Bill O'Brien and a Priest Named Jack Easterby Handling All of the Texans' Football Ops is Highly Questionable
By Michael Luciano
The Houston Texans made a bold attempt to convince Patriots executive Nick Caserio to become their general manager last season, but they missed in fantastic fashion, instead proceeding to play the entire season without a GM.
They finally decided on a more structured front office in 2020, making Bill O'Brien, who soiled himself against the Kansas City Chiefs, the new GM and announcing Jack Easterby as the executive vice president of football operations.
For those of you who don't know... Jack Easterby is literally a Christian pastor who was essentially a priest for the Pats , his title was Character Development Coach... Now exec vice president of football lmfao https://t.co/7AWeokcrdG
— Jack (@PintOfJack) January 28, 2020
O'Brien getting this title after another playoff embarrassment is funny enough, but Easterby brings new meaning to the term unqualified. Easterby, who was unofficially the assistant GM last year without the title, is a pastor who served as a "character development coach" with both the Patriots and the Texans. He has no official front office experience.
He might deliver a killer homily on Sunday morning, but is this really the guy you want perusing scouting reports of Group of 5 defensive lineman? Short of some divine intervention and revelation, he's probably not the guy for the job.
Get pantsed in the playoffs and get promoted: what all successful organizations do, I'm sure. #Texans https://t.co/X5jmTry6s5
— Greg Rajan (@GregRajan) January 28, 2020
The two men in charge of Deshaun Watson's football future are a coach that got a promotion and control over the roster despite not being able to get to an AFC championship to save his life, and a man of the cloth with no personnel experience. Unless Easterby and the big guy upstairs are really close, we don't see how this could end well.