SB Nation argues Houston’s offensive woes stem from coordinator Nick Caley’s coaching, not its players. The piece says a ranking puts Caley among the NFL’s bottom five play-callers; C.J. Stroud threw for more than 350 yards in a game in which Houston scored fewer than 10 points.
The article says former Texans coordinator Bobby Slowik ranks last in the comparison and that six of seven other play-calling hires it lists from the past two offseasons are doing better than Caley; it identifies Chip Kelly, now in a college job, as the exception. The author contrasts the offense’s limited change under Caley with a defense that, the piece says, became elite under Matt Burke.
The writer raises, without confirming it, the possibility that C.J. Stroud’s not signing a $50 million extension offer reflects dissatisfaction with Houston’s offense. The piece acknowledges that firing an offensive coordinator midseason could derail the year, but suggests assistant Jerry Schuplinski as a possible in-house play-caller, citing his three Super Bowl rings, familiarity with the Erhardt–Perkins system and role in Stroud’s 2026 offseason improvement.
