Washington fans were certainly impressed with Bobby Slowik’s offense.
At this time, one year ago, the Houston Texans held the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft. A few months later, Houston selected Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud with the No. 2 pick, and the rest, they say, is history.
On Saturday, Stroud led the Texans to a 45-14 blowout win over the Cleveland Browns in the AFC wild-card round. Stroud completed 16 of 21 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns in the victory.
Houston made two franchise-altering moves last offseason: Tabbing then-49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans as head coach and drafting Stroud. The Texans would see Stroud quickly emerge as one of the NFL’s best young quarterbacks in 2023, passing for over 4,000 yards, 23 touchdowns and only five interceptions.
But, most importantly, Stroud and Ryans led Houston from worst to first in the AFC South. Houston won three games in 2022 and 10 in 2023.
Another critical part of Houston’s resurgence is offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik. The 36-year-old followed Ryans to Houston from San Francisco, where he served as a protege under Kyle Shanahan for several seasons. Slowik’s offense in 2023 looked a lot like Shanahan’s. And his role in Stroud’s development has made him a hot candidate for some of the head coaching vacancies around the NFL.
One of those vacancies belongs to the Washington Commanders. The Commanders, like Houston one year ago, hold the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. Washington hired Adam Peters away from the 49ers as general manager on Friday and will ramp up its search for a head coach next week. Peters obviously knows Slowik well from their shared time in San Francisco.
How strong of a contender will Slowik be in Washington’s search?
Commanders’ fans were certainly watching Saturday’s game between the Texans and Browns, wishing they had a franchise quarterback like Stroud. They were also impressed with Slowik.
The Texans’ future is so bright with DeMeco Ryans and CJ Stroud.
DeMeco Ryans has been around the NFL for nearly two decades as a player and a coach. He’s worn every hat — from being in charge of quality control to coordinating the defense — and has shined incandescently amongst his peers. At this stage, one thing is apparent about the 39-year-old Houston Texans’ leader: everything he touches, and I mean everything, turns to gold.
King Midas, eat your heart out.
The Houston Texans weren’t supposed to beat the Cleveland Browns on Saturday afternoon. Despite an AFC South division title and a home playoff game, the Browns were favored, the experienced team who was about to show Ryans’ young Texans the ropes in a tight postseason atmosphere. Even the NFL might have inadvertently endorsed the Texans’ low voltage by placing them in the sleepy afternoon timeslot. There were likely few souls outside of Houston’s city limits who believed in this team continuing its season.
By the time the game clock showed all zeroes, with a dominant 45-14 score in favor of the Texans, that narrative was dead. It’s all thanks to Ryans and his golden touch.
The Texans are in the Divisional Round for the first time in half a decade because they believed in Ryans. They gave the former elite San Francisco 49ers’ defensive play-caller a six-year contract from the jump because they saw his potential and the impact he could have on their players. They pushed all their chips in on one of the finest young coaches in the sport because they wholeheartedly trusted his process, his decision-making, and his uncanny ability to steer a ship through rough waters.
We’ve seen it all season long, but Saturday’s emphatic performance in a playoff setting was an exclamation point. The Texans’ faith in Ryans was not misplaced. At all.
Let’s set aside Ryans’ evident impact on game day for a second.
Even while he seems the perfect leader for a young “rebuilding” team, Ryans set the Texans’ success into motion the moment they selected CJ Stroud (274 yards, three touchdowns on Saturday) and Will Anderson (one sack) in last year’s NFL Draft. Oh, and lest we forget, he also hired Bobby Slowik — perhaps the premier head coaching candidate this cycle — to develop Houston’s quarterback. Gee, I wonder who was instrumental in helping Stroud enjoy the best rookie season for a quarterback in NFL history?
It’s not rocket science, folks.
Support your signal-caller properly from the outset, and they will shine.
DeMeco Ryans had some high praise for his rookie QB after Stroud superb playoff debut:
"Our whole team is leaning on him and he has the shoulders to carry the weight." pic.twitter.com/vkPM1euTQi
In one offseason, the Texans nailed their head coach and offensive coordinator hires. They had the faces of the franchise on offense and defense. Put another way, Houston landed a Coach of the Year frontrunner, who then brought in a blazing hot head coaching candidate to coordinate his offense, and they added the likely Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year in one giant swoop. There are grand slams and there are moon shots into the stratosphere.
