Cooks was speaking less than 24 hours after it was learned that the Texans were moving on from head coach Lovie Smith after just one campaign. Last January, Houston made David Culley a one-season-and-done coach.
The Texans enter Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts with a 2-13-1 record and could finish with the league's worst record with another loss. A Texans win, combined with a Bears loss to the Colts, would give Chicago the league's worst record and the No. 1 overall pick.
The Houston Texans surprised many in the NFL world when they fired head coach David Culley on Thursday after he guided one of the worst overall rosters in the league to a 4-13 record.
How many of the 46 NFL quarterbacks to throw for 300 yards and three touchdowns in the same game at least 10 times in their career can you name in six minutes?
David Culley led a talent-deficient Houston Texans roster to a 4-13 record in his first year as head coach, but apparently that wasn't enough as he was fired Thursday.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
Culley started his football coaching career at just 23 years old, as he worked with seven different college programs as a positional coach before joining the NFL ranks in 1994.
Several NFL teams opened coaching vacancies Monday, but the Houston Texans weren't one of them.
With his team having already been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, Houston Texans head coach David Culley is looking towards the future.
At 2-10, the Houston Texans are the only NFL team that has already been mathematically eliminated from the 2021 NFL playoffs. What does that mean for the future first-year head coach David Culley?
Tyrod Taylor is not eligible to return until after this coming Sunday's matchup against the New England Patriots.
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