Here is everything Houston Texans Executive Vice President and general manager Nick Caserio said following the conclusion of training camp and the release of the initial 53-man roster, including how close wide receiver Tank Dell is to returning, contract negotiations with quarterback C.J. Stroud
, the possibility of adding a quarterback to the practice squad and his thoughts on NFL players returning to college football.
OPENEING STATEMENT: “I appreciate you guys being here. It’s hard to believe that camp is over, I think camp flew by. I feel like we were just talking a month ago when we kicked off training camp. Overall, as [head coach] DeMeco [Ryans] mentioned last week, pretty productive camp. The team is in a good spot. Roster management is pretty fluid
here. I would say today is really more of a snapshot about where we are, there is probably going to be some changes and modifications as we go. Overall, the core of the team is in place. We’ll try to have a good couple days here this week and get ready for one of the best teams, week and a half from now, in Buffalo. In real-time today, a couple things that are taking place. We had released Brevin [Jordan] and ‘Dom Rob’ [Dominique Robinson], we re-signed both of those guys. The corresponding moves, Braden Smith is going to IR and Sam Hagen is going to IR. That's four weeks, four games, however you look at it. I'd say when you just look at the overall roster, we've talked about this I'd say multiple times, some positions you carry your depth on the roster, some positions you carry your depth off the roster. We don't view it as 53, we view it as 69, 70 players. Everybody is available, essentially, to play each week. DeMeco actually addressed the team this morning, essentially mentioned that. The players who are on the practice squad, you're preparing [to] play potentially on Sunday. It doesn't mean you're on the practice squad, you just go out there and kind of mail it in. You're getting ready to play. Just because we have X on the roster doesn't mean there's a player off the roster that couldn't play in the first game or in the second week or whenever that is. That's how we approach it. That's why we're very intentional and purposeful with who those players are on the practice squad. Those are legit NFL players that we feel at some point, if they had to go out there and play, we feel comfortable putting them on the field. There are multiple examples of players that are playing for us currently or players that are on the roster that are going to be playing here at some point. That's how we view it. I think everybody gets caught up in the [initial] 53 [man roster]. 53 is a number. We don't look at it as 53. We look at it in totality, the number of players that are actually in the building that are eligible to play for us. That's how we approach it. Overall, I think the focus right now is getting ready to play a really good Buffalo Bills team. They are certainly going to test us. They're one of the best teams in the league for a number of years now. They have arguably two of the best players at their positions in the league. They do in [James] Cook and Josh Allen. We know what the challenge is in front of us in a couple of weeks from now. Overall, the team is in a decent spot. We’ll try to have a good, productive week. Then everybody kind of gets the weekend to recalibrate. Everybody comes back in here on Monday and it's time to go.”
Question: On transforming the roster into a championship-caliber team since 2021
Nick Caserio: “Every year we just try to put together what we feel is the best team possible. I think the players that we brought in the building, we feel are good players. In the end, it's about the players. We're only as good as the players and their performance on the field. I think DeMeco and I philosophically share a lot of the same beliefs in how to build a football team, what's important in a football player, the types of people and players we want to have in the building. I would say before DeMeco arrived, we were very purposeful with who we brought in the building, understanding that nothing is going to change overnight. It's going to be multiple moves over the course of time, understanding there's going to be some swings and misses. Not every player, or decision you make, is going to work. I think the ability for us to just adapt, adjust and try to put together a comprehensive team that has enough depth that can essentially play in any situation, any circumstance, understanding that we're going to sustain some losses. We sustained some losses here in training camp. We're going to sustain some losses during the season. In the end the most important thing is to get the right people with the right mindset and with the right mentality in the building. They put in the work. Ultimately, we can talk about how good of a team we think we have, what the expectations are. In the end it doesn't really matter. It's going to come down to how we play. It doesn't really matter what I think. It doesn't really matter what anybody else thinks outside of the building about how good of a team we may or may not have. How well we play is ultimately going to determine how good of a year we have. That's how we approach it. That's why the focus is really on nothing else but Buffalo.”
Q: On WR Tank Dell
Caserio: “He’s definitely making progress. Even when we started training camp, we didn't include him on kind of the reserve list. He was in a different category than some other players. I think every player, we kind of look at their situation and say, what do we need to do to get as good an evaluation as possible and make a determination about where they are. He is close. He is not quite there, which is why he's in the category that he's in. I think we'll have a better idea with a lot of these guys after four weeks, four games, whatever it is. I'd say he's definitely closer now than he was, let's say, in training camp. There's a little bit more work that remains. But overall, he's in pretty good spirits. There are certain things we just have to see. Some of this too, is honestly for him mentally to make sure he has enough confidence that he can go out there and perform the way he's capable of, the way he knows how to.”
