I have looked at some of the local fan vlogs in the past few weeks. Clips such as this one below praise the current Texans GM, Nick Caserio, for wheeling and dealing various players. This gentleman says its the first time the Texans ever had a competent GM! Which really upsets me! The Texans original GM already was a multiple Super Bowl winning executive in Charley Casserly who was a key architect of the past Washington Football Team's dynasty of the 1980s and early 1990s. I'll talk more about that later here.
Looking at these vlogs as well professional media coverage few if any of these players are household names many, if not most casual sports fans I think would immediately recognize. There are some possible exceptions though. One signed athlete is Mark Ingram II, a 3-time pro bowler and past winner of the Heisman. Ingram played his college career and most of his professional career with New Orleans as a running back.
The Texans signee that has had the most excitement among fans and professional commentators is QB Tyrod Taylor. He has not been a starting quarterback for any lengthy period of time to my knowledge. He was signed from the San Diego Chargers. The more commentary I come across there seems to be an acknowledgement among many that Taylor may be very much a necessary insurance policy of sorts given the legal circus surrounding current starting QB Deshaun Watson.
Even the most impressed reviewers admit many of the Texan free agent signings are possible starters and not necessarily established stars. Most of these deals which are short-term deals lasting maybe at best two years and are largely incentive based. Literally dozens of new contracts have been signed. Although their are some signees who played already under the Texans GM at New England, most new players come throughout the entire network of NFL teams. Literally every position on the team on both sides of the ball currently has at least one newcomer.
Caserio served in a variety of executive positions from scout to player personnel director during his tenure with the New England Patriots for 20 years. He was a staff member of six Super Bowl winning Patriots teams as a result. But the actual GM of the Patriots was coach Bill Belichick to my knowledge. Casserly in contrast was the assistant GM or chief GM in all of the Washington Football Team's winning seasons. Considering Casserly's past track record with Washington, I'm surprised that he lasted just four full seasons with the organization. That's why I think at least in the Texans early years that original team owner, Bob McNair, micromanaged often in affairs. (This I mentioned in the prior post I wrote about McNair.) So Texans fans stay cautious and don't get too excited yet.
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