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Houston Texans Linebacker Predicted By AI, 33rd Team To Be 2024 League Leader in Tackles

Houston Texans Linebacker Predicted By AI, 33rd Team To Be 2024 League Leader in Tackles

Caleb Skinner

Tennessee Titans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair (2) celebrates big third down stop against the Seattle Seahawks during their game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023.
Tennessee Titans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair (2) celebrates big third down stop against the Seattle Seahawks during their game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. / Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA
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The Houston Texans put a ton of work in this offseason in an effort to improve their divisional-round visit in the playoffs last season by making trades, retaining their free agents, and signing outside FA to complete one of the more complete and talented rosters in the league.

A part of their incoming free agent class is linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair who exploded on the scene this past season playing for AFC South divisional rivals the Tennessee Titans.

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Before signing with the Texans on a three-year, $34 million deal, Al-Shaair finished fifth in the NFL in total tackles with 163 behind Bobby Wagner, Zaire Franklin, Alex Singleton, and Foy Oluokun. Before this explosive season, Al-Shaair spent four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers where he saw moderate playing time before becoming a full-time starter in Nashville.

Houston thought highly enough of what Al-Shaair was able to do a season ago to give him a nice contract to help sure up the defensive side of the ball when it comes to tackling and according to the 33rd Team's A.I. predictions, that should pay off as he is predicted to once again be one of the league leaders in the tackling category.

Al-Shaair is just reaching his true potential after going undrafted in large part due to a knee injury out of Florida Atlantic and will look to replicate his work from his time in Tennessee to Houston. The Texans have the pieces around him to make his job easy, but he will be relied upon to fill holes inside and make open-field tackles to become a solidifying component of a renovated defensive core.

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Caleb Skinner

CALEB SKINNER

Caleb is from Nashville, TN, and graduated from Florida State University in 2018 with majors in Sociology and History. He has previously written for an FSU outlet and started covering the Buccaneers in March of 2022 while co-hosting the Hear the Cannons podcast. He expanded his role with GamedayMedia by covering the Houston Texans and Washington Commanders in April of 2024. You can follow Caleb on Twitter @chsnole

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