This week’s sponsored post asks each NFL site which member of their current coaching staff is most likely to be a head coach. The answer for your Houston Texans seems glaringly obvious; it’s Mike Vrabel, ain’t it?
Vrabel left Ohio State to become Bill O’Brien’s linebackers coach in Houston almost four years ago. He immediately set about making an impact on that position group, first with Whitney Mercilus and then later with Jadeveon Clowney and Benardrick McKinney. His good work didn’t go unnoticed outside Houston, as Chip Kelly tried to make Vrabel his defensive coordinator with the 49ers in 2016; Vrabel rejected that job offer to stay in Houston.