Among a long list of looming questions as the Texans move forward is what the offensive will look like under the direction of first-year head coach David Culley.
While the Texans have a new passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach in Pep Hamilton, and Culley himself has never been an NFL coordinator, they retained signal caller Tim Kelly.
This will be Kelly's third season as the Texans' offensive coordinator and second season calling plays. He is among four coaches hired under the Bill O'Brien era who remains on staff.
Culley was asked what to expect from the Texans' offense and whether it would be similar past units with Kelly still calling plays.
"First of all, in all offenses in this league, first and foremost, you want to make sure you're a turnover-free type offense. Tim did a nice job with this football team last year offensively," Culley said.
"As an offensive staff here, it will be a collaboration of direction that we go in and that direction will determine our personnel, and we're going to do what we feel like is best for our personnel. I felt like last year that Tim did a great job of doing that. I foresee that moving forward.”
Of course, the biggest question is whether this offense will be led by Deshaun Watson at quarterback.
Culley reiterated the team's commitment to Watson, suggesting a reluctance to grant his trade request. But in an earlier interview with Jim Trotter and Steve Wyche on the Huddle and Flow podcast, Culley acknowledged things could change.
The Texans' offense struggled last season, despite outstanding play from Watson. Houston ranked last in rush DVOA, which measures efficiency in the run game.
Starting running back David Johnson's contract was restructured to create extra cap space and veteran back Mark Ingram is signing a one-year deal.
Quarterback is obviously still a huge question mark.