9 people who have left the Texans since Jack Easterby arrived
Who fires a general manager in June anyway? Maybe the New York Jets. On June 7, 2019, the Friday before mandatory minicamp, the Texans fired Gaine, who they hired back from the Buffalo Bills in January 2018. Prior to his one-season stint with the AFC East club, Gaine was the director of player personnel from 2014-16. He was very familiar with the Texans organization.
Clowney was a key part of the team’s edge defense and stepped up in 2016-17 when J.J. Watt was lost for each season with injuries. To be fair, the Texans were validated trading Clowney as one of their acquisitions, outside linebacker Jacob Martin, has more sacks with the Texans (5.5) than Clowney does since the trade (3.5).
Moses had been the director of player engagement since 2012, but he was one of the behind-the-scenes figures who was sent packing in January 2020 after Bill O’Brien was given full general managing powers and Easterby promoted to executive vice president of football operations.
Olsen had been with the Texans since 2007 and was their salary cap counter, to summarize his job. Although he served as the interim general manager after Gaine was fired until O’Brien’s promotion in January 2020, he did not revert back to his football administration role; he was gone.
Kind of like with DB Kareem Jackson the year prior, the Texans were between a rock and a hard place. Joseph would turn 36 years old by the time Week 1 kicked off, and he had missed two games in his final season, and also one game out of the Texans’ playoff run. The Texans sent Joseph off with a grateful statement ahead of 2020 free agency. The Tennessee Titans ended up signing Joseph, and also ended up releasing him after seven games.
Gipson signed a three-year deal worth approximately $22.6 million in the 2019 offseason. After missing the Texans’ playoff run with a back injury, Houston released Gipson two days after the 2020 NFL Draft. The Chicago Bears signed Gipson on May 1, and he has provided the NFC North club with two interceptions, four pass breakups, and 43 tackles through nine games, all of which he has started.
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