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Bill O’Brien wasn’t the man to lead the Houston Texans to their first Super Bowl in franchise history, let alone the city’s first major pro football championship since the Houston Oilers won the AFL Championship from 1960-61.
However, the 51-year-old former four-time AFC South division title winner believes his old team isn’t too far away.
“We didn’t bring a Super Bowl to Houston, which I believe eventually someone will,” O’Brien told the Houston media in his post-firing presser Monday night. “I think this is a championship team that needs to get things turned around right now, but I believe in this team. The room, the team meeting room that I stood up in front of every single day was full of guys that, like I said earlier, that have tremendous character and work ethic and I know that they will succeed on the field, but also in life.”
What gives the Texans a great position to contend for a championship is Deshaun Watson. The club has the two-time Pro Bowler under contract through the 2025 season, which means the organization doesn’t have to spend time finding a competent signal caller; that box is checked. Now, the club can spend its resources surrounding Watson with talent to help him succeed and make good on O’Brien’s word that someone else will bring a Super Bowl to the city of Houston.
“You think about some of these players and what they’ve done for the city of Houston,” said O’Brien. “It was just an incredible opportunity for me to be around them every day and to coach them, and for them to really take the coaching and really try to do what we were asking them to do.”
O’Brien leaves the organization tied with Gary Kubiak for the most playoff wins in team history with two. However, O’Brien owns the most losses, four to Kubiak’s two. Neither coach led the Texans to an AFC Championship Game appearance.
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