Battle Red Blog
Last week, Nick Caley was in our crosshairs. This week we turn our attention to the number one guy in charge. Nick Caserio’s tenure in Houston has certainly been mixed. It was bumpy in the beginning, but the Deshaun Watson deal and the draft that brought C.J. Stroud and Will Anderson certainly gave him a ton of goodwill to build on. However, the early head coaching hires and the inability to get the offense off the ground have brought some criticism. I am bringing two questions to the Groupthink today and we had the masthead weigh in.
Clayton A: As long as the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets exist, the Texans will finish no lower than third worst on any bad offseason list.
Rookies Aireontae Ersery, Woody Marks, Jayden Higgins, and Jaylin Noel all demonstrated why Nick Caserio had a very strong draft. The weakness comes in with the free agency decisions combined with Nick Caley’s yet to be determined report card. Cam Robinson, Trent Brown, CJGJ, Nick Chubb, and Christian Kirk are all examples of how Caserio has whiffed in that department. If Caley’s isi in fact to be attributed at all to Caserio then vindication can still come in the last ten games.
l4blitzer: Having read the Barnwell piece, I can somewhat understand where he is coming from, especially with the Texans making a number of high profile moves and just as quickly cutting bait (see Robinson and CGGJ). However, that is all relative, and perhaps, any final verdict needs to wait until after the season to figure out if something was truly effective or not. Are things trending well overall for the Oline? Not necessarily, but again, need to see how the whole season plays out before we pass true judgment. Besides, as Clayton noted, when you have Cleveland and the Jets, along with Dallas sports leadership engaging in bone-headed trades, yeah, kind of hard to say that Houston had the worst off-season.
Mike Bullock: Worst? No. Good? Also no.
PatH: I don’t know if I can answer this without a ton of research. So I’m going to say probably not. After all, the Cleveland Browns are still a thing.
FizzyJoe: When taking the context of the expectations Houston had coming into the season, I can understand where Barnwell is coming from. This was supposed to be a pivotal third year for the Texans’ core of stars— C.J. Stroud and Will Anderson- where each can reach the height of their powers while on a cheap rookie deal. Because of this season’s failure, Houston will now have to find a way to the Super Bowl with their two massive contracts slurping up cap space. But, I’d disagree that it was the worst offseason because the Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, and New York Jets showed the face of what a truly bad offseason looks like. It might be a...