Ryans’ personnel masterstrokes for the Texans would qualify under the latter distinction.
No matter who the Texans play next weekend, they will likely be underdogs again. That’s just the nature of the beast when you’re not a traditional powerhouse. But underestimating what one of the NFL’s youngest teams can achieve in the bright lights of January would be a grave mistake. It would overlook Ryans, who has pushed all the right buttons for nearly a year. Why would he make a misstep now?
It would also discount what Stroud, Anderson, and Co. are all capable of together. It’s worth wondering whether this might only be their floor, not their ceiling. These Texans seem certifiably special in every meaningful way.
Saturday afternoon’s humiliation of the Browns was a statement. Ryans’ Texans are here to stay. Even if they fall short of a Super Bowl victory this year — which suddenly seems much more feasible — this feels like it’s the beginning of a franchise on the ascent. This felt like the start of an extended run as an AFC powerhouse for a decade or more. This could have been the Texans’ breakthrough moment into consistent prominence.
Everything Ryans touches turns to gold. No wonder the Texans are cashing in.
C.J. Stroud and the Texans chopped up the Browns’ usually stingy defense in the first half, and here’s how they did it.
Before Saturday’s wild-card game between the Houston Texans and the Cleveland Browns got started, it was clear that one key factor was going to be how often the Browns play single-high coverage vs. how Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud demolishes one-deep stuff.
The Browns played single-high on 64% of their defensive snaps in the regular season, the NFLâs highest rate. But Stroud against Cover-1 and Cover-3 in the regular season? He completed 141 of 228 for 2,054 yards, 1,335 air yards, 11 touchdowns, one interception, and a passer rating of 105.4 â only Dak Prescott and Lamar Jackson have higher passer ratings against Middle-of-the-field closed coverage this season.
Happy Wild-Card Weekend! Lots of stuff about today's games in "The Xs and Os with @gregcosell." Let's start with the @Browns' preference for single-high coverage, and C.J. Stroud of the @HoustonTexans' ability to shred Cover-1 and Cover-3.
It took little time for Stroud to show his mastery of single-high stuff in this game. With 11 seconds left in the first quarter, Stroud hit receiver Nico Collins on this fake-toss/Tunnel screen for a 15-yard touchdown.
Not that Schwartz moving to two-high helped much. Stroud’s third touchdown pass of the first half — a 37-yarder to tight end Dalton Schultz — saw the Browns with two deep safeties, and some miscommunication issues. Meanwhile, Stroud was once again showing outstanding deep touch when required.
Split-safety coverage. You donât want to over-play that stem to the 7 route. Just opens the door for Schultz to break to the post. https://t.co/USJF7aPHbt
At the half, Stroud was already setting rookie postseason records against one of the NFL’s stingiest defenses. And offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik is putting together quite a head coach resume.
Story of 1st half: Bobby Slowik putting Browns defense in a blender.
Texans: 286 yards in 1st half. Most by any team against CLE this season.
6 plays of 20+. Also the most vs. Browns.
Texans scored on 4 of 6 possessions, and 1 of 2 punts was after an overthrow to wide-open WR.
Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud vs. Jim Schwartz’s Browns defense is one of the best matchups of wild-card weekend. Here’s how it could play out.
Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik comes from the Kyle Shanahan tree, so you know that he wants to fool your defense with personnel. Slowik had been a defensive assistant and passing game coordinator under Shanahan both in Washington and San Francisco, so if there’s a 49ers-ish tint to what the Texans are doing, don’t be surprised.
One thing you’ll see from the Texans is explosive passing plays out of heavier personnel. It’s a Shanahan staple, Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniels (Shanahan’s former run game coordinator in San Francisco) draws on it as much as anybody, and Slowik continues that trend. Rookie sensation C.J. Stroud has 62 explosive passing plays in the 2023 season, and 22 of those plays have come out of 12, 13, 21, and 22 personnel — with multiple tight ends and/or running backs on the field.
Why is this effective? In preparation for his team’s wild-card matchup with the Cleveland Browns’ outstanding defense, Slowik got into why he likes to run things the way he runs them.
