The Texans fired executive VP of football operations Jack Easterby, ending his 3½-year run with of making football decisions for the franchise.
The Texans made three franchise-altering trades during Easterby’s tenure, two stripping the organization of valuable draft capital before last spring's reset amid the parting with disgraced quarterback Deshaun Watson. A playoff team four times under O'Brien between 2015 and 2019, Houston went 4-12 in 2020 and 4-13 in 2021.
However, the Texans' slide prior to the Watson controversy was largely initiated by a pair of deals for which O'Brien was widely panned. The team surrendered two first-rounders and a second as part of a package for left tackle Laremy Tunsil in 2019 and didn't get more than a Round 2 pick as part of an exchange for All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins a year later. The Cardinals also saddled Houston with expensive and underperforming back David Johnson in that deal.
Houston also hired two coaches since firing O’Brien in 2020, giving David Culley only one season last year, before hiring Smith earlier this year.critical report published by Sports Illustrated in 2020. It shed doubt on his credentials for the post in Houston, including the veracity of his résumé, while exploring the influence he seemed to carry with McNair and why he was granted involvement in the Texans' football operations. Prior to his hiring in Houston, Easterby typically filled roles like character coach or team chaplain, holding both posts with the New England Patriots between 2013 and 2018.
Houston’s draft assets – along with young players like quarterback Davis Mills, running back Dameon Pierce and cornerback Derek Stingley Jr – could make the football operations job enticing for candidates around the league.
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