Why Nick Caley Was Hired To Be Texans' Offensive Coordinator

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Texans offensive coordinator was brought in to replace Bobby Slowik, but part of the job clearly seems to be empowering C.J. Stroud.  The Drive's Clint Stoerner and Ron "The Show" Hughley talked about that here.

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00:00No, good conversation.

00:01Good conversation about the wide receiver thing there for most people.

00:07I see some people on the text line, as someone said here,

00:11you can't teach speed.

00:12Ross was just small and skinny.

00:17If it were about the fastest, if it was all about speed,

00:20the Raiders would be looking for their 20th Super Bowl.

00:25Nobody said it's all about speed.

00:27I said as this offensive roster is constructed right now,

00:31there's a lack of it.

00:32That's it.

00:33That's all I'm saying.

00:37Not all about speed, just recognizing a need here in Houston,

00:40and speed is absolutely one of them.

00:44Look, here's the other deal.

00:46When we're talking about first-round picks,

00:48and particularly the first-round picks that a lot of people want to point at

00:52as it pertains to speed, the fastest receivers or whatever,

00:57look, a lot of times those guys are drafted by dysfunctional organizations,

01:01and just like quarterbacks, they're drafted by dysfunctional organizations,

01:05and they're never put in position to have success.

01:08They're never supported and surrounded.

01:10A lot of them have piss-poor quarterback play.

01:13And so, I mean, there's several guys you can point at,

01:17at the running back position, tight end position, wide receiver position.

01:20That speed was predominantly a huge plus for them, and they've done well.

01:25There's a lot of them that didn't make it, just like there's big ones.

01:28There's big receivers that everybody thought,

01:29boy, this guy's going to be the best thing since sliced bread,

01:31and didn't piss a drop.

01:33You know, there's great route runners that, you know, didn't piss a drop.

01:36There's guys that had a ton of twitch, you know, kind of deal.

01:40Well, I understand that it's not always a perfect science,

01:44and it doesn't always work.

01:45I'm just telling you there's a lack of speed on the Houston Texans

01:48offensive side of the football, and in my opinion,

01:51they could use it desperately.

01:52And if you are a Houston Texans fan,

01:55and you watch the way that the offense has struggled

01:59in the more critical times of the season, which is in the playoffs,

02:04you know, some speed could have been – would have been welcomed.

02:08Yeah.

02:08Now, I know a lot of that had to do with injuries.

02:11You can just see the makeup of the team right now.

02:14Yeah.

02:14Like, they need that.

02:16Yeah, I mean, when we start talking about speed,

02:17if you've got to lean into Justin Watson and –

02:21I don't know where else you'd go with it.

02:23I guess –

02:24No, that's the other part of it.

02:26Tell me how good of a return guy Damian Pierce is.

02:29And, like, I don't know.

02:30I just – I think it's pretty obvious that there's a need for speed.

02:34Yeah.

02:35Good thing is you can find it.

02:38Reality is you can find it in all – in health throughout the draft,

02:43up and down the draft.

02:44Yeah.

02:44And I think they will do that.

02:47I don't know.

02:47I could see, though, with his makeup – because the culture thing is big for him.

02:55With his makeup and his relationship with the most important person in the organization

03:05and locker room right now, C.J. Stratton, I could see that being a potential match.

03:11I could see that.

03:12Yep.

03:12Yep, no doubt.

03:13And it may be great.

03:14It may work out great.

03:15I just – I've got an opinion, and it's pretty strong about speed

03:19and the need of it here.

03:21I wanted to play this from C.J.

03:25He said this – he said this the other day,

03:28and in particular what he said about his O.C. Nick Caley stuck out to me.

03:34That kind of is what I'm used to.

03:36You know, a little more pre-snap, you know, having tools to put my guys in the best position.

03:42And that's, you know, something that we really didn't work on these last two years.

