Texans’ Romeo Crennel: ‘I’m not looking to trade anybody’ – FROM HOUSTON CHRONCICLE

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Texans' Romeo Crennel: 'I'm not looking to trade anybody'

Texans interim coach Romeo Crennel wanted to deliver a clear message to the players this week, holding a conversation to quell trade rumors surrounding the roster.

When asked if he believes the team will be active heading into the Nov. 3 trade deadline, Crennel said: "The question becomes: Who do you want to trade? Who do you trade? I'm not going to call any names or any positions, but who do you want to trade? I'm not looking to trade anybody. I want to try to win with the guys we've got. We've got a pretty good team. We've got some talent on the team, so basically, if we can go forward and win a game, then I think attitudes are going to change and people are going to be more positive and then the second half of the season we've got a chance to do something. That's where my focus is."

Crennel wants the players to focus on doing their jobs and trying to win as many games as possible after a disappointing start.

At 1-5 with coach and general manager Bill O'Brien fired and Crennel taking over, the Texans are in flux as an organization.

"This year has been a really difficult year, the pandemic, the coaching change, the trade deadline, you've got trade rumors," Crennel said. "All of these guys have got telephones, they can read the rumors and listen to the rumors and all of that, so I wanted to get those guys to understand that we're trying to win a football game and rumors are rumors, there's no validity to the rumors.

"I broached the subject with them because we've got a big game coming up and I don't want them thinking about, 'Am I getting traded? Am I not getting traded? What's going on? I put it out there and told them that we're trying to win a game and we want to be as successful as we can. Right now, under my tenure, we're a 1-1 football team, could have very easily been 2-0, so I want to build on that."