The Houston Texans will be deploying an offensive scheme identical to the San Francisco 49ers’ scheme. New offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik is a branch on Kyle Shanahan’s coaching tree, and the West Coast offense will be the Texans’ philosophy starting 2023.
Second-year guard Kenyon Green is looking forward to playing in the Texans’ new offense as he believes it can provide a proper way to feature traits that made him a 2022 first-round pick.
“Show my athleticism — running around, getting on edges and everything,” Green told reporters Aug. 8. “It’s going to be a lot of different things from last year, so, I’m just excited to keep working and get better at those.”
Green started 14 of his 15 games active last year and was part of an offensive line that cleared running lanes for rookie Dameon Pierce, who generated 939 and four touchdowns.
While the energy of the offensive line is a key change for Green, there are other aspects to Chris Strausser’s group that make the dynamic different than last year under George Warhop.
Said Green: “The play calling, taking shots, running the ball — just different ways we can manipulate the defense.”
Houston went 3-13-1 last season, and Green was part of efforts to catch up, which led to drives being predictable. The Texas A&M product looks forward to setting the tempo on drives in Slowik’s offense.
“I can’t wait to just keep pushing and keep opening up new things for our offense so we can put pressure on defenses this year,” said Green.
