In April, it looked crazy to defend Bill O’Brien.
After all, the coach and general manager was fresh off of trading DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals. This followed after O’Brien traded a left tackle’s ransom for Laremy Tunsil and dealt away Jadeveon Clowney for a couple veterans and a draft pick at the end of the 2019 preseason.
Stay-at-home orders prevented Texans fans from lighting O’Brien on fire in effigy. So, they just did it on social media.
So what if Hopkins wanted to rework his contract with two years remaining?