{"id":676143,"date":"2026-01-14T08:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676143\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:40:13","slug":"cardinals-request-to-interview-texans-dc-matt-burke-for-hc-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/676143\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals request to interview Texans DC Matt Burke for HC opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan. 13, 2026, 8:15 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Could the Houston Texans<\/a> be in the market for a new defensive coordinator come this offseason? According to reports, there’s a chance he could be on the move this offseason back to a familiar place?<\/p>\n

The Arizona Cardinals<\/a> have requested to interview Matt Burke following the Texans<\/a>‘ 30-6 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card round on Monday night, according to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini.<\/p>\n

Burke took over as the full-time play-caller early in the season for DeMeco Ryans after a 2-3 start. Since then, Houston’s run has been legendary on the defensive side, drawing comparisons to the 2001 Baltimore Ravens<\/a> and 2013 Seattle Seahawks<\/a>‘ Legion of Boom.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Houston allowed under 200 yards of offense and totaled two defensive touchdowns thanks to the pressure of the defensive line. All-Pro defensive end Will Anderson Jr. stripped Aaron Rodgers on a sack, resulting in a 32-yard score from Sheldon Rankins. Rodgers was also intercepted by Calen Bullock, who returned it 50 yards for a pick-six in the final two minutes to ice the game.<\/p>\n

This season, Burke’s defense has led the NFL in total yards (277.2), and finished No. 2 in points per game (17.4). Houston also features one of the league’s top red zone defenses and finished with +17 turnover margin.<\/p>\n

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Burke could elect not take the interview, though he has ties to the Cardinals. Before becoming the defensive coordinator for Houston, the 49-year-old served as Arizona’s defensive line coach in 2022.<\/p>\n

The Texans take on the New England Patriots on Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN and ABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 13, 2026, 8:15 p.m. CT Could the Houston Texans be in the market for a new defensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,96520,96521,96675,95882,95890,95898,97087,98553,96679,95892,97397,95953,95896,95888,95895,95899,95977,98554,96177,95883,97222,1461,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-676143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfltexans","16":"tag-sstsntexans","17":"tag-tagaaron-rodgers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","20":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","21":"tag-tagbreaking-news-social","22":"tag-tagcalen-bullock","23":"tag-tagdemeco-ryans","24":"tag-tagespn-inc","25":"tag-taghouston","26":"tag-taghouston-texans","27":"tag-tagnational-sports","28":"tag-tagnfl","29":"tag-tagnfl-hub","30":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","31":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","32":"tag-tagsheldon-rankins","33":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","34":"tag-tagsports-news","35":"tag-tagwill-anderson-jr","36":"tag-tx","37":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}