The Texans' rushing yards with Tank Dell and without Tank Dell
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, the Texans were 31.2 yards under with Tank Dell and 4.1 yards over without Tank Dell over their last 35 games, 6 games against 10. The plain averages are 89.0 and 109.1, a difference of 20.1. Both playoff games were without Tank Dell.
Tank Dell, receiver: 316 receiving yards, 17 receptions and 26 targets in 6 of those 35 games, 4% of HOU’s rushing yards in those games.
rushing yards a game over expected
with Tank Dell
−31.2
without Tank Dell
+4.1
-50050
A −35.3 difference in rushing yards over expected with Tank Dell vs without Tank Dell is about what you’d expect.
plain
89.0
109.1
50100150200
A −20.1 difference in rushing yards with Tank Dell vs without Tank Dell is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Tank Dell and it comes up 15 times in 100.
The games
with Tank Dellwithout Tank Dell
| Side | Date | Game | Result | rushing yards | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2024 | @ DAL | W | 141 | 118.3 | |
| Nov 24, 2024 | vs TEN | L | 40 | 138.2 | |
| Dec 1, 2024 | @ JAX | W | 108 | 130.6 | |
| Dec 15, 2024 | vs MIA | W | 77 | 112.6 | |
| Dec 21, 2024 | @ KC | L | 84 | 110.1 | |
| Dec 25, 2024 | vs BAL | L | 58 | 91.4 | |
| Jan 5, 2025 | @TEN | W | 207 | 123.7 | |
| Jan 11, 2025 | vs LAC | W | 168 | 117.0 | |
| Jan 18, 2025 | @KC | L | 149 | 104.2 | |
| Sep 7, 2025 | @ LA | L | 114 | 111.8 | |
| Sep 15, 2025 | vs TB | L | 84 | 111.1 | |
| Sep 21, 2025 | @JAX | L | 87 | 101.1 | |
| Sep 28, 2025 | vsTEN | W | 129 | 118.1 | |
| Oct 5, 2025 | @BAL | W | 167 | 109.6 | |
| Oct 20, 2025 | @ SEA | L | 56 | 108.0 | |
| Oct 26, 2025 | vs SF | W | 157 | 113.1 | |
| Nov 2, 2025 | vs DEN | L | 77 | 111.4 | |
| Nov 9, 2025 | vsJAX | W | 130 | 100.7 | |
| Nov 16, 2025 | @TEN | W | 75 | 119.2 | |
| Nov 20, 2025 | vs BUF | W | 108 | 128.9 | |
| Nov 30, 2025 | @ IND | W | 108 | 110.5 | |
| Dec 7, 2025 | @KC | W | 82 | 111.1 | |
| Dec 14, 2025 | vs ARI | W | 143 | 122.4 | |
| Dec 21, 2025 | vs LV | W | 83 | 119.9 | |
| Dec 27, 2025 | @LAC | W | 118 | 113.9 | |
| Jan 4, 2026 | vsIND | W | 134 | 111.1 | |
| Jan 12, 2026 | @ PIT | W | 164 | 110.9 | |
| Jan 18, 2026 | @ NE | L | 48 | 110.1 | |
| Sep 13, 2026 | vsBUF | L | 124 | 87.8 | |
| Sep 20, 2026 | vs CIN | L | 60 | 104.1 | |
| Sep 27, 2026 | @IND | L | 70 | 109.1 | |
| Oct 4, 2026 | vsDAL | L | 62 | 122.3 | |
| Oct 11, 2026 | @TEN | W | 79 | 108.0 | |
| Oct 18, 2026 | vsJAX (neutral) | W | 114 | 82.6 | |
| Oct 25, 2026 | vs NYG | L | 84 | 111.4 |
Method
- Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.5 in 2024, plus 0.6 in 2026 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
- Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 77% in 2024, 32% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
- The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
- Who played is read from the snap counts, which name every player who took a snap on offense, defense or special teams.
- 19 games in 2025 are neither with Tank Dell nor without Tank Dell: Tank Dell had no game for the team that season, and sit out.