He did a fantastic job running the 49ers' defense. Not every hot assistant works out as an NFL head coach, but Ryans checks a lot of boxes. "There is no place I wanted to be any more than H-Town," Ryans said after he was hired, according to the team's site. Had the Seattle Seahawks taken Ryans over Kelly Jennings with the 31st pick in 2006 or the New York Giants had chosen him over Mathias Kiwanuka, maybe Houston wouldn't have been a "dream job" for the top up-and-coming coaching candidate in the NFL. What were the Texans going to sell to candidates? The opportunity to take the second-best quarterback in the draft?īut Ryans, who had six good seasons with the Texans and became a popular figure among fans, had a soft spot for Houston. Houston became the first team since the San Francisco 49ers in the 1970s to have two one-and-done coaches in a row. The dysfunction in the front office was well known.
There was no quarterback of the future on the roster and they didn't even get the first overall pick, slipping to second when they had an improbable win in the final game last season. Houston was 11-38-1 the past three seasons, and due to some bad trades and draft picks, the roster wasn't loaded up with exciting young talent. The Texans should not have been an attractive head coaching opening for a fantastic defensive coordinator like Ryans. Had a team at the end of the first round taken Ryans, or if the Texans had liked Jackson or McIntosh a little more, or had Houston not been looking to add linebackers to its new 4-3 scheme, maybe things are different in 2023.
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