It’s unlikely that anyone in the NFL this year has drawn more criticism for not understanding player value than Bill O’Brien, head coach of the Houston Texans. This is perhaps as true of O’Brien in 2020 as it was in 2019, 2018, and certainly back in 2012, 2013 when he was the head coach at Penn State.
“He said to me, “Football is really important to me. I’m going to play pro football,” and I said to him, “Are you kidding me? You’re going to play pro football? You need to be concerned about playing at Penn State, forget about pro football.