“New juice” is what wide receiver Nico Collins said excited him about the offense of the Houston Texans.
Days before the Texans debut their new offense on the road against the Los Angeles Rams, multiple players have driven home what DeMeco Ryans desired from Nick Caley when he hired him earlier this year.
No more squeezing square pegs in round holes.
“I feel like a lot of times in the NFL, from what I've learned, a lot of coaches or teams try to make the player fit the scheme instead of the scheme fitting the player,” quarterback C.J. Stroud said Wednesday. “I think it's sometimes a good thing because you get to challenge yourself to try new things, but also, I think you should come in and try to have the scheme fit the players in a way. Certain guys are really good at X, Y, and Z and not good at A, B, and C.”
What Stroud is talking about is one of the reasons Bobby Slowik was O-U-T as offensive coordinator, and Caley is I-N.