Sterling Shepard Week 2 Preview vs. the Texans

Sterling Shepard has a decent matchup when his Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Houston Texans in Week 2 (Monday, 7 p.m. ET). The Texans have given up 224 passing yards per game, 18th in the NFL.

Shepard saw 51 targets last season and converted them into 32 receptions for 334 yards and one touchdown, averaging 25.7 yards per game.

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Shepard vs. the Texans

• Shepard vs the Texans (since 2021): 1 GP / 80 REC YPG / 1 REC TD
• Through the air, Houston allowed more than 100 receiving yards to only three players last season.
• In terms of pass D, the Texans allowed a touchdown reception to 30 players last season.
• Against Houston last year, one player hauled in more than one touchdown pass in a game.
• The 201 passing yards the Texans gave up on average per game a season ago made them the NFL's sixth-ranked defense against the pass.
• The Texans' defense was ranked 30th in the league with 31 passing TDs conceded last season.

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Shepard Receiving Insights

• Shepard hit the over on his prop bets for receiving yards in 22.2% of his games (twice in nine games).
• With 334 receiving yards on 51 targets last season, he was 115th in the league (6.5 yards per target).
• In one of 13 games last season, Shepard had a receiving touchdown. But he had no games with multiple receiving TDs.

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Shepard's Last Season Performance