I can remember a time not too long ago that some of the Mods like Lucky/TK were wanting to run Caserio out of town on a rail.
Haven't heard much from them about this lately.
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Nick Caserio - New GM
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Haven't heard much from them about this lately.
TexansBull
Hall of Fame
I respect your right to be wrong.
Texansballer74
The Marine
Last word as usual and there is nothing wrong with my stance on this particular high school girlie crap.
The Texans has always spent money, they just didn’t do it for the guys y’all two wanted. And to be frank who gives a flying F bomb.
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Nobody cares, but surely you can see that they're doing business differently now. Never before have they added as many playmakers in FA/Trade as they have this offseason. No more Not Texans Worthy or we only draft and sign our own. Do you really believe Mixon and Diggs would be Texans if Bob and Janice were still running the team. It's a new era and way of doing business with Cal and Hannah running the show and frankly this should've been happening 2 decades ago. Ask yourself why Bob didn't operate the way Cal's operating? Were Bob and Janice running the show and knee caping BOB/RS or were BOB/RS not good GM's. I'm just glad the Texans have upgraded the Ownership/GM/HC positions.
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
I also think the Texan's situation as per the offseason was incredibly unique.
You rarely, if ever, see teams dramatically improve as quickly as the Texans did last season. Usually it's far more gradual, especially at the QB position. We in one year knocked out of the park the qb and the head coach position - that's incredibly rare to happen ever let alone in one year.
Then to add to that usually teams that are doing well are pushed to the cap but we were in a situation where we were just about to exit cap hell thanks to previous mismanagement (cheers OB). So we get to take a drastic step forward and then hit an offseason with a lot of $$$ to play with.
Not only that but saying "take advantage of your rookie QB salary" is one thing but lets be real. Most rookie QBs suck. You often don't know if your QB is worth making all those moves for until year 3 or so and by then you only have 1 to 2 years worth of rookie contract to take advantage of.
This situation is so incredibly unique and will be really fun to see how it all unfolds.
Porky
Hall of Fame
Ever since the preacher left, it’s been all roses and no thorns. I now have a much more positive view of Cal. How much is Cal and how much is Hannah is not clear to me…but we’ll just call it ‘‘ownership” and ownership has been kicking ass since the Easter Bunny hopped on down the road.
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
I actually disagree on physical profiles.
If anything we seem to be incredibly adaptive of physical profiles and seem far more geared to what you do on the field rather than what your height, weight, or combine numbers are.
For example Tank Dell. Super undersized WR who we aren't afraid of playing predominantly outside even as a rookie.
Drafting and signing an inordinate amount of undersized DTs.
Drafting players with underwhelming to just straight up bad combine stats.
My favourite part of this new Caserio/Demeco marriage seems to be a pure alignment on putting tape and character as the paramount ways of grading players.
Not really, there's usually a worst to 1st every yr. Also rookie QB's succeed more than people think. Burrow/LJ/Herbert/Lawrence/Luck etc... had successful rookie seasons.
Dejaview
Wahoo Sabi
Fine but the physical profile comment came from NC’s mouth. In that regard John Harris recently said he’s really seen this (profiles) in the taller and larger DB’s on the team now.
cland
Recovering from BO'B PTSD
Better remove Lawrence from that list, he had 12 TDs, 17 INTs, with a 71.9 rating.
Luck had 23 TDs, 18 INTs with a 76.5 rating.
Lamar Jackson had 6 TDs, 3 INTs, with a 84.5 rating.
Burrow had 13 TDs, 5 ints, with a 91 rating.
Only Herbert had stats comparable to Stroud's in his rookie year, with 31 TD, 10 INTs, and a 98.3 rating.
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True
Burrow would've been as good but he tore his ACL.
Stroud did have a Marino type rookie yr.
I'm still skeptical of the Texans. They went 6-3 in 1 score games, losing to the Falcons, Jags, and Panthers. That's on a last place schedule. This year, playing a first-place schedule, will be the true measuring stick. They definitely improved the roster for 2024 and CJ having a full off season to work on his craft should make the Texans a better team in 2024. Hopefully the injury bug is a lot less of a factor in 2024 also.
I like the direction of the team, but I'm not certain that they are truly ready to be SB contenders.
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
Herbert I can get behind but not so much the others. The others kind of prove my point because they were good for rookies but not established QBs. That's what I'm talking about. Coming in year 1 and immediately being the guy and not just putting up good "the guy" numbers but looking like it too.
Also compare that to the sheer volume of rookies who get opportunities. Actually knowing you have "the guy" in year 1 is an incredibly rare thing for an organization to have.
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
I love John Harris but that guy just loves to talk sometimes and use GM style buzzwords.
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
I think the injury bug could be a huge factor. It was absolutely insane last year and just a few less injuries could make a massive difference.
Also last season we really performed against the better teams (Baltimore excluded) and then often underwhelmed against the worse ones. That gives me hope for this year. Also continuity will be a really strong thing, I think retaining Slowik and the whole offense continuing in that system is going to be massive.
Overall my worries are whether the defense holds up and performs how we're hoping and whether we can implement more clock control into the offense late in games.
I would be skeptical too if they hadn't added major pieces to the team. The 1st place schedule is why I think they finish with only 10 wins and still will be a much better team. If healthy though they could win more. I'm thinking adding Hunter/Diggs/Mixon/Al Shaair/Okudah (Who I think will be a major upgrade if healthy) then adding the draft Green (Who if he plays like I think he will is going t be like having another 1st rd pick and a major upgrade) Lassiter/Fisher/Stover/Bullock are going to be upgrades as well.
