Bill O'Brien Would Have Been Better Off Saying Literally Nothing About the Texans' DeAndre Hopkins Trade

Are you surprised that we haven't heard much from Houston Texans head coach and de facto general manager Bill O'Brien ever since he shockingly dealt All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals? Don't be. If you gift-wrapped one of the single best players in football in exchange for a package weaker than the one Minnesota got for Stefon Diggs, you'd be making yourself scarce, too.

Unfortunately, O'Brien has now broken his silence. And his first defense of the Hopkins trade will not do a single thing to reassure hearts and minds in H-Town.

"I would say the deal with Arizona was a deal that we felt was in the best interest of our team," O'Brien said Friday during a virtual roundtable with Texans season ticket holders. "There's a lot of things that go into trades, lot of thoughts that go in... What type of player are you losing and what is in the best interest of the team?"

Uh-huh. Is this supposed to make Texans fans (hell, even Texans players) feel better? Good luck with that, Bill.

Naturally, he went on to deliever tone-deaf platitudes about what it means to be a team. It's practically a paint-by-numbers disaster of weak, ineffectual cliches.

"It's important that the focus is the team," he said. "And I would think, as a fan, I would be really excited that your leadership of the team can make bold moves and go out and do these things to make the team better."

Bold moves?? Save it, Bill. Maybe embrace a little more social distance and just go full radio silent until Texans fans have had a chance to finish stewing in their anger, eh?