Head coach DeMeco Ryans said it. Quarterback C.J. Stroud echoed it.
The Houston Texans are “close” on offense.
Close to what?
At the conclusion of the 2024 season, the Texans fired offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik. They held a lengthy search and settled on Nick Caley for the job. They began the 2025 season with new starters at all five offensive line positions. Houston revamped the wide receiver room. Nick Chubb led the running backs with Joe Mixon injured.
No team has scored fewer points than the Texans. The team is 28th in yards per game. The pressure rate of Stroud is still in the top ten. The offense looked stale and uncreative.
It hasn’t looked good for the revamped offense.
“I think there's been a lot of growth,” Caley said this week. “Sometimes, if you sit there and live with the results and stuff, there is an element to that, obviously, but the process is more important.”
The process has been unimpressive.