âThat was very intentional coming into the season that we did that,” Slowik said when asked why ne needs his personnel looks to be interchangeable. “Obviously in San Francisco thatâs kind of how that offense was built. I was lucky and fortunate enough to be there kind of when that evolution happened and we really started getting different pieces like that with guys that could play multiple positions. Really, you just see how freeing it is as someone who has to game plan, as a play caller, but also, itâs freeing for the quarterback. Just being able to know, âWherever I distribute this ball, on my four reads on this play, I trust and I love all these dudes. I want to get all of them the ball.â Thatâs really important.â
Dec 24, 2023; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik smiles before the game against the Cleveland Browns at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Slowik also deploys different guys in different positions because it makes things easier for the quarterback, giving him more pure progression reads against match-style coverages.
“I feel like a lot of it now, more across the NFL, thereâs more just zones and different versions of zones, in particular soft zones where you canât always determine where the ballâs going when teams are doing that,” Slowik said. “So sometimes â I think thatâs part of why a lot of NFL teams have gone to so much pure progressions where you just go from one to two to three because it just simplifies that whole process and at some point you know you have to get a completion, and you canât always determine who thatâs to. I know for us, thatâs why we coach how you handle yards after the catch, how you handle transition, how you handle when the ball is thrown to you in eight yards or less, how weâre making the most of those opportunities and getting the most yards, getting vertical on that stuff.
“We coach that a lot, namely because those are the teams that itâs really hard to game plan against when you canât pin-point where the ball is going and the quarterback has to go and distribute it all the way across the field. That would be the No. 1 thing to me.”
One thing Slowik knows he’s likely to see from Jim Schwartz’ Browns defense is single-high coverage. The Browns have played middle-of-the-field-closed coverage at a 64% clip, most in the NFL. Now, Schwartz loves to mix that up with different looks and inverted coverages, but you know what you’re going to get there. The task for Stroud, who missed Houston’s Week 16 loss to the Browns with a concussion, is to wade through all of that with the personnel he has. And that’s tough, because the Texans are missing a lot of their top receivers right now — Nathaniel “Tank” Dell is out, and Noah Brown and Robert Woods are questionable.
Fortunately, Stroud still has world-beater Nico Collins. And this is where the matchup could tilt in Houston’s favor.
Per @robertmays and @Nate_Tice of The Athletic Football Show, the Browns have faced 143 snaps of 12 personnel this season. They've put eight defenders in the box against on 90 of those snaps.
Another bit of good news for the Texans is that Stroud has absolutely annihilated single-high coverage this season. Against Cover-1 and Cover-3, Stroud has completed 141 of 228 passes for 2,054 yards, 1,335 air yards, 11 touchdowns, one interception, and a passer rating of 105.4 â only Dak Prescott and Lamar Jackson have higher passer ratings against MOFC coverage this season. Stroud is great at challenging single-high with crossers underneath, and quick-to-intermediate out routes to displace cornerbacks playing to the numbers.
And it’s not just Collins. Stroud can find openings against anybody with heavy personnel, as he showed on this 26-yard pass to fullback Andrew Beck against the New York Jets in Week 14. It was a hard crosser underneath the Jets’ Cover-3, and another example of a great defense a step behind what Slowik drew up, and what Stroud executed.
Explosive plays out of heavy personnel. A Shanahan staple, a Mike McDaniel non-negotiable, and @HoustonTexans OC Bobby Slowik is killing defenses with it, too. pic.twitter.com/Ue9NCeQdJv
Remember that Mays/Tice statistic regarding how the Browns stack the box as a default reaction to heavy personnel? Schwartz is smart enough to know what his own tendencies are, and how it might be time to switch things up.
