Houston Texans Head Coach Bill O'Brien was not shy in discussing his tight end group at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. The Texans' tight ends were mostly underwhelming throughout the 2014 NFL season, and O'Brien put some of their struggles on the staff and position group.

“We really do and a lot of that is us as a coaching staff and a lot of that is they improved over the year," said O'Brien of his tight end group on if they need to get better as group.

The tight ends collectively caught 32 passes the entire season and were led by Garrett Graham who had 18 receptions for 197 yards and a touchdown. 1st year player and third round selection C.J. Fiedorowicz only had four receptions while starting 8 games and appearing in 15 games.

"I think all those guys, the guys that played, C.J. (Fiedorowicz,) Garrett (Graham,) Ryan Griffin, and a young guy that didn’t play that much, he played on special teams, but we think has a good future, is Anthony Denham. Those four guys have to have good off seasons."

The Texans are relatively young at the position so patience must be practiced with Ryan Griffin, Anthony Denham and Fiedorowicz.

"We have to do a better job of coaching them and getting them involved in the offense, and we’ll do that," said O'Brien on getting his tight ends involved more.

The offense that O'Brien runs depends on the tight ends to be threats in the passing game and to be efficient in blocking the run game.

"That’s an important position for us and we know that those guys can help us," said O'Brien. "And so we’ll continue to get those guys better and they’ll continue to work to be better."