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Texans GM Nick Caserio Focused on Building Complete Roster
Feb 27, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio speaks during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

On account of the sloppy and disjointed manner in which the Houston Texans bid farewell to the playoffs, general manager Nick Caserio's classic glass half-full assessment of the entire season was pretty timely.

How the talented Texans move forward probably needs to be with fine-tuning in mind, but the far heftier question marks over quarterback C.J. Stroud are bound to crop up until he can answer them conclusively.

In the meantime, especially when given the massive difficulties of resetting at the quarterback position, the wide-ranging approach Caserio is taking is to build a complete team in order to help Stroud out.

"In the end, it's about the team. Let's build a good team and get the best 53 guys," Caserio said. "Like we've talked in October, before the season, whoever comes in this building, at some point they're probably going to have to play."

"That's where we try to build as much depth throughout the roster, because at some point we're going to need everybody. This program is not about one person. It's not about one individual. It's, ‘Can we put the best team out there?’ In the end, the team that wins the Super Bowl is the best team. That's the truth."

Caserio Holding Clear Mindset for Draft

Of course, it might be a little easy for Caserio to simply focus completely upon the ongoing process of surrounding Stroud with more puzzle pieces to aid his complicated development, but that cannot afford to become a one-dimensional obsession either.

With that firmly in mind, Caserio will

This article first appeared on Houston Texans on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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