Tag: Anthony Weaver

Texans reach 1-year contract agreement with DT Tim Jernigan

The Houston Texans have reportedly agreed a deal with Super Bowl winning defensive tackle Tim Jernigan.

According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the Houston Texans have reached an agreement to sign veteran defensive tackle Tim Jernigan. The former Baltimore Ravens second-round pick has agreed to a one-year $3.75 million deal with $1.25 million guaranteed.

After spending the last three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, Jernigan moves to Houston with a Super Bowl LII ring and a PFWA All-Rookie team credit.

The Jernigan signing represents a low-risk, high reward addition to the lineup. After losing D.J. Reader to the Cincinnati Bengals in free agency, the Texans were faced with a gaping hole on their defensive front. If nothing else, Jernigan can act as an experienced voice for whichever DT they draft (assuming they do) thanks to his six seasons in the league.

Having only played a full 16 game season once, Jernigan’s career has been plagued by injuries the last few years meaning that he has played just 13 games across the last two seasons. However, with 17.5 sacks he brings pass-rushing prowess and a strong run-stopping reputation. If he can get back to full health, he would be a quality starter and solves a desperate need for Anthony Weaver’s defense.

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Report: Titans showed interest in Texans’ Anthony Weaver for DC

The Titans might have had Anthony Weaver in mind to replace Dean Pees.

The Tennessee Titans might have had at least one name in mind to take over for now-retired defensive coordinator, Dean Pees.

According to ESPN’s Sarah Barshop, the Titans may have plucked current Houston Texans defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver off head coach Bill O’Brien’s staff had he not been promoted.

Weaver was promoted to defensive coordinator after the Tennessee Titans showed interest in him to replace the retired Dean Pees as coordinator there.

Weaver, who was the Texans’ defensive line coach from 2016 through 2019, replaced the team’s former defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, who decided to not return to his position for 2020.

Titans head coach Mike Vrabel has made it clear time and time again that he wants coaches around him who he is familiar with, and Weaver would have qualified as one of those coaches. Both he and Vrabel were on O’Brien’s staff together in 2016 and 2017.

Tennessee ended up not hiring a defensive coordinator at all, and the thought is that Vrabel might end up calling plays on that side of the ball. Whether he calls plays or not, Vrabel is expected to take a larger role in the defense.

When asked about it during his NFL Combine presser, Vrabel said that the team is still “working through the process” of who will call plays.

Former Notre Dame Captain Reportedly Named Texans DC

Weaver takes over a defense that gave up the fifth-most yards in the NFL in 2019 but did manage to allow a significantly more respectable 19th fewest points.

Former Notre Dame captain and defensive end Anthony Weaver has worked his way from player to graduate assistant and now all the way up to an NFL defensive coordinator.

On Monday news broke courtesy of ESPN’s Adam Schefter, reporting that Weaver will be named defensive coordinator of the Houston Texans.

Anthony Weaver was a star defensive end at Notre Dame, playing under Bob Davie from 1998 through 2001.  In 2001 he served as a captain and was named team MVP for a squad that disappointed to the tune of just a 5-6 record after earning a Fiesta Bowl berth the season before.

Weaver went on to become a second round draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2002 and played four seasons there before playing three more with the Houston Texans from 2006-08.

Weaver then got his start in the coaching ranks at the very bottom, serving as a graduate assistant to Urban Meyer at Florida in 2010 before taking a job as linebackers coach at North Texas in 2011.

From there it was a long climb to his new post as Weaver had stints with the New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns along the way.  In 2016 he took over as defensive line coach of the Texans before being promoted to defensive coordinator today.

Weaver takes over a defense that gave up the fifth-most yards in the NFL in 2019 but did manage to allow a significantly more respectable 19th fewest points.

For a flashback, check out this newsclip about Weaver from 2013 that briefly features footage from his kicking career in high school and one of his highlights from his days at Notre Dame.

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Texans promote DL coach Anthony Weaver to defensive coordinator

The Houston Texans have promoted defensive line coach Anthony Weaver to defensive coordinator.

The Houston Texans have decided to get younger at defensive coordinator and also keep it in-house.

According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans have promoted defensive line coach Anthony Weaver to the role of defensive coordinator, replacing 72-year-old Romeo Crennel, who had been contemplating retirement.

Weaver has been Houston’s defensive line coach since 2016. Arguably one of the best jobs he had done is developing defensive tackle D.J. Reader, who has turned into one of the Texans’ bulwarks along the interior defensive line and is due a contract extension from the club in the offseason.

Prior to joining the Texans, Weaver was a defensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns from 2014-15. In 2013, Weaver got his first defensive line coach job at the NFL level with the Buffalo Bills after spending the 2012 season in an assistant capacity with the New York Jets. In 2011, he was linebackers coach at North Texas after getting his first coaching job with Florida as a graduate assistant.

Weaver played for the Houston Texans from 2006-08 after spending his first four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, who took him in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft from Notre Dame.