HOUSTON -- The 2023 offseason went as well as the Houston Texans' could have hoped.
General manager Nick Caserio's bevy of activity started with hiring DeMeco Ryans, who barely missed out on the voting for Coach of the Year last week, and drafted quarterback C.J. Stroud with the No. 2 pick before trading up to No. 3 to take defensive end Will Anderson Jr.
Stroud was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year and Anderson was named Defensive Rookie of the Year at the NFL Honors on Thursday in Vegas, and a fruitful free agency also aided the Texans (10-7) in winning the AFC South for the first time since 2019 and advancing to the divisional round of the playoffs after defeating the visiting Cleveland Browns in the wild-card round.