Battle Red Blog
The Eagles win, the season ends, and the Texans look to the future
The Day After the Day After...when the raw, immediate emotions from the aftermath of a game diminish into the realm of clarity and the proverbial (or literal) hangover no longer haunts the mind. With that, a review of the Super Bowl:
It’s Over: This coming weekend is the first stretch of time since early August where we don’t have the NFL to distract us from our current stressful existence by giving us other stressful things to consider. In a Super Bowl that didn’t exactly enthrall the non-playing fanbases, the Eagles issued a-1980s style NFC beatdown of the Kansas City Chiefs, where the final score (40-22) does not reflect the Eagles’ domination. Jalen Hurts moved the offense, and the Eagles defensive front terrorized Patrick Mahomes. Even the Buddy Ryan D-lines of the late 1980s with Reggie White and Jerome Brown never brutalized an offensive line like the 2024-25 Eagles did. Six sacks, even more QB hits, and Mahomes had flashbacks to Super Bowl LV. The game was 34-0 in the 3rd before the Chiefs gained some garbage time stats.
The Games May Be Over, but the Drama Never Stops: With the final whistle of Super Bowl LIX, the NFL moves to the offseason. No shortage of drama, from whether the Eagles can manage to repeat, to seeing what the Chiefs do to bounce back, to what the teams at the top of draft will do. Already, the soap opera that is Aaron Rodgers gears up with the news that the Jets will let him move on to other pastures. What do teams with cap room (New England) do this off-season and what do teams with little cap room (Cleveland) end up doing? Where do some of the big stars who are trade candidates end up (Myles Garrett, Cooper Kupp, Micah Parsons)? So many questions, so much drama...and we haven’t even hit free agency yet. Also, get ready for millions and millions of mock drafts. Draft porn as far as the computer screen can shine.
Included in that drama, the Houston Texans: Oh yes, the Texans. They did manage to get those offensive coordinator/offensive line coach slots filled. Unfortunately, the payoff is over half a year away. Until then, plenty of personnel concerns. The Texans find themselves anywhere between cap space of just $2M to over the cap by ~$1M. They have some significant decisions to make with players like Darnel Autry, who seem like clear cap cuts. Would Houston even consider a move like trading Laremy Tunsil (currently carrying the largest cap hit on the team at ~$26M)? The offensive line, especially the interior, is begging for additional reinforcements. Can Caserio get that during free agency? Do guys like Metchie and Hutchinson get traded? Does Houston see what it can get from first round bust Kenyon Green in the trade market? What of safety? Could Houston try to bring back Stephon Diggs? Oh, and what moves do division...
