[T]his offseason, Ryans has fixated on being a smarter football team with a sprinkle of enhanced physicality in the trenches to help work toward executing deep in the playoffs. During OTAs and mandatory minicamp, walk-through reps emphasized being in the right spots from the playcall. There weren't many 11-on-11 reps outside of two-minute and third-down situations. All key moments that have hindered the Texans in the playoffs. "I've grown as a head coach," Ryans said. "For me, it's more so now about how much smarter can we play as a team. How can we be more elite on our execution? Our communication, can it be louder? Can we echo it more? Can we truly be tied together every time we line up? That's what I've seen when I talk about the process of us this year being better." more at the link https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49367131/houston-texans-2026-offseason-approach-postseason-woes