Q: On specifically how close WR Tank Dell is
Caserio: “After four weeks, we'll see where he is. The next step is, that those players, they can start to practice. Whenever that is. It could be after four weeks, a little bit further out. That's the first step. The games, you're not going to really know. It's really going to be practice. If you can get through X number of practices, get in some of the team settings, then the next step will be can you get into a game? There's no preseason games, it's whenever he does start the clock practice-wise, is he ready, is he healthy, is he capable, does he feel good? Then we're going to have to let it rip. Those players in those reserve categories after essentially Dallas, that's four weeks or four games, we'll kind of see where those players are in terms of reincorporating them back into practice. Whenever you start those players, they have 21 days technically before you have to activate them or you're forced to make a decision. I think we'll have a little more information once we get into October on a lot of those players.”
Q: On TE Brevin Jordan
Caserio: “‘Brev,’he's back here. He's probably close to practicing. I'm not sure if he's going to practice here this week. Probably looking more like it's going to be next week. He's had a good attitude. It’s good to have him in the building. We will kind of see what kind of progress he makes.”
Q: On QB C.J. Stroud’s contract negotiations
Caserio: “As it pertains to C.J., similar to what I said in training camp, we've had productive discussions. I would say the reality is, we will either get it figured out before the season starts or if we don't, it's something we will address in the offseason. Whenever it happens, it happens.”
Q: On keeping a certain number of running backs and wide receivers on the initial 53-man roster
Caserio: “We kept X on the roster, then some of our depth at those positions is off the roster. We have five running backs in the building. Jawhar [Jordan] is in the building; Noah Whittington is in the building on the practice squad. We have five running backs in the building. We don't distinguish or delineate, ‘We have three on the roster.’ We have five running backs in the building, nine receivers counting [Mitchell] Tinsley. All those players are eligible to play. Whoever we feel we have to take to the game each week, we'll take to the game. We wanted to construct the roster that way. I've said this a thousand times, some of our depth is on the roster, some of our depth is off the roster. The numbers are the numbers. Some positions are going to have more than others. That's how we feel we have to construct it at that point in time. There could be changes, there could be players that come on, players that come off. Those two positions, we have five running backs in the building, we have nine receivers, so we treat them all the same.”
Q: On whether he believes the offense has found the best five linemen to protect QB C.J. Stroud
Caserio: “Yeah, we feel like we have the best five to put on the field. That's why the group that's out there is probably going to be out there. We have 10 on the roster now, with Braden and Sam going over. That includes Nate [Thomas] with the trade that we made. We have 10 guys. Honestly, any one of those 10 could probably play, be productive and be competitive for our team. We will probably go with the five that we have, that have been out there the last couple weeks. I feel like that's a good group. Then we have really good depth behind them. We're going to take eight to the game each week. Something happens during the course of the game, someone is going to have to go in and play tackle, center or guard if we lose somebody. The 10 guys we have here, other than Febechi [Nwaiwu], have all played a lot of football. Febechi we feel is a good prospect that's only going to get better with the more time he has, the more time he has on task.”
Q: On whether the intention was for C/G Keylan Rutledge to be able to play two positions when he was drafted
Caserio: “With all the inside players, some of it is whatever they played in college. If they're playing inside, can they play another position. Can a guard play center? Can a center play guard? Can a right guard play left guard? We're going to look at all that. At some point we're going to say in the end we feel this is probably the best spot for that player, understanding that those reps that they get at the other position could potentially come into play at some point down the road. In the end we feel like Keylan right now is the best left guard. Honestly, he's probably the best offensive lineman that we have. We’re glad he's here. If he has to go play center at some point, I'm sure he can do it. We feel right now the best spot for him is left guard with [C/G] Evan [Brown] at center and [G] Ed [Ingram] at right guard.”
