as the WR3 in this offense, and that has me sitting him if I have reasonable depth on my roster.
Right now, he occupies the same spot in my rankings as former teammate Khalil Shakir and just about every receiver in the Packers/Titans game. The name inspires more confidence than I have in Diggs (70 receiving yards this season) right now.