In The Loop

Around The NFL also hits on the latest coaching news as Mike McDaniel is set to become the Chargers’ offensive coordinator, plus other league headlines.

ITL continues reacting to Nick Caserio’s season-ending press conference, digging into additional comments and gaining more clarity on the Texans’ plans — including what Caserio said about Joe Mixon and how it could shape the offense moving forward.

The crew zeros in on comments that stood out — including something potentially alarming about the Texans’ offense — and debates what it signals about the direction of the team moving forward.

ITL kicks off the show with Texans GM Nick Caserio speaking live to the media, then reacts in real time to what he had to say during his season-ending press conference.

ITL opens with a franchise-defining question for the Texans: Do you extend C.J. Stroud right now, and are the Texans actually as close to a Super Bowl team as they believe they are internally? The crew debates what Sunday’s game really revealed and wraps the hour with a QOTD asking who could have played quarterback and still won. Around The NFL follows with major league news as the Titans hire Robert Saleh, the Dolphins bring in Jeff Hafley, and the Broncos announce Jarrett Stidham will start against New England in the AFC Championship, before ITL plays a free agency game to decide which position group the Texans should prioritize this offseason and closes with What’s Popping in sports and entertainment. Attention then turns to the future of the Texans offense as ITL debates whether the team is truly in a position to start over yet again, mixes in Lunch-Time Confessions with Figgy scouting a potential Texans offensive coordinator from John Carroll, and wraps with College Football on a Tuesday: National Championship Edition. The show closes by confronting the toughest question of all — is C.J. Stroud broken, and can he realistically come back from this stretch — before Figgy’s Mixtape delivers chaos with stories ranging from a killer elephant on the loose in India to a Cleveland radio host floating the idea of trading for Stroud, and more wild headlines.

ITL kicks off the show with a franchise-defining question for the Texans: do you extend C.J. Stroud right now? The crew debates what Sunday’s game revealed, how much context matters, and whether Houston is actually as close to being a Super Bowl team as they believe they are internally. The hour wraps with today’s QOTD: Who could have played quarterback and still won on Sunday?

Around The NFL runs through major league news as the Titans hire Robert Saleh as their next head coach, the Dolphins bring in Jeff Hafley, and the Broncos announce Jarrett Stidham will start against New England in the AFC Championship. Plus, ITL plays a free agency game to debate which position group the Texans should prioritize this offseason. The hour wraps with What’s Popping in the world of sports and entertainment.

There will be changes, and there will be big decisions to make — but what exactly should those be? ITL debates whether the Texans are truly in a position to start from scratch on offense yet again, or if that would be a step backward instead of forward. Plus, Lunch-Time Confessions brings some levity as Figgy scouts a possible Texans OC from John Carroll, and the hour wraps with College Football on a Tuesday: National Championship Edition.

ITL tackles the toughest question yet: is C.J. Stroud actually broken, and if so, can he realistically come back from this stretch? The crew debates whether this is a mechanical issue, a confidence issue, or something deeper — and what history says about quarterbacks facing similar moments. Plus, Figgy’s Mixtape delivers chaos with stories including a killer elephant on the loose in India, a Cleveland radio host floating the idea of trading for C.J. Stroud, and more wild headlines.

Figgy’s Mixtape delivers chaos with stories including a killer elephant on the loose in India, a Cleveland radio host floating the idea of trading for C.J. Stroud, and more wild headlines.