Watch: Lovie Smith Meets With The Media

The Houston Texans are an entirely different team than the one that finished 4-12 in January. They may not be better or much worse, but they are entirely different. From the coaching staff to the roster, the Texans have been rebuilt in the image of the FCA, Jack Easterby, and Nick Caserio.

One of the major changes was hiring Lovie Smith to be their defensive coordinator. Smith was the previous head coach of the Chicago Bears; you know, the one what went to a Super Bowl with Rex Grossman at quarterback. Upon his dismissal in Chicago, Smith became the head coach in Tampa Bay, where he went 8-24 in two seasons. After that, he ran away to the University of Illinois. He lasted five seasons there, going 17-39 and 10-33 in conference play.

Taking a demotion to DC, Lovie can how focus entirely on the defense. His 4-3 Tampa 2 scheme will be called antiquated, hilarious, ridiculous by the haters and losers; it’s a scheme that’s entirely different than the multiple fronts, high blitz rate, and Cover 4 that Romeo Crennel deployed when he held the same position in Houston.

This afternoon, Lovie Smith met with the media to discuss the 2021 Houston Texans entering the 2021 NFL Draft. You can watch the full conference here, and below.

Rivers McCown has the highlights, if you only care about Lovie’s thoughts on turnovers, the scheme transition to the NFL, and the roster turnover.

We wish Lovie the best of luck here at BRB. We hope he is the one who knows the code to fully unlock Kamu Gruiger-Hill’s potential.