The Houston Texans gave coach Bill O’Brien the title of general manager in January, which means the organization will only have one representative for the media to talk to at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
O’Brien is scheduled to speak at 2:00 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
It could be worse. The New England Patriots have no one available for press conferences at the combine.
Tuesday will be the first time since Jan. 13 that O’Brien will talk to the media. Significant moves have occurred in that span, including O’Brien’s doubling up as general manager.
“Don’t really have a whole lot to tell you,” O’Brien told reporters on Jan. 13, the day after the club’s 51-31 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC divisional. “What I will say is probably, we’ll — I haven’t even met with the coaches that much. Haven’t met with [chairman] Cal (McNair), so don’t have a lot to tell you, but I will say that maybe at a later date, we’ll have another press availability and be able to answer maybe some of the questions that you may have that I won’t be able to answer as well today.”
O’Brien will have to answer those questions at the combine.