Wow, I didn't expect them moving that fast. But, if this is the move then they have to bring in someone with some heavy experience don't they? Someone who could help mold CJ and support DeMeco in his decision making?

Bye bye to the both of ya.

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Yeah the fact that that Rapaport tweet says Demeco hopes for more kinda points to the fact that Demeco has higher expectations and I'm not sure another inexperienced play caller fulfills those expectations.

Like the move by Demeco. It's complete opposite of how this organization has operated in the past. And that's a good thing.

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Agree!

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Yeah the fact that that Rapaport tweet says Demeco hopes for more kinda points to the fact that Demeco has higher expectations and I'm not sure another inexperienced play caller fulfills those expectations.

Like the move by Demeco. It's complete opposite of how this organization has operated in the past. And that's a good thing.

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This is great news, but if he's going to hold his coaches to a standard he needs to do so with the players as well. Bryant needs to be gone because of pushing the special teams coach, period. I do think CJ will make it an attractive OC job but there's other teams with coaches that are also going to need an OC as well so they need to hit the ground running.

Regarding the draft, have we already discussed if the OL is our priority? With Strausser getting the boot I'm left wondering if he was the main issue or the talent on our OL was the problem.

Harder to do with players given contracts, roster makeup, etc etc but yeah I agree.

Already seen it with them cutting Dionte Johnson ASAP.

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Regarding the draft, have we already discussed if the OL is our priority? With Strausser getting the boot I'm left wondering if he was the main issue or the talent on our OL was the problem.

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Feel like OL & TE would be highest priority

Wow what fantastic news to get coming out of a meeting. Demeco clearly has the ear of ownership. At this point, almost anyone would be an improvement. But definitely don't think Jerrod needs to be promoted, too soon, and we all have Aggie goggles on.

Day 1 of new regime : CJ learns to slide

Demeco sees the ticking clock on CJ's rookie contract and knows we need to win now. This is the kind of move that gives me the confidence Demeco is the guy and will lead us to the promised land.

How about Bill O'Brien for OC?

Very surprised, but proud of the Texans for showing they are not satisfied with this season even with a divisional round appearance. In the past, no changes would have been made and we would just be happy to be there

Per the houston chronical (need a subscription but got this from the Texans Talk board)

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Offensive line coach Chris Strausser is also out, and assistant offensive line coach Cole Popovich's contractexpired.

Many in the building thought they'd have one of the best offenses in the league.

But Slowik's offense never lived up to the hype, never made adjustments or improvements.

Ryans was noticeably frustrated, indicating that the offense needed to improve. Quarterback C.J. Stroud, as well as other offensive players, had also expressed some frustration behind the scenes, and pondered whether Slowik would return the following season.

But ultimately the final decision rested on Ryans, who felt the Texans had a roster ready to compete for a Super Bowl, two league sources told the Chronicle.

The rest of the offensive staff will be evaluated when the new offensive coordinator is hired. So Popovich could return.

There are no immediate front runners for the job, but quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson was once thought to be a logical replacement. Other hot names include Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, who also happens to be close with Slowik, Rams passing game coordinator Nick Caley, former Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, and Vikings quarterbacks coach Josh McCown, who was once a serious candidate in 2022 to be the Texans' head coach.

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I've seen a few places mentioning the Rams coaches, Josh McCown, but Chip Kelly is a new name.

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How about Jimbo for OC?

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FIFY

IrishAg said:

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Per the houston chronical (need a subscription but got this from the Texans Talk board)

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Offensive line coach Chris Strausser is also out, and assistant offensive line coach Cole Popovich's contractexpired.

Many in the building thought they'd have one of the best offenses in the league.

But Slowik's offense never lived up to the hype, never made adjustments or improvements.

Ryans was noticeably frustrated, indicating that the offense needed to improve. Quarterback C.J. Stroud, as well as other offensive players, had also expressed some frustration behind the scenes, and pondered whether Slowik would return the following season.

But ultimately the final decision rested on Ryans, who felt the Texans had a roster ready to compete for a Super Bowl, two league sources told the Chronicle.

The rest of the offensive staff will be evaluated when the new offensive coordinator is hired. So Popovich could return.

There are no immediate front runners for the job, but quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson was once thought to be a logical replacement. Other hot names include Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, who also happens to be close with Slowik, Rams passing game coordinator Nick Caley, former Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, and Vikings quarterbacks coach Josh McCown, who was once a serious candidate in 2022 to be the Texans' head coach.

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I've seen a few places mentioning the Rams coaches, Josh McCown, but Chip Kelly is a new name.

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McCown as HC would have been awful but as OC is intriguing. Worked magic with Darnold

canadiaggie said:

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IrishAg said:

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Per the houston chronical (need a subscription but got this from the Texans Talk board)

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Offensive line coach Chris Strausser is also out, and assistant offensive line coach Cole Popovich's contractexpired.

