At the end of the 2022 NFL season, a few things had become abundantly clear regarding the Houston Texans:
First, the team was in desperate need of an infusion of talent, starting with a quarterback who could at least conceivably be considered a franchise-caliber player at the game's most important position.
Second, the AFC South had been in a state of flux, really ever since Peyton Manning departed for the Denver Broncos way back in 2012, and therefore, it was a division that was there for the taking.
Third, if the Texans wanted to become that team -- the standard bearer in the AFC South, so to speak -- they would need a complete culture reset, and that would start with whoever the Texans hired to become their next head coach.