2022 NFL: Worst offseason move for each of the 32 teams
By Randy Gurzi
Houston Texans: The whole offseason (outside of the Deshaun Watson trade)
It’s really hard to find a team that had a worse offseason in 2022 than the Houston Texans. In fact, it might be the worst offseason for a team since the 2021 Houston Texans.
Last year, they added David Culley who was seen as a lame-duck head coach. Culley is a well-respected coach who has been an assistant for many years. However, he was on nearly no team’s radar. Still, Houston brought him in — then did nothing to help him out.
After a year of him trotting out David Mills at quarterback, they fired him. But they didn’t let him go to chase a new hot name at the position. Instead, they hired Lovie Smith who will be starting his third stint as a head coach.
To make matters worse, they did nothing to help him — much in the same way they hung Culley out to dry. Houston still has Mills at quarterback despite the fact they could have asked the Cleveland Browns to throw in Baker Mayfield in their trade that sent Deshaun Watson to Cleveland.
That trade was still the only thing they did right this offseason as they added three Round 1 picks. Of course, the faith in the team still has fans worried about what they will do with those picks, especially after they reached with both Round 1 picks this year.
They have the capital to still turn things around eventually — and Brandin Cooks and John Metchie III can be good receivers — but they need to show they’re actually trying and not just continually holding out for the right rookie quarterback next year.