Many in the building thought they'd have one of the best offenses in the league.

But Slowik's offense never lived up to the hype, never made adjustments or improvements.

Ryans was noticeably frustrated, indicating that the offense needed to improve. Quarterback C.J. Stroud, as well as other offensive players, had also expressed some frustration behind the scenes, and pondered whether Slowik would return the following season.

But ultimately the final decision rested on Ryans, who felt the Texans had a roster ready to compete for a Super Bowl, two league sources told the Chronicle.

The rest of the offensive staff will be evaluated when the new offensive coordinator is hired. So Popovich could return.

There are no immediate front runners for the job, but quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson was once thought to be a logical replacement. Other hot names include Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, who also happens to be close with Slowik, Rams passing game coordinator Nick Caley, former Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, and Vikings quarterbacks coach Josh McCown, who was once a serious candidate in 2022 to be the Texans' head coach.

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I've seen a few places mentioning the Rams coaches, Josh McCown, but Chip Kelly is a new name.

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McCown as HC would have been awful but as OC is intriguing. Worked magic with Darnold

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Very true, but I would worry about the same thing that I think killed Slowick, lack of expereince with play calling. Overall I think Slowick installed a good offense, but as a coordinator he didn't understand how to keep up with the needed adjustments and more importantly, he never seemed to have a good in game feel. Both years there were multiple games where the offense would be in a rhythm and we would just pull some un-needed insane play out that would completely kill every bit of momentum we had.

That's the biggest thing I worry about with grabbing McCown or promoting Johnson.

Also, with that said, if we're going unproven I would take someone from the McVay coaching tree

Also again......man if we could get Mike LaFleur I think that would be a really good fit. He originally was from the Shanahan tree, so he would know what we installed, he understands what DeMeco would want as he was Saleh's OC for 21 and 22, but he has been under McVay for the last 2 years so he should have a better idea of evolving and running an offense.

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IrishAg said:

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Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, who also happens to be close with Slowik,

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I'd take this guy just for the endless string of Dodgeball gifs it would weaponize.

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Ha! But see above, LaFleur (younger brother of Packers head coach Matt LaFluer) would potentially be a really good fit here.

Also the guy that is really intriguing is Chip Kelly.


Also, this guy was putting out the Slowick removal from rumors he heard 3 days ago:

Pointed out by this guy on a couple times, DeMeco has a relationship with Chip Kelly, and Kelly has really become an great OC. But the interesting thing is that Chip Kelly is the guy that originally hired Eagles O-line coach Jeff Stoutland. So that would be an interesting combination with the 2 coaches that were let go.

I kind of hope they either go away from the Shanahan offense or find someone who has a battle plan to innovate it drastically.

The entire league seems to be catching up to it and you need someone who can stay ahead of the curve.

Silent For Too Long said:

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I kind of hope they either go away from the Shanahan offense or find someone who has a battle plan to innovate it drastically.

The entire league seems to be catching up to it and you need someone who can stay ahead of the curve.

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I agree 100%, that's why I liked the idea of Mike LaFleur as he's been learning from McVay for the last 2 years.

I think the absolute home run would be Chip Kelly primary OC and Jeff Stoutland as Co-OC/O-line coach

DeMeco Ryans when talking about why the run game worked vs KC mentions “the double teams” (DUO) & how “that scheme fit us well” (GAP scheme).

I called for more gap scheme all year and wonder why it took Bobby Slowik so long to adapt to his personnel. Duo, power, counter, trap,… https://t.co/quoNwel29K pic.twitter.com/QfdZ1gtPWf

— Houston Stressans (@TexansCommenter) January 23, 2025

Interesting tidbit.

I'm on record saying slowick was a stupid hire. How can you hire a guy who's never called a play to coach a rookie qb ??

Ryan's isn't the guy!!!! CJ isn't the guy. They are both looking good in the afc south

Sorry for the truth for you guys who have Texans tattoos!

I don't think they had a lot of options with where the team was an Ryans' inexperienced as a HC. It was a fine hire for the situation, two years later, we need something more.

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I kind of hope they either go away from the Shanahan offense or find someone who has a battle plan to innovate it drastically.

The entire league seems to be catching up to it and you need someone who can stay ahead of the curve.

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Yeah the Shanahan way aint the way anymore. Caserio and Ryan's need to adapt.

Idk about that. 49ers will be back and good next year assuming 4 of their playmakers don't have season ending injuries again.

Texans will hire an experienced OC. Kubiak did it with wade, DeMeco will do it with someone.

3 of those 4 playmakers are old

Kyle Shanahan posts on texags ?