Last offseason Bill O’Brien extended Darren Fells to a two-year contract worth up to $6.3 million. This was a dumb decision. Fells had a career high of seven receiving touchdowns, making the most of a read-pass-drag-flat offense that didn’t work once they played teams with competent linebackers, and boxing out defenders in the redzone. The Texans paid for career high mercurial production, and looked past what is a clearer projection of future performance—the skills itself. Fells what a plodding route runner, an awful pass and run blocker, and his entire game was based on being tall and wide.
Houston Texans Release Tight End Darren Fells; Trade for Tight End Ryan Izzo
