When Bill O’Brien was hired away from Penn State, after having made his name as the Offensive Coordinator for the Patriots, Texans fans dreamed dreams of elite quarterbacking, supplemented by two tight end sets featuring matchup nightmares like Rob Gronkowski. To that end, The Texans’ front office promptly drafted C.J. Fiedorowicz in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
The big tight end from Illinois played his college ball for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where O’Brien, also coaching in the Big Ten, should have seen his abilities.