DETROIT – Rookie quarterback Graham Mertz delivered passes with pinpoint accuracy and timing.

He displayed command of the Texans’ offense, crisply orchestrating drives and throwing the football where only his teammates could get their hands on it.

Overall, the Texans’ preseason finale against the Detroit Lions was a revelation of sorts about Mertz. One year after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in his final season for the Florida Gators, the former Wisconsin quarterback saved his best performance of the preseason for the final one.

“I can go out there and operate the offense,” Mertz said after the Texans’ 26-7 win over the Lions at Ford Field. “You want to give the coaches that confidence every time you step out there. You can go out there and execute when your number is called,

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