On Tuesday this week, the Pro Football Writers Association named Houston Texans rookies C.J. Stroud and Will Anderson the Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year, respectively. Those two young players are the foundational rocks upon which a bright future of Texans football is currently being built. There are a lot of NFL teams that would trade their future for the Texans’ future.

GM Nick Caserio has done a fine job of building a good young core, and has displayed an ability to identify and sign cost effective veteran pieces to go along with the young building blocks. That was largely how he constructed the 2023 Texans. However, Caserio has had a few misses, or a few players who hit for a while, but backslid in 2023.

To that end, here are six players seeking better luck, better quality of play, and ultimately redemption in the 2024 season, and we start with four from the 2022 draft class two years ago:

KENYON GREEN, LG
The 15th overall pick in the 2022 draft, Green is the only one on this list that didn’t play at all in the 2023 season, having suffered a shoulder injury in the preseason, and undergone season ending surgery. Green’s missing the whole season would be bad enough, except that when he did play in his rookie year, in 2022, he was one of the worst interior offensive linemen in football. Until further notice, the Green selection is a bust. The good news is that he should be fully healthy for the first time in his pro career going into 2024. The bad news is that being out of football for a full year isn’t a great recipe for redemption.