When Nick Caserio took over as the general manager of the Houston Texans in January 2021, he was inheriting a team whose defensive cupboard was relatively empty. The Texans were 27th in points allowed and 30th in yards allowed during the 2020 season, meaning it would be a slow but necessary rebuild on that side of the ball.
Over Caserio's first two seasons on the job in Houston, things didn't get better. The Texans defense remained one of the worst in the NFL, but things finally took a turn in the right direction after Caserio made the decision to hire DeMeco Ryans to be the 6th full-time head coach in franchise history in February 2023.