Battle Red Blog · Nov 28, 2021
2021 Houston Texans Game Day Live: Texans vs. Jets
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty ImagesDo you remember?
Do you remember when Nick Caserio traded Benardrick McKinney to the Dolphins for Shaq Lawson? Lawson immediately became the best pass rusher on Houston’s roster.
Do you remember, about two weeks after Caserio acquired Lawson from Miami, the Texans restructured Lawson’s contract to free up cap dollars for 2021 despite everyone and their mother knowing the franchise had zero chance of competing in the first year of what was clearly a tear-down?
Do you remember the Texans shipping Lawson to the Jets for a sixth-round draft pick less than six months after they traded for him and before he ever played a single meaningful game for Houston?
