{"id":751751,"date":"2026-07-09T03:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751751\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T03:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T03:11:08","slug":"woody-marks-learning-the-route-tree-in-anticipation-of-a-new-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751751\/","title":{"rendered":"Woody Marks &#8220;learning the route tree&#8221; in anticipation of a new role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a rookie, Woody Marks led the Texans in rushing attempts (196) and rushing yards (703). He played 52 percent of the snaps in the 16 games he played.<\/p>\n<p>Marks, though, had a long run of only 23 yards, 39 runs for first downs and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The Texans traded for David Montgomery in the offseason, and they consider him a \u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/texans-see-three-down-back-in-david-montgomery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">three-down back<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Marks is preparing for a pass-catching role this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the key for Woody is <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/sports\/2026\/07\/05\/texans-plan-for-running-back-woody-marks-hes-going-to-get-lots-of-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">understanding his role<\/a>, which he does,\u201d running backs coach and assistant head coach Danny Barrett told Aaron Wilson of KPRC. \u201cHe\u2019s going to get lots of opportunities. Last year we brought him along slower, which was good to help him kind of learn the game, and once he learned the game, he played a lot faster. And you can see him now playing even faster. So, his role is going to pick up some third downs, special teams. He\u2019s a kickoff return guy. But, more importantly, probably in the passing game as well. Just his level of confidence in the offense going into Year 2 is at an all-time high right now. We\u2019ve got to keep it there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marks had 24 receptions for 208 yards and three touchdowns last season, including a 50-yard catch-and-run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNick Caley is doing a great job right now,\u201d Marks told Wilson. \u201cGot me doing all types of routes, learning the route tree. Just get outside and just using me as he can so I can be productive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a rookie, Woody Marks led the Texans in rushing attempts (196) and rushing yards (703). He played&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-751751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}