What did Sports Illustrated give to the Houston Texans offseason?

The Houston Texans had a pretty big offseason. Admittedly, it got off to a pretty rocky start, with the Texans missing Saquon Barkley and other elite running backs during their free agency period. They would settle for Joe Mixon and it looked like the Texans were going to have a very middling offseason.

Then the Texans landed Danielle Hunter in free agency. Helping ease the pain of losing Jonathan Greenard and Blake Cashman. Then the Texans landed Stefon Diggs in a major trade that, even though the team didn’t need it, still saw the team land a major player at a position of high value to Houston.

They had a pretty poor draft and got some names that could be starters in the future, but we’ll still wait and see if that becomes a reality for the Texans. Overall, it’s been a solid offseason and while the offensive line is still in flux and the defensive tackle situation is uncertain, the team is better overall compared to the 2023 season.

So what did Sports Illustrated think of the Texans’ offseason? Well, they’re currently giving their off-season grades and even though the Texans didn’t get an “A”, the digital media still gave the team a “B”, which isn’t bad at all .

As you read their article, you’ll see that SI’s Matt Verderame was generally supportive of the moves the Texans took. At least the moves that saw the guys enter. It was the guys who left who apparently hurt the score. Verderame pointed to three losses, linebacker Cashman, defensive end Greenard and defensive tackle Maliek Collins as the big issues he apparently had with the team’s offseason.

We don’t disagree either. Hunter is an improvement over Greenard, but losing Collins and Cashman, without replacing them, really hurt the scoreline. I would also say that Mixon is not an improvement over Devin Singletary at the point in their respective careers.