The essence of team sports is to put team before self. To become something greater as a team than the sum of the individual parts. That aside and being realistic with the Texans, why CANT they be competitive and at the very least be better as a team than they were last year? You guys have this all or nothing attitude. Its about getting this 1 thing (QB), or this 1 piece (New HC)....or it has to be done this way (tank to get high draft picks so as to get top talent).. This is why so many teams who do amass good enough talent more often than not still fail to even become contenders Because the Owner/GM/HC has subscribed to this 1 sided, all or nothing way of thinking & it doesn't work like that.
Changing a culture doesn’t start when you feel you have accumulated enough talent to compete & win. It starts from day 1 of the regime change when you identify those who want to be here & bring in guys who accept their roles and believe in what you’re trying to do.. While subsequently weeding out those who don’t want to be here. The 1-2 year contracts serve that purpose. & just in these 2 games we've played so far, you can already see that this team under a new regime with guys who want to be here is much better than last years team with a superstar qb.
No, all of these guys won't be brought back, but those who are will likely be guys who not only are good enough, but also guys who know what this regime is about and will fall in line with what they're trying to do.