Month: January 2021

To Mr. Cal McNair,

Under your watch, the Houston Texans have become the laughingstock of the NFL. A lack of leadership and stability from the top, from you, has allowed egomaniacal and under-qualified individuals to disrupt our front office, decimate our franchise’s reputation, and deplete our team’s assets. Multiple poor personnel decisions, the refusal to listen to the fans and players, and the continued employment of Jack Easterby are just a few of the problems.

As a Texans fan from the beginning, I remember the years of mediocrity. Our play may have been substandard, but I took comfort knowing we were a respected team with a high character front office. Since the passing of Mr. Bob McNair, this has changed. Our front office is managed by under-qualified Machiavellians whose blunders have allowed our franchise to become the centerpiece for sports gossip.

Thus, to remedy this embarrassment, Jack Easterby must be terminated, and you must take a step back from the operations. Your relationship with Easterby has clouded your business decisions, and his continued employment as VP of Football Operations is a folly. When all of your fans, all of the media, and the greatest Texan of all time calls for his firing, and you respond that our criticism is unjustified, you are clearly out of touch. An article published in the Houston Chronicle once said, “the McNairs wanted to be owners to whom fans could relate and, plainly, owners whom fans liked.” This was the case under Mr. Bob McNair’s tenure but has not been for yours. I’m sure your late father would be disappointed at the disdain you have shown for your fans and players.

If you continue to ignore those who allow the Texans to be profitable, you risk facing an unprecedented boycott. There is an extraordinary number of fans willing to trade the Texans for a different team directly because of your inaction. If you care about the Texans, and you care about your father’s legacy, please hire a competent front office and allow them to run the show. You are at a tipping point and will have soon dismantled what your father created. Think carefully and act decisively, only you can correct what is happening. Thank you.

Sincerely, A Disappointed Life-Long Fan

Here is my HOPEFUL theory of what we are actually seeing.

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Cal demonstrated that he is going to do his own thing with the franchise. It really pissed Deshaun off how he handled the GM search.

Easterby is also causing issues behind the scene trying to build a team he envisions and is missing the mark. From what I’ve read online, if what is being reported is actually happening, as a fan I’m disappointed, and as a Christian, I’m HUGELY Disappointed.

Now for the hope:

Deshaun is VERY smart. He can see what is happening, and has a great idea/plan on what needs to happen. I also LOVE the concept of what I think he is trying to do. The threat of withholding his services or forcing a trade is meant simply to FORCE the Texans into bringing Deshaun’s plan to fruition.

First….Eric Bienemy….Deshaun wants him as the coach. He wants to throw the rock in a system as similar to the Chiefs as possible. Think what you will of Bienemy, but there is no way he is as overrated as people think. Maholmes has recommended him to Deshaun. That carries weight. There is NO way he has been under Reid this long and not picked up a LOT of knowledge, experience, and ideas. This hire would allow for us to keep Tim Kelley, which Deshaun wants, but to really change the OFF identity as well. The biggest thing Bienemy would need to do….find a GREAT DC.

Second….Will Fuller…Deshaun wants him back. He wants to be throwing to Fuller/Cook/Cobb/Coutee. Those are WEAPONS in the right system. Find a solid TE (Brevin Jorden from Miami would be GREAT). Coach up the OLINE and we can start cooking on OFF. RB is still a question mark, but I think you can find some serviceable ones for cheap.

From there, we just need to figure out how to improve DEF…and that’s gonna be hard with a lot of the overpaid players we have there. But this team CAN rebound HARD next year with the right pieces. I’m hoping Deshaun believes that too and is just trying to leverage himself as a way to get the right pieces. And if HOU doesn’t want to work towards that….then TRADE HIM. I’m a huge fan of his, and if Cal McNair and Easterby don’t want to make this work…then let him do it elsewhere.