Texans fans largely absent from home opener against Jaguars

With over 2.3 million residents and a metropolitan population of over 7 million, Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States.

He didn’t come close to filling the NRG Stadium for the NFL kickoff on Sunday.

With the Texans coming off a disastrous offseason and the Jacksonville Jaguars in town, the Houstonians largely had better things to do on NFL First Sunday of 2021 than showing up and watching the home team.

Here’s what the crowd looked like at the pre-game ceremonies.

The view from the press box as the home team entered the pitch:

Maybe everyone was in the bathroom or at the concession stands and rushing to their seats to kick off.

Nope.

It’s hard to blame the Texans fans. As crazy about football as Texas is, NFL teams are still forced to put together a workable product to get people to spend their day battling traffic and parting with excess money every round for. watch football.

The Texans are not putting this viable product into use.

Years of mismanagement have seen the Texans turn a perennial playoff contender into arguably football’s worst roster. Then came the 2021 offseason, a constant stream of updates on the multitude of sexual misconduct allegations against star quarterback Deshaun Watson.

It seems Texans fans have had enough.