03:46But, you know, being able to, you know, just get better and learn from, you know, what he did, you know,

03:52New England and L.A. would definitely help me because I feel, you know,

03:55those are two schemes that I'm, you know, taking full ownership and running the show,

03:59and that's what I want.

04:00So, you know, I'm going to get what I want, and that's really been really cool just to see

04:04that he's, like, bought into me and he doesn't really know me well yet.

04:07So, you know, he talked about today having blind trust, and I have a lot of trust in him already.

04:11Just how he talks and, you know, how he presents in the room and things like that is really cool to see.

04:16What, how, as somebody who played, and you've been coached by all type of coaches,

04:24from Bill Parcells to Houston Nut, Dave Campo, Mark Trestman,

04:30you've been coached by a lot of different guys, type of styles.

04:33What do you think when you hear CJ say to the tuna, I'm glad that he put all,

04:41and understanding where CJ is in his career, where he put all of that blind faith in me

04:47and trust in me to hand me the reins, and he hasn't even really met me.

04:53Well, I think he was hired based on that, but that's what I think.

04:57He was hired to be the exact opposite of what I'm guessing, but what it seems like,

05:04is Bobby Slowick was a guy that allowed very little input,

05:10wanted CJ Stroud to just do what he's teaching him and do it to the best of his ability,

05:14and Nick Kaley is a guy that was hired to do this,

05:21but I believe Nick Kaley is a guy that is stroking CJ the same way that D'Amico Rines

05:26and Nick and everybody stroked CJ every time they talk about him,

05:29they stroke the hell out of him.

05:30I would imagine that is the same approach from Nick Kaley,

05:34and I could see where that would feel really good for Gerard Johnson and CJ Stroud

05:42to experience the opposite of Bobby Slowick, and not even that Bobby Slowick,

05:47I don't know how bad it was, but Bobby wouldn't have had to be just this tyrant

05:51running around the building.

05:56I've been with offensive coordinators that just were to themselves.

05:59They were introverted.

06:00They didn't want input.

06:01They didn't allow input.

06:02They didn't encourage an open-door policy.

06:05They wanted you to just do what they coach and do it well

06:08and don't ask questions and shut the hell up and let's move on.

06:11And, you know, some guys have been very successful with that.

06:15When you have that and then you jump into what it seems like Nick Kaley

06:19has been hired to do, which is, you know, allow more of a collective effort

06:25than just be your way or the highway, I would see where CJ Stroud would welcome that.

06:31And I, for one, I think that's the way it should be.

06:35I think when you find – now, unless your offensive play caller is the head coach

06:38that has pelts on the wall that, hey, man, this is how we do things

06:42and we win championships.

06:43Like, you can go in and Andy Reid doesn't need a ton of input,

06:45even though he – I mean, he is – there are a ton of stories out there

06:48where he took Pat's game into consideration and still does with how he creates.

06:53But, you know, when you've got a first-time play, got a third-year quarterback

06:59and a third-year quarterback coach, you've got a lot of youth in the building,

07:01I would think that the collective effort is probably –

07:04I do think – with that example, I think he did – it was more than two years

07:07before he was just like, all right, man, you got it.

07:09You're talking about Andy and Pat?

07:11Yeah.

07:12That's just – that's the part that is – it's like, yeah, before even really us sit down

07:16and meeting and talking and going over stuff, like he's had blind trust in me.

07:21What a little ruski, dude.

07:23It's wild, but I think that's where they're at.

07:24It's unusual, yeah.

07:25The thing is, is that, like, when you look at a guy in Andy Reid

07:29that's had his system for so long and you bring a guy like Pat Mahomes in,

07:34you know exactly what part of your offense is going to be a perfect fit for this kid.

07:40And then when this kid – when you watch this kid's film or you watch –

07:43or you talk to Pat and Pat goes, this is what I like to do,

07:45Andy Reid knows immediately then how to go get the plays in his playbook that do that

07:50and apply it.

07:51So it's a much more efficient process with a guy like Andy Reid.

07:54Nick Kaley, we'll see.

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