CLEVELAND, OHIO – SEPTEMBER 24: Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz of the Cleveland Browns looks on during the first half in the game against the Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns Stadium on September 24, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
“Obviously a rookie, but has command that goes beyond usually the scope of a rookie,” Schwartz said this week of Stroud. “Decisive with the ball, accurate passer, buy some time time, makes big plays down the field. I think when itâs all said and done, the fact that heâs passed for as many yards as he has without turning the ball over is really impressive for a young guy. Usually the cost of doing business if youâre going to throw a lot of yards is you also turn the ball over a lot. Itâs been impressive what heâs been able to do. Weâre going to have to play tight coverage. Weâre going to have to stay after him in the pass rush. Weâre going to have to limit run after the catch because he does a good job of giving his guys opportunities to run after the catch, including Nico Collins. Thatâs one of the things he does best.â
Pair that with Slowik’s quote about why he aligns his passing structures against match stuff that limits YAC, and you have fodder for an amazing matchup.
In this week’s “Xs and Os with Greg Cosell and Doug Farrar,” the guys go deep into this fascinating matchup.
New "Xs and Os with @gregcosell: The @Browns have played more single-high coverage than any other team this season. C.J. Stroud of the @HoustonTexans has annihilated single-high coverage all season long. This one is going to be FUN. pic.twitter.com/YGy7yeavhn
In the biggest moment of his young career, Texans rookie C.J. Stroud rose to the occasion vs. Colts to help send Houston to the postseason.
By now, every NFL football fan in the country knows that the Houston Texans are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2019. If that information is new to you, you must have missed the rambunctious cheers coming from Houston last weekend when the Texans defeated the Indianapolis Colts, 23-19, to advance to the postseason.
For the Texans to punch their ticket, they needed their fearless young rookie quarterback to have a moment that they believed would happen, that they knew could happen, and watched as it happened. But he could not do it alone. He would also need wide receiver Nico Collins to continue to have the lights-out performance he was having on the day.
With the score tied at 17 early in the fourth quarter, Stroud took the field at 13:27 and began to put on a master class in handling pressure and adversity on the eventual game-winning drive that would have had most veteran quarterbacks folding under the anxiety and stress with so much on the line.
Stroud didnât get nervous on second down, needing 14 yards to move the chains when the pocket started collapsing around him. The former two-time Heisman finalist from Ohio State scrambled to buy himself and his receivers more time to make a play, a drill the offense works on every Thursday during game preparations.
Nico Collins on the huge fourth quarter play against the Colts: âHe just threw it in the air and put enough air under it and I said, âOh yea, I got time to go and get that.â I got it, laid out and moved the sticks for the team. I felt like that was a big play. We needed it.â pic.twitter.com/W3JiMMPjmk
As former teammate Jacob Martin barreled down on Stroud, he threw the ball toward the Texansâ sideline. To the untrained eye, it looked as if the ball was being thrown away, which was wise given the circumstances, yet Stroud and Collins knew precisely what the plan was when the play began to break down.
“I think it was pressure, so C.J. had to do what he had to,” said Collins, who finished the game with 195 yards receiving and one touchdown. âI seen him scrambling, so I was going to work with him. The same thing we have been doing every Thursday right before practice, scramble dills and off scheduled plays.
“I seen him scrambling and he was about to go to the right, my left, his right, and I was about to go with him and then I seen he was going back so I ran and tried to get in his picture. He just threw it in the air and put enough air under it and I said, âOh yea, I got time to go and get that.â I got it, laid out and moved the sticks for the team. I felt like that was a big play. We needed it.”
The play even amazed Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik as he watched it unfold.
âI was floored,â Slowik said. âC.J. [Stroud] told me, you can see my reaction on tape. I thought it was a special play by two guys who are just incredible football players. When he let it go, I had an idea of what he was doing. I was standing way in the back, so I can kind of see all of the eligible, and Nico [Collins] happened to break right when C.J. was letting it go, but it looked like C.J. maybe changed where he was going with the ball mid-throw.
âWhen he first let it go, I thought it was just a safe throw-away, and then as it was hanging in the air, I thought it had a chance, and then Nico made an unbelievable catch. I think I lost my mind for about five seconds, and the guys had to get me back ready to call the next play. It was an incredible play by two really good players on a critical drive in the game.â
Stroud finished that drive without an incompletion, and his final pass to Collins on the day helped put Houston in scoring position as the running back carried the ball into the end zone from three yards out on the next play to give the Texans the lead and eventually the game.
The Falcons have requested two more interviews for their head coach vacancy
The Atlanta Falcons have requested permission to interview eight different candidates for their head coach vacancy, according to multiple reports on Thursday.