That's almost 1/2 a team of upgrades. I realize Stover wont be starting, but he gives Slowik the ability to use 12 personnel, which is kind of a big deal. Also Bullock wont be starting, but at some point Ward will go down and Bullock will be playing. Also Bullock is there to replace Petrie if he plays like dog crap again.
The defense should be really good with all of the upgrades and the offense with the new weapons and upgrades at RT/C/LG should make the offense explosive. What I like about the offense is with the adds in trade/draft they can use a lot of 11 personnel and 12 personnel effectively which is a big upgrade over what Slowik had to work with last yr. Like every yr health will be the key and I'm hoping last yr the Texans got enough bad luck with injuries to last for yrs to come.
Texansphan
Football connoisseur
All the returning players have continuity with the coaches and the system and another year under their belts.
All we need is for a couple of the under performers from last season to make a jump up plus the additional talent additions should make this squad much more competitive.
True, but you do realize there probably will be 6 or 7 new starters on this yrs team? Most of those will be vets so that should make the transition easier
And just about all of them are upgrades too.
cland
Recovering from BO'B PTSD
I've said it before, but getting the run game in order will help those 1 score games, by allowing the team to burn out the clock with a lead. It first starts with the OLine being healthy, it was reported that the Texans Oline last year had the most injuries EVER since they started recording that stat. Having continuity along the Oline will help the ZBS get off the ground. Add in Mixon to take advantage of the holes, and hope that Kenyon Green's game takes shape to make LG a plus as opposed to a minus.
As Texansphan said above, having young players returning to the same system will naturally lead to better performance and consistency.
Autry, who I failed to list might be the biggest upgrade on the defense. This guy is a stud. Of course so is Hunter, but Greenard was very good to last yr. Not as good as Hunter though.
Not to mention that Al-Shaair already has played for Meco and knows this defense well.
Just think of the young players from last season getting better. That alone should make the Texans championship contenders.
The Chiefs have done it. That must be respected. The Niners, Bills, Eagles, Bengals, Ravens have knocked on the door. What’s to stop the Texans from kicking the damn thing down?
Texansballer74
The Marine
Texansballer74
The Marine
badboy
Hall of Fame
Okay but supposedly the comments came from Nick caserio?
The competition between a has been and a never was. Just keep Stroud upright all season and this won't matter.
Dejaview
Wahoo Sabi
Understand, but in this case NC’s statements weren’t buzzwords.
Sweech
Onside Kick Specialist
No but his actions tell a certain story.
Because if I asked you what their physical prototype at a position is could you actually tell me?
To me they have a play style prototype but not a prototype of height, weight, or any other combine measurable.
Historically? The Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm pretty sure you were there for those times.
This is the time of year where I start to deep dive into the prior season, look at the off-season changes, and start to feel nervous if the previous season saw the Texans win a lot of close games.
OK.
TexansBull
Hall of Fame
An alpha move by Azeez. lol. Maybe Steven Nelson should have tried that instead of tweeting.
dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
This is our glaring weakness! It would be ashame if our season gets derailed because we don't have a competent backup if Stroud misses a couple big games due to an injury... They must believe that they can get Mills "right."
What could have happened between the game in Nashville, where they decided they couldn't trust Mills, to now? Nothing happened, obviously. It's a question no one in the Houston media has asked. Disappointing, but training camp has yet to start. Something could still happen on the backup QB front.
dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
I am pretty sure I heard Caserio make a pretty clear statement before free agency that they intended to roll with the same QB room again this year. Given how thoroughly they have worked to fill out this entire roster, I have to believe they have some reason to believe Mills will be much better when/if called upon this season... either that, or you are right, and they still may make a move before the regular season.
Pretty much the weakness of the entire league. Might be 5 backup QBs where the team isn't just hoping
Can you find that, because I would think @zshawn10 or someone would have posted that.
dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
I can't... It would be a fools errand. I just remember hearing Caserio during a rather lengthy interview, and I came away from that interview surprised that it sounds like we aren't going to look into upgrading at backup QB. Now, I tend to read into things and draw conclusions that others may not agree with... but so far, it has played out that way.
Texansballer74
The Marine
The Texans aren't winning a championship without Stroud. Like the Chiefs, Ravens, or Bengals aren't winning without their guy. I'm just talking about 2 or 3 games where a backup can hold down the fort and not being the reason the team lost. Give the team a chance until Stroud can get back close to 100%. There were opportunities to get someone better than Mills. Dobbs, Rudolph, Mariotta, Mac Jones. Some of these guys are getting less money than Mills. I would have liked to have seen a little more effort thus far.
Didn't hear Nick talk about the QB room.
dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
Great interview. Nick Caserio is awesome!.. and man, he is confident and feeling very, very good about this team: players and coaching staff!
Texansballer74
The Marine
Yeah he only talked about CJ.
dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
The interview I am remembering (or imagining) was after the scouting combine and before free agency began.
I don't think any of those dudes you mentioned are significantly better than Mills...the Texans confused themselves by having two backups at about the same level last year. Make Case or Davis the stopgap and move on with it.
TheRealJoker V2
Rookie
Don’t think any of those guys are tangibly better than Mills. They are all in the Mills/Keenum cluster. Hopefully you don’t need them at all. But max 1-2 games.
I've pointed to a few things Nick did that I didn't like. I've been emphatic about the things he's done that I did.
I said I was wrong about a rookie HC & rookie OC leading a team with a rookie QB & an offense that can't run the ball.
Haven't said it before, but I am impressed with the FA talent added to the team this year. Much better than the gaslighting you were doing about last year’s FA acquisitions.
Good thing our primary opponents are the AFCSouth.
Is there a better backup than Case in the league right now?