Official Divisional Playoff Round - Texans @ Chiefs Game Thread, 1/12/2020

[HPF Bob]

Summation by the YouTube oracle "Urinating Tree"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93lWO8lfxrs

(caution: includes profanity)

But he's spot on in evaluating O'Brien. Hit every bullet point except for Bill's talent for not challenging calls that he could win while wasting timeouts challenging calls he's guaranteed to lose.

He's right that the Texans won't fire O'Brien because they are obsessed with becoming the Patriots just like Austin/University of Texas is fixated on leaders that came from San Francisco, Sacramento or Berkeley. Hey, Houstonians, guess where Austin found Art Acevedo?

But, to be fair, let's do a quick comparison on the Clowney deal:

Clowney - 13 games, 31 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT, 4 FF, 2 recoveries, 13 QB hits
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Martin - 14 games, 11 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 0 INT, 1 FF, 1 recovery, 7 QB hits
Mingo - 16 games, 1 tackle, 0 sacks, 0 INT, 0 FF, 0 recovery, 2 QB hits
Conley* - 8 games, 27 tackles, 0 sacks, 0 INTs, 0 FF, 0 recovery, 0 QB hits

Total of 3: 38 games, 39 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 0 INT, 1 FF, 1 recovery, 9 QB hits

* - we got Conley with the 3rd that was part of the Clowney deal.

Salary: Clowney almost $16 million
Martin, Mingo, Conley combined approximately $5.4 million

[HPF Bob]

Incidentally, if the Texans still had their first round pick, it would have been the 26th in the first round. Instead, it belongs to the Dolphins due to the trade for False Start Tunsil.