The team will speak with both Detroit Lions coordinators, former Falcons interim head coach Raheem Morris, and a handful of other names. Add Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero and Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik to that list.
Both coaches have been requested for interviews by Atlanta.
Falcons have requested permission to interview Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero for their HC job, per league source.
Evero has been a hot name over the last two coaching cycles. Last year, the Broncos blocked the Falcons’ request to interview Evero for their defensive coordinator opening.
As for Slowik, he’s a name to watch after the year he had working with Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud. Houston was arguably the NFL’s most surprising team this season, winning the AFC South with a rookie head coach and quarterback.
Slowik could be a good fit if Atlanta drafts a quarterback, as many expect the team to in 2024.
Source: The Falcons have requested to interview Texans OC Bobby Slowik for their HC position.
The Titans are hoping to interview the two most highly-touted head coach candidates in this cycle.
The Tennessee Titans are putting in their requests for interviews with several potential candidates for their head coach vacancy and two of the more highly-touted ones are on that list.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Titans have put in a request to interview Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik, and NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports that Tennessee has also requested to speak with Detroit Lions offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson.
Of course, those aren’t the only two names the Titans have requested to interview, but they are no doubt the biggest.
Johnson has been the Lions’ offensive coordinator since 2021, and in that time the team has seen its offense become one of the better units in the league.
In 2022, the Lions finished fifth in points per game, eighth in passing yards and 11th in rushing yards. In 2023, Detroit ranked fifth in points, second in passing and fifth in rushing. Bear in mind, that was with Jared Goff under center.
Slowik, who has a connection to Titans general manager Ran Carthon from their days in San Francisco, has one year less of experience as a play-caller, but his first year in that role was very impressive.
Not only did the Texans improve across the board offensively, but C.J. Stroud had a historic rookie campaign that saw Houston finish with the No. 7 passing attack and get to the postseason.
Going into the process, Slowik and Johnson were my two top candidates for the Titans, who should be targeting an offensive-minded coach.
Johnson is at the top of my list over Slowik because he has slightly more experience as a play-caller, but I’d be happy with either one.
It remains to be seen if Johnson and/or Slowik have mutual interest in the Titans, or if they’ll even take the interviews. But it’s good to see Tennessee taking a stab at two of the most highly-touted candidates in this year’s cycle.
7 realistic coaching candidates to potentially replace Bill Belichick
The New England Patriots find themselves in unfamiliar territory over the last 24 seasons. After mutually agreeing to part ways with Bill Belichick, they are now in a position where they have a vacancy for a new head coach.
Finding a succession plan for Belichick, who is widely regarded as the greatest coach in NFL history, won’t be easy. Even if the team did fall off a cliff after the Tom Brady era, an argument could be made that things would have looked even worse with a lesser coach.
Belichick’s decision-making as a de facto general manager ultimately led to his undoing in New England more so than his coaching ability. Under his watch, the Patriots still had one of the best defenses in football, and they showed fight against significantly more talented teams.
But a 4-13 finish obviously wasn’t going to cut it.
The Patriots are looking to throw a fresh coat of paint on the franchise and get back to being a perennial contender. Here are seven coaching candidates to keep an eye on as potential replacements for Belichick:
Texans OC Bobby Slowik has become one of the hottest head coach candidates in the NFL, but all he’s focused on is facing the Browns.
Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik loves the game of football so much that he says it used to keep him up at night thinking about ways to make the Texans offense more efficient. He is constantly looking for different angles to take so that dynamic rookie quarterback C.J. Stroudâs job can be easier when taking snaps on Sunday.
The former offensive passing game coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers has excelled in the role given to him by his former colleague turned Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans. Slowik has overcome a lot of adversity when calling plays in his first year. He lost dynamic wide receiver Tank Dell midway through the season and has had to work around the loss of Stroud, wide receiver Nico Collins, and offensive lineman for multiple games this season.
Still, he has helped the Texans turn an inefficient offense that ranked 31st in the NFL last season to one of the more prolific offenses in the league as they finish the season ranked 12th.
That is why it is unsurprising that Slowik has become one of the hottest candidates for NFL head coaching vacancies. The Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders have asked for permission to speak to Slowik as he is at the top of their list as they search for offensive-minded coaches to help their young quarterbacks move to the next level like Stroud, who will more than likely win the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik says he is only focused on the Wild Card game against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday and not any head coaching position. #Texans#Sarge@TheTexansWirepic.twitter.com/0VKWiX7EWn
Yet, Slowik is not worried about the outside noise as he has to focus on the NFL Wild Card game against the Cleveland Browns this Saturday and their ferocious defense, which ranks in the top ten of most NFL defensive stats.
âYeah, itâs really easy to handle right now,â said Slowik when asked how he handles the request to be interviewed for head coaching jobs. âWeâre locked in on Cleveland. Weâre full speed ahead, kind of keeping our heads down in the dark. All of that stuff, Iâm very grateful. Iâm thankful to the Lord for giving me this opportunity. Iâm thankful to Nick [Caserio] and DeMeco [Ryans], and the Texans organization for putting me in this position, but right now, Iâm a Houston Texan.â
âIâm part of this organization and Iâm going to do everything I can to help us win Cleveland. Everyoneâs energy right now in this organization is devoted to, âhow do we play one more game?â How do we keep playing just one more game? We really have, what I believe is a special group of individuals. I know offensively thereâs guys in that room that I just canât imagine having to do this without right now. To really, as much as we can, just find a way to get four more games out of this â thatâs really what all of us are devoted to.â
One person who Slowik can call upon for advice when dealing with the pressure of trying to navigate putting a game plan together while blocking out the outside is Ryans, who went through a similar process last season when he was defensive coordinator with the 49ers last season. Ryans name was one of the hottest on the market while he was trying to help San Francisco reach the Super Bowl.
âYeah, my advice to Bobby is to be selective,â Ryans said on Tuesday during his press conference. âYou only get one opportunity to do it, and you want to make sure youâre selective and that youâre going to â if you get the opportunity â going to a place that you feel like you can be effective.â
The Commanders want to interview Slowik for their head coaching vacancy.
Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik emerged as one of the hottest head-coaching candidates for 2024 after his outstanding work with rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud.
Stroud, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, had an outstanding season, passing for over 4,000 yards with 23 touchdowns and just five interceptions. But most importantly, Stroud led an amazing turnaround for the Texans, who went from last to first place. Houston won the AFC South in Stroud and head coach DeMeco Ryans’ first year.
Stroud’s success, of course, shined a spotlight on Slowik. The 36-year-old is in his first season as an NFL offensive coordinator, following Ryans from San Francisco, where he served as Kyle Shanahan’s passing game coordinator in 2022.
With the NFL season over for 18 teams, the offseason has begun. That means coaching changes. And thus far, seven teams are looking for a new head coach â a number that could still grow. So, it was no surprise that other teams have requested permission to interview Slowik. The Washington Commanders are one of those teams.
Slowik began his NFL career in 2011 as a defensive assistant under Mike Shanahan, where he spent three seasons. After three years out of coaching, Slowik returned to the NFL with the 49ers in 2017, where he was promoted multiple times over his six years there.
As the Texans prepare for Saturday’s AFC wild-card game against the Cleveland Browns, Slowik was asked about receiving interest from teams with head coaching vacancies.
“It’s really easy to handle right now; we’re locked in on Cleveland,” Slowik said. “All that stuff, I’m very grateful, you know, I’m thankful to the Lord for giving me this opportunity. I’m thankful to Nick (Caserio) and DeMeco (Ryans) and the Texans organization for putting me in this position. But right now, I’m a Houston Texan. I’m part of this organization, and I’m going to do everything I can to help us in Cleveland. Everyone’s energy right now in this organization is devoted to how do we play one more game? How do we keep just playing one more game? We really have what I believe is a special group of individuals. I know, offensively, there’s guys in that room that I just can’t imagine having to do this without right now. As much as we can, just find a way to get four more games out of this. That’s really what all of us are devoted to.”
That’s a strong answer from Slowik. He’s laser-focused on the Cleveland Browns.
As of now, the Panthers are the other team that has formally requested permission to interview Slowik, with the Titans a possibility, too.
If the Texans lose on Saturday, Washington â or anyone else â could hire Slowik next week.
