Two things I hope don't get buried under the CJ STROUD! rhetoric...

Get a QB that can read defenses, audible, and use his feet.

DD

 

I know it's easier said than done, but man...consistency would be a beautiful thing. The best O-lines are the ones that have the same 5 guys every year.

If I was in charge, that would have been the first thing I addressed. Then build the entire team around those 5 guys.

A good consistent O-line would mean every 2nd half this year would look like the 2nd half of the steelers playoff game.

 

The one thing I hang on Nick and Demeco is the failure to address the glaring issue with the offense in general, but your 100% right, the O Line has to form chemistry and at the beginning of the season all that dam rotation was IDIOTIC and wasted time, find your 5 and back off.

The O lIne was better as the season went along and I would say was average, but dam we set the bar so low from last year. This MUST be addressed and Nick needs to really look at the Jets RB, I would love a stud center of RT and let's draft some dawgs. After Nico there is a huge drop off, X is dead to me LOL, and the 2 rookies were meh, Noel could not get on the field, Higgins showed some flash and I expect them to be better in year 2. I am so jealous of the Seahawks, they are stacked on both sides of the ball...............having this D is awesome but we were dam lucky not to have major injuries and you cant count on that again so the time is now, we won so many one score games, a flip of the coin and we lose those next year.

Are pitchers and catchers reporting soon, this is going to bug me until camp

 

Lmao wow shades of Bill OBrien coming through there. Not a good look, Nick. You dun goofed on offense. Own it.

 

I'm not sure at what point I feel comfortable shifting blame from OL to QB or vice versa.

Yes, the OL stunk at running the ball this year. Mixon or not, it wasn't good enough for anyone's standards.

That being said, they made significant improvement in pass pro. The first quarter of the season to the last half they looked like a totally different unit. Remarkable progress, especially considering how how drastic the offseason personnel changes were and injuries.

At what point do we expect CJ and Nick Caley to be able to "make do" with it? Great QBs don't always have good protection, but they make it work.

If CJ deserves a gigantic extension he should be able to, at the very least, make the best out of bad situations and not make them worse.

So, it's a chicken and egg problem. You invest in the OL for CJ, then he finally puts it together... Only now the problem is you had to blow all your resources setting up CJ to succeed.

I felt like, based on what I saw this year, OL problems or not, we had the horses to make it to the Superbowl.

Yes, the Patriots and their interior blitz were extremely effective. But CJ made the dumbest possible decisions at the worst possible times, and even when he wasn't under pressure he was putting balls into the dirt or chucking up hospital ducks.

My fear is that CJ's ceiling is Schaubish, but we are going to pay the man like he's an MVP.

Someone wake me up in September. Ugh.

 

I'm not upset with Caserio on this year's team. The team was a better team than the Patriots. The amount of turnovers in the Patriots game and lack of blocking was completely unacceptable. If the Texans play the Patriots ten straight times, the Texans would probably win seven.
The addition of Ersery and Ingram was a complete success. I was surprised Ersery lasted till the 2nd round. I thought Ersery was better than most of the lineman drafted before him including Will Campbell (people in NE are now realizing Campbell would make a better guard than tackle). I would of loved to have Zabel but the Texans were not able to move up. Tomlinson and Scruggs were misses. It took the coaching way too long to realize that they were ineffective and should not be part of the starting five. I didn't agree with the trade up in the draft for Woody Marks and Jaylin Smith, but they showed later that they were worth the trading up for. Jaylin Smith and Jaylin Reed both had to deal with injuries and injuries can be unpredictable. Who knew that Mixon was going to mess up his own foot and that wasn't going to recover. I expect Mixon to be released soon. Jaylin Noel is turning out to be a stud returner and Higgins is on track to become an dynamic WR duo with Nico Collins. Dell will be back next year. The only situations that did not work out was the Diggs release and the Gardner resign and releasse. I think Caserio has handled the situation with the Texans far better than what most General Managers would have.
In addition, the Texans will be able to bring in better free agents this year due to the perceived better treatment of players in the last two years.