I understand not knowing the illegal Instagram activity and understand your point. My point is they are running a billion dollar corporation and to their knowledge, one of their most valuable assets is running around like a horny dog humping air. Did they have something similar to the rookie symposium as a refresher for him or even the entire team? Is this Instagram whoring part of the