For many Texans fans, the most important five minutes of last night's episode of HBO's Hard Knocks involved the team's quarterback decision, as head coach Bill O'Brien told his group of signal callers that Brian Hoyer would be the starter.
But for me, the more meaningful segment with O'Brien happened far away from NRG Stadium.
This past Saturday was his son Jack's 13th birthday, and the NFL Films cameras followed the Texans head coach to his house for the celebration. As his wife Colleen mentioned on the show, Jack has valiantly battled a rare brain formation disorder called Lissencephaly.