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Lovie Smith and His Role With the Texans

A few days ago Lovie Smith, the new associate head coach and defensive coordinator of the Texans, held a press conference to reporters.  He made it clear one of his goals and philosophies is generate offensive turnovers.  Last season, the Texans had a league low 9 turnovers.  One of Lovie Smith's teams as head coach of the Chicago Bears had as many as a league high 44 turnovers.  Mr. Smith also mentioned about the importance of the cornerback in his scheme and how they needed to be deep in that specific position.  Fast forward to 12:25 to see him speak about the subject.




One can see already how deep the Texans are in defensive personnel.  I wanted to include this Wikipedia Link because I think best illustrates how deep the Texans already are at specific positions even though it doesn't have the most detailed information.  They have been focused on addressing their defensive issues especially at cornerback. Check out this Pro Football Reference roster link if your interested in seeing more detailed information on each player.  This clip above features a brief interview by linebacker Jordan Jenkins.  He doesn't say much but does he expresses his willingness to play in different situations when asked by a reporter (around 19:10 in the video clip) about his role with the team.  This may be an important clue of sorts in that it reveals how fluid the personal issues is on the Texans especially this offseason.  

While were on the subject of Lovie Smith here, I do think its important to emphasize speculation of his possible role with the Texans.  Yes, he will be the defensive coordinator but what exactly will his dual role be as Texans associate head coach?  Lovie Smith actually has head coaching experience with the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and on the college level with the University of Illinois.  He's arguably the most experienced member on the Texans coaching staff.  New head coach hire David Culley was controversial in that he does not have prior head coaching experience.  Culley during his coaching career has been mostly as a wide receiver and quarterbacks coach.

Did Smith take this job because he didn't want to deal with the administrative issues of being a head coach? Was Culley brought in because of his willingness to be more of a friendly front man of sorts, willing to openly collaborate and compromise behind the scenes?  If that's true, does that mean behind the scenes both Smith and Culley essentially are co-head coaches of the Texans?  Do that mean they have equal input on the decisions determining the personnel and other types of administrative decisions being made by GM Nick Caserio?  Time will only tell.   

Yesterday, there was a Texans 360 show that spent time actually discussing more about the Texans defense.  The highlight was an interview with linebacker Christian Kirksey and a discussion about safety Justin Reid who was kept from the prior teams.  I wasn't planning on including this since it was posted only yesterday but I'm glad the franchise on their official show its actually talking about the new defense being put together.  





  

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