The Texans’ quarterback situation is in flux, but their staff is coming together, at least. After agreeing to hire David Culley as their new head coach, the Texans are now eyeing former Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith and longtime NFL quarterback Josh McCown for assistant coaching roles (Twitter link via Tom Pelissero of NFL.com). 
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Smith seems to be the team’s leading candidate for the defensive coordinator vacancy. McCown, meanwhile, would help out on the other side of the ball, though it doesn’t sound like he’d jump straight to offensive coordinator. That job, barring any changes, will continue to be occupied by offensive coordinator Tim Kelly. Kelly has drawn interest from around the league, but the Texans have denied every interview request.
McCown & Co. will have the unenviable task of remaking the offense without Deshaun Watson under center. The Texans were hoping to work things out, but his mind is made up — the QB wants a trade, and he appears to be targeting the Jets or Dolphins as his landing spot. Watson is uniquely positioned to dictate his destination, thanks to his no-trade clause.
On defense, the Texans could do the unthinkable and part ways with edge rusher J.J. Watt. The face of the franchise has one year to go on his deal with a $17.5MM cap hit. If the Texans are truly looking to reboot things, they could trade their two biggest stars to replenish their depleted draft stock.
I mean, McCown can just be an unofficial coach. like dont hire a QB coach and have him handle that or something like that.
Fir the record. The Texans have Watson under contract. They don’t have to do anything.
You just have an extremely unhappy person playing the most important position isn’t going to end well.
Doesn’t matter he owns it to his teammate to play hard and try to win. If he loses the locker room that makes him look bad. Real bad
That’s insulting to Watson, as it would be to any player adamant about seeking a trade. There’s no reason to suppose that Watson will dog it on the field out of spite. If I owned the team, I’d let him retire if it came to that rather than allow him to force a trade. I’d save $34 million in salary, and that would enable me to sign other players of my choosing rather than accept offered players from other teams who see me bargaining from a position of weakness.
Yeah but if you trade him you’re getting the cap space and picks, rather than just cap space. That’s not a move that’s good for the franchise. You’re just being stubborn.
Lovie Smith
No wonder Watson wants out lol
Lovie would be the DC and have limited contact with Watson, so your comment makes little sense. Also, Lovie was a players coach and beloved by most of the players on his teams. He is best suited for a DC role as he has shown in the past.
Have you seen his college defense rankings? Not good, but Culley passing game was last too…are they trying to get worse than 4-12?
he’s done so well coaching and beating up in the big ten, it’s time to come back to the nfl to show everyone what he’s learned. not.
There’s nobody on the entire planet to hire that will make this team good anytime soon.
I don’t agree. The AFC South has been won by four different teams since 2014 and the only repeat winner was Houston. This is clearly a wide open division where even the Jags could climb back on top in the next few years.
i meam just look at the roster and draft assets. BoB really set them back.
Texans are bad, and getting worse. The only thing that will really help them is a complete change, from ownership on down.
Uninspired by the head coach hire, follow that up with uninspiring position coaches..I mean damn, come on..law of averages says you should get something right this off season but no Texans organization is 0 for the offseason! Top notch there idiots! Now trade DW4 for not enough like you did with DHop and the off-season will be complete!
Looks like they want Lovie Smith on the staff to get the negative locker room attitude out of there.