The most influential Patriot you’d never heard of, at least before he left the team at the end of February, has a new job in Houston.
Jack Easterby, New England team chaplain and character coach dubbed the above in a November feature on Patriots.com, was hired by the Houston Texans on Tuesday as the team’s “executive vice president of team development.” The Texans are his fourth NFL organization, following time working on salary cap matters with Jacksonville, then — following a career shift and a stint as character coach at the University of South Carolina — work with Kansas City and the Patriots.