Yahoo Sports NFL on Joshua Palmer
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Palmer was signed by the Bills to be a man-beating vertical threat, as he was in Los Angeles with the Chargers in his first four NFL seasons. The Texans allowed a 20-plus yard play on 8.4% of opposing quarterback drop backs in 2025, which isn't exactly an indicator of a unit susceptible to big plays through the air. However, that was just the 12th-lowest in football.
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Palmer's vertical skills could exploit Texans' relative weakness on 20-plus yard plays.
Palmer was signed by Buffalo to be a man-beating vertical threat after four seasons with the Chargers; the Texans allowed 20-plus yard plays on 8.4% of opposing quarterback drop backs in 2025 (12th-lowest in football), creating a relative weakness in deep coverage. Palmer caught three of 22 receptions on 20-plus yard throws in his injury-riddled first Bills season, compared to eight of 39 deep targets in his final Chargers year. Though he played the Texans last season post-injury and never fully regained his vertical juice, a healthy Palmer could be vital for Buffalo in this matchup, especially on play-action deep shots, because chunk plays are key against Houston's defense.
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