One move tends to trigger another in the NFL, even if those moves are by different teams clear across the country. Such might have been the case last week when the Houston Texans hired Brian Gaine to be their general manager and, in a corresponding move, extended the contract of head coach Bill O’Brien by four years.
Not bad for a coach who entered the final stretch of a 4-12 season on the hot seat, openly campaigning to return to the job by any means — even if it meant coaching the 2018 season in the final year of his prior deal.