HOUSTON – Former Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson tweeted his thoughts on the current situation surrounding quarterback Deshaun Watson his displeasure with the team, saying, “If I [Watson], I will stand my ground. “
“The Texan organization is known for wasting player careers”, added the former All-Pro receiver. “Since Jack Easterby walked into the building nothing good has happened in / for the organization and for some reason someone can’t see what’s going on. Pathetic !!!”
Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who was traded in March by former Texas head coach and general manager Bill O’Brien, also tweeted, “Listen when Dre speaks.”
Johnson, the Texans’ franchise manager in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns, played for Houston from 2003 to ’14. His last season was O’Brien’s first with the team. After Johnson retired, he transferred to a role on the Texans’ coaching staff under O’Brien. In August, Johnson left the Texans coaching staff, but continued as a Texan ambassador. Johnson and Easterby overlapped the organization for more than a year.
Easterby, the Texans’ executive vice president of football operations, was hired in 2019 by O’Brien and team chairman and CEO Cal McNair. After McNair fired O’Brien in October, he appointed Romeo Crennel as the team’s interim head coach and gave Easterby the responsibility. about the human resources department.
McNair initially said Easterby would not be involved in the process of hiring the Texans’ next general manager, Nick Caserio, but said he did ask for feedback from Easterby “about Nick as the leader” during the decision-making process.
“Jack and I have had a very special relationship,” Caserio said at his introductory press conference. “It goes back a number of years. … I have a lot of respect and admiration for it. All the personnel decisions that will be made we will make as a group, but in the end, that is a responsibility that Cal taught me is about the personnel side. of the football operations, so that’s the expectation to move forward.
“ Jack will get a part and we will definitely work together on a number of things. But since it pertains to football decisions, that will ultimately be my decision in conjunction with the head coach once we get to that point. , also.”
On the day the Texans announced they had hired Caserio, there were several media reports that Watson was unhappy with the recruiting process. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Watson found out on social media that the Texans were planning to hire Caserio. While there have been several reports of his accident, Watson’s only response to the CEO’s appointment came in the form of a since-deleted tweet saying, “Some things never change …”
On Friday, McNair said he contacted Watson but heard nothing from the quarterback while on vacation.