I do not believe there is a single ardent fan of the Houston Texans who is surprised by the news this afternoon that Bill O’Brien is now officially the Texans’ general manager.
Texans have given coach Bill O'Brien the GM title and promoted Jack Easterby to executive vice president of football operations.
— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) January 28, 2020
The Texans’ head coach had unofficially been pulling double duty as coach and GM since the organization suddenly fired Brian Gaine back in June. After a botched run at luring Nick Caserio away from the Patriots and to Houston ended shortly after Gaine’s removal, the team’s position was that O’Brien would be part of a multi-person effort to fill the GM vacancy, but it soon became clear that O’Brien was undoubtedly the lead voice in personnel matters.