Q: On the decision to trade C/G Jarrett Patterson and put C Jake Andrews on the initial 53-man roster
Caserio: “Jake has played a lot of good football for us. He played 1,100 snaps last year. I'd say they're two different players. Jake is probably a little better of a center than ‘JP’ is. ‘JP’ has more position versatility. I would say that one kind of came down to the wire. The reality is, if we didn't have the situation that we had at tackle, then ‘JP’ probably would still be here. We felt like we're probably going to need another tackle, call it a third or fourth tackle. Essentially the two moves that we made were done in conjunction with one another. If we didn't get [T] Nate [Thomas] or didn't get the tackle, we probably wouldn't have traded ‘JP’ and he would have been here. That was a tough one. I have a lot of respect and appreciation for Jarrett Patterson, what he's done for this program. As a rookie, he had to go in there and start at center early on in the season because we had some injuries. Two good football players. Tough decision. We felt like in the end if something happened at center, then Jake could go in there and we could continue to play good football. Jake is a tough son of a gun. He played 1,100 snaps last year. Say what you want to say about Jake Andrews, but he played 1,100 snaps on a team that won 13 games last year. There’s certainly something to be said for that.”
Q: On the decision of trading for WR Kayshon Boutte
Caserio: “I think we're always aware of players that could potentially be available. We kind of look at our team and situation. If there's an opportunity we feel makes sense, we'll pursue it. I think he's a player that had been available probably since the spring. New England hadn't done anything with the player. I would say the [Jayden] Higgins situation probably spearheaded that a little bit. Understanding that it's unfortunate what happened to Jayden, but there was an opportunity to add a player of Kayshon's caliber. We felt like it was worth a discussion. The flipside of it, it's kind of like the Patterson discussion. We had to give up [Jaylen] Reed, who we felt was a good young player. When he played last year, played against Buffalo, had 12 tackles in the first start. Then he played in the playoffs. There's give-and-take. You're going to lose players, give up some players sometimes to get something in return. Kayshon is a player, take the playoff game out of it, I think everybody focuses on that, when you look at the '24 and '25 season, he played 700 snaps, played a lot of snaps, played good football, had good production. He’s a young player. In the end it was kind of fit, situation and timing. It kind of worked out for all parties involved.”
Q: On college players playing in the NFL and returning to college
Caserio: “Twofold. First of all, it's ridiculous. Secondly, it doesn't really impact our job. The whole concept, we could spend an hour having that discussion. It doesn't necessarily materially impact kind of what we're doing specific to training camp and those types of things. If they are in college, if they go back to college, you just evaluate them as if you would through the college lens, through the college process. We didn't have any players that fell under that restraining order so it wasn't really going to affect us. Conceptually, it's affected basketball as well. There was a kid that went back to Alabama that was in the G-League. Look, if you’re a professional player, then you're a professional player. To go from being a professional player to a college athlete or amateur athlete, the whole thing is kind of ridiculous.”
Q: On having five tight ends on the roster and their gameday roles
Caserio: “It would probably be hard to get five to the game on a weekly basis. I think most teams are anywhere from three to four depending on what the role is. If you look at tight end and fullback as kind of one entity… We don't have a fullback. If you have a fullback and three tight ends, you are using those players accordingly. If you don't have a fullback, you can take four tight ends to the game and have enough work for them to do. I'd say five is probably a lot to get to the game unless you want to run goal line every play. I don't think we're going to do that. I think that's an example of that's a position where our depth is on the roster. I'd say relative to the rest of the league, we feel like we have decent depth at that position. That could change. I think that was part of the impetus for having that many players on the roster at that position, understanding one or two of them are going to probably be inactive, which we're going to have to make seven or eight players inactive each week. Some of this there is some give-and-take. That's how we approach it.”
Q: On what he and Head Coach DeMeco Ryans like about the roster entering this season
Caserio: “I think our physicality and toughness is something that we're always going to want to hang our hat on. I think good execution, playing with precision and physicality. I think that's kind of been a theme at training camp. Knowing what to do, knowing how to do it, doing it at a fast rate of speed, doing what your coach says, playing good, smart, tough, hard football. That's what we're trying to play each week. In the end this league is about points and about turnovers. Not to simplify it or oversimplify it, but can we move the ball and score points offensively, can you keep the other team out of end zone, can you take the ball away and protect the football. In the end that's what this comes down to. I think we were going through our ball presentation last week, which we do on a weekly basis. I think this is right, but I want to say teams that didn't turn the ball over league-wide, all teams league-wide, I think your win probability is 75% something ridiculous. If you just don't do anything else, just take care of the football, you take the ball away. I think it was the other way, if you didn't take the ball away, your win probability decreased. There's a heightened awareness on the ball in this program. I think it's important that we have players that understand that and that can play a certain way. That's kind of what we're looking for as we build the team.”
Q: On QB C.J Stroud and the offenses progress
Caserio: “Overall, I think we made a lot of progress. We're a lot further along than we were last year. Everybody's has got more comfort in the system, more experience. I said this at different points in training camp, I think C.J.'s leadership, his accountability, his communication, all those things have been as good as they've been since he's been here. In the end it's the communication between the players, communication between him and the offensive line, the communication between him and the skill players. ‘Hey, on this route here is what I'm looking for, what are you seeing.’ Those are the things we've done a really good job on. You'll see that manifest itself in practice. Can that carry over into the game when we're playing a new team, new scheme? Which I would say going into Buffalo there's a lot of unknowns because I think a lot of stuff that [Bills Defensive Coordinator] Coach [Jim] Leonhard did in the preseason we're probably not going to see here. There's probably going to be some different things we're going to have to deal with Week 1 that we haven't seen. Then you go back to your foundation, your training and those types of things. Overall, the group's worked really hard, made a lot of progress. Hopefully that translates into good production once we hit the field on Sundays.”
Q: On the draft evaluation of C/G Keylan Rutledge
Caserio: “The attitude, his makeup, I don't think that changed since he's been playing football. Definitely something that we liked about him. I think from a football standpoint, the majority of his snaps were at right guard. That's kind of what we had to evaluate. Now we moved him over to left guard, he's assimilated without issue there. There are some things pass protection-wise that quite frankly showed up negatively when you look at some of the one on ones at the Senior Bowl, some of his tape. Some was more technique related. He's very coachable, he wants to do it the right way. He can absorb a lot of information. He shows up on the tape. DeMeco shows highlights of practice every day. He shows up on the tape finishing plays clean, not being dirty, going right to the line, which is what you want to see. Him and [Las Vegas Raiders DE Maxx] Crosby got into it a little bit. Then they cut it off. He wasn't backing down from Maxx. Maxx is one of the best players in the league. Maxx is a badass, I would say. Keylan is not afraid. He has physicality and toughness, which is why we drafted him. You saw that on his tape. Hopefully we can carry that through to the season, which I think everybody is pretty confident that he will.”
Q: On how much he leans on Offensive Line/Offensive Run Game Coordinator Cole Popovich in the draft process for offensive linemen
Caserio: “It's twofold. We rely on our precision coaches quite a bit. If we have an evaluation of a player where we don't have a lot of questions, which I would say in Rutledge's case we didn't have a lot of questions. We kind of put that to bed. We don't really have a lot of questions or issues. When you kind of transition in that February, March period, you give the coaches a list of players to watch. We get their input and their evaluation. We do it with every position in the building. Cole is certainly a part of that. I think Cole has a good sense and feel for things that we feel are important. It's no different than the things that DeMeco and I prioritize. When it kind of matches up… I think one of the things we talked about was the pass protection issues, some of those things. Cole was pretty confident that it's correctable or fixable. You put some stock in that. When it comes to the defensive line, what Rod [Wright] thinks about a defensive lineman or what [Defensive Coordinator] Matt Burke thinks about a defensive lineman is certainly going to matter. We get a lot of opinions from a lot of folks, have a lot of confidence in a lot of people. Depending on where we are in the evaluation spectrum, what we need, we'll get that information and hopefully put it all together and try to make a good decision.”
Q: On his confidence level of LB Jake Hansen and LB Wade Woodaz being available
Caserio: “Jake was out there yesterday, he's practicing this week. He should be ready to go. Wade, you have to kind of let that thumb resolve there a little bit, kind of see what he's able to handle. It's going to come down to the physical contact. He can hopefully keep up some of his conditioning, some of the other things. He definitely has a shot to play Week 1. Whether he actually plays, we'll see how he handles contact. Jake is ready to go. I feel pretty confident that he should be able to make contribution here in Week 1.”
Q: On if the possibility of re-signing a player to a long term contract factors into the evaluation process when trying to acquire a new player
Caserio: “Once they're in our building, we're evaluating everything. Then we have a number of data points, whether it's practice, whether it's meetings, whether it's the weight room. We'll factor everything in and then figure out, ‘Is this a player that we feel like we want to be able to continue with?’ Even if we want to continue with a player, if they make it to free agency, then it's going to come down to dollars and cents as we all know. The market is ultimately going to dictate if you get ahead of him, consummate an agreement before, then great. Probably not going to know with a new player until you get further along in the process. Then there has to be a mutual, ‘We're both willing to engage,’ or ‘We'll wait till the season and see how it goes.’ Once the player is in the building, we get a good evaluation and make a determination whether it's a player we want to have beyond this season.”
Q: On if that is a similar process for players who are already in the building
Caserio: “It's similar in some respects. They're in the building. We're evaluating them. We're obviously going to have a body of work, hopefully have a body of work, during the course of the season. We'll have discussions and figure out who are the players we want to keep. Even if we want to keep the player, maybe they want to test the market, maybe they want to look at some other options. No problem. If the player moves on, we have to move on. I think that's one of the things that we try to do, is not get too caught up in one particular player, one particular negotiation. If they work out, they work out. If they don't, DeMeco and I are kind of both of the mindset we'll figure it out. That's kind of how we approach it.”
Q: On the idea of signing a quarterback to the practice squad
Caserio: “We’ll kind of look at that. At some point, we'll probably have another quarterback in the building besides me. I don't think anybody wants to see that. At some point we'll probably have a third quarterback in here.”
Q: On whether contract negotiations will wait until after the season with QB C.J. Stroud if not reached before the regular season begins
Caserio: “Every situation's going to be different. We've done some deals during the season. I would say, once players get into the season, sometimes they want to focus on football and don't want to worry about dealing with the contract. Maybe it's not as clean as some others. We've done it both ways. We've done deals before training camp, we've done deals during Training Camp, during the season. We'll see how this goes. It's just my sense. I could be wrong. I'm wrong a lot. We’ll kind of see how it goes, kind of keep working through it.”
Q: On the idea of signing an international player to the practice squad
Caserio: “The international player is always an option. It's an extra player. We'll look at what the options are. You don't want to stick a guy in there just because he's from Germany and say Here’s the international practice squad player and he doesn't really know what football is. If there's an opportunity, we'll look at it and see if it makes sense.”
Q: On how playing college quarterback helps him evaluate quarterbacks
Caserio: “Don't play like me. Believe me, the players in our league, they're so far advanced and so gifted. I think some of the basics when you look at quarterback play in general, regardless of the level, they're going to apply. I wasn't the biggest guy, I wasn't the fastest guy, I didn't have the biggest arm. I tried to play smart, tried to make good decisions, take care of the football, have an understanding of coverage, understanding of what the defense is doing, understanding what is called for on the play, where to go with the ball. Those things still apply. Am I partial to quarterbacks when I evaluate quarterbacks? I love evaluating quarterbacks. I wasn't very good, but I kind of have a general idea of what the expectation is. I love every aspect of my job, but I love watching quarterbacks. They come in all different shapes and sizes. I think the game has definitely evolved, what you're seeing in college and even in our league. I take a lot of pride, a lot of joy in that. I loved playing the position. Love evaluating all positions. I'm probably a little partial to quarterbacks. Which defensive guys think I’m partial to offensive guys, which isn't true, by the way. Sometimes that's a belief.”
Q: On what he likes about T Nate Thomas
Caserio: “Coming out we felt like this is kind of a raw player, but he had good size. He was pretty athletic. Had playing strength. Then going back to last year, he had blocked some decent players. Even the preseason this year he played on both sides. When you're looking at tackles, are you just playing right or left tackle, both sides? He was a young player. Dallas made a trade because of that situation; this was a player that was somewhat expendable. Our staff did a good job of identifying this might be a player that's available. That one kind of came together pretty quickly. We weren't talking about it on Saturday, then we got in here on Sunday, had a little bit more discussion. About midday, like I said, we basically, we agreed on a Dallas trade, then basically hung the phone up, agreed on the San Francisco trade because they were sort of related. He’s a young player we feel has some good developmental traits, who is going back to the question before a little bit, a player that Cole liked coming out. We go back to use all the resources, information you have as it pertains to your evaluation. We'll see how he does. Glad that he's here. Looks like a decent guy to work with.”
Q: On whether there is something about offensive linemen that makes evaluating them difficult
Caserio: “Yes. It's probably one of the harder positions to evaluate. The things that you prioritize, not every team prioritizes the same things. I'll never forget this. [Former Patriots Offensive Line] Dante Scarnecchia is one of the greatest offensive line coaches in the history of football. His thing was, ‘Are they smart? Are they tough? Are they athletic enough?’ That was his baseline. Then there's a coach-ability aspect to it, can they apply the principles that you're actually teaching them. For an offensive lineman, you have to be able to play on your feet and you basically got to be able to prevent you from going in there. Can you stay inside-out? Can you play with the right technique and process information quickly while understanding that the dynamics and fronts are changing? The techniques that they're being asked and coached to do in college sometimes are way different than what we're going to ask them to do. Some of that is a product of the defenses they face and some of the things that they see. It's a great question because it is honestly one of the harder positions. Everybody knows my view of the combine, but some of the test things, drills, it's a big waste of time. They're not going to run around in shorts. You have to be able to play strong, physical, got to be able to bend enough. In the end offensive line play is about mentality and it's about a mindset. It's about toughness and physicality. You can't teach toughness and physicality. If they're athletic, they're athletic. You can't teach toughness and physicality. It's a mindset. It's just you have to be able to apply certain techniques. Can you move a guy? Can you execute a double-team? Can you play physical? As basic as it may seem for the interior players, can you stay inside-out in protection? Because the fastest way to get to the quarterback is Point A to Point B, just go in a straight line. If you can force him to run the arc. Same think at tackle. Can you force the guy to run the edge? Most tackles can move enough to push the guy around a quarterback. Launch point is typically about seven or eight yards deep. If the quarterback is eight, nine yards deep, a tackle is running him by, if the quarterback gets sacked, it’s probably on the quarterback. Inside-out in protection is really start with that premise, then some of the things that, again, almost buried in my head that Dante, when you look at some of the linemen I would say we had in New England, [former Patriots G] Stephen Neal didn't play college football. Talk about an amateur wrestler that ended up going on to have an eight-year career, best linemen in the organization's history. [Former Patriots T] Sebastian Vollmer, local Houston guy, was a little bit of a raw player who wasn't the best technician, but he was a mountain of a man that was athletic and was strong as hell. Dante was able to correct some things. Offensive line, you got to be able to take coaching, apply coaching, understand the basic premise and principles of what they're being asked to do. It's hard. It's really hard. In the end it goes back to a mindset. Offensive line play is about toughness and physicality. If they're athletic enough that they can play on their feet enough, they at least have a chance. I think those are some of the things I think we prioritize trying to find guys that have those traits and attributes. When you look at it through that lens, going back to Rutledge, he kind of has every one of those qualities. He's probably maybe a little better athlete than we thought he was. You have a starting point. It doesn't mean they're going to be the greatest player ever. It means at least you have a starting point. Those are the things we're trying to find. To your question, it's hard to find, which just goes back to maybe that's a position where you maybe have to do an individual workout so you can actually see it and say I think the guy is capable of doing it. Going back to Vollmer, Dante came back after working Vollmer out and said he absolutely can do it. Dante was right. Doesn't mean we're going to be right on every offensive lineman. I think we have a baseline understanding of the things that are important.”
Q: On how much an injury affects a player making the initial 53-man roster
Caserio: “You're trying to weigh everything and just trying to figure out, how do we want to handle this situation. You go off of practice, off their performance in practice, some things they've done. You go off some of the other things they've done in the building. Maybe the guy didn't play that much in the preseason, so then you have to weigh the calculus of he didn't play, what is that going to look like when he does play. There's a little bit of guesswork involved, if I'm being honest. DeMeco and I have talked about this. We're just trying to keep as many good players in the building as possible, however we do it, however we feel we got to do it. If you have to carry a player, look, there's probably a number of players that we're carrying that are going to be inactive during the early part of the season or during the course of the year. Your depth is on the roster inactive, your depth is off the roster in a practice squad. They are 'inactive players', but they could be active. You're just trying to do the best you can and make a determination, just try to keep as many people in the building as possible. I think we were pretty fortunate, other than [Jarrett] Kingston, didn't really lose any players. It worked out. Some years are a little different than others. You're trying to factor everything in and go off the information you have. There's a little bit of a rejection element. Maybe it doesn't reach that point. Maybe the player is on the roster now, but at some point he's off the roster. There are going to be some roster mechanics that are going to take place during the course of the year that I'm sure you guys are used to by now.”
This article originally appeared on Texans Wire: Everything Texans GM Nick Caserio said after finalizing the initial 53-man roster
