It's wishful thinking as it was more gameplan specific.
They played pretty aggressively against the Steelers with a lot of 10 personnel because they thought they could find a matchup to exploit with their WR depth. What they didn't count on is Josh to be off and our o-line to look like Bobby Hart x5.
Against the Fins, they were more balanced given the strength of their secondary and how anemic the Fins offense was.
Texans have been surprisingly decent out of the gate considering what was expected of them. Having said that, yes it may be the dumbest coaching decision ever.
They're 1-1.
We also could've. Hindsight is fun but the point is if you can get an elite multi threat RB like McCaffrey in the first round you have to at least consider it.