On the sixth play of the Lions' opening drive, Texans safety Jalen Pitre deflected a pass from Lions quarterback Jared Goff, and safety Jimmie Ward intercepted it. The Texans wasted little time and marched into the end zone on an eight-play,

Instead of the Texans starting the relationship with a wait-and-see, prove-yourself approach, they did something entirely different. They proved how much they believed in Mixon by immediately agreeing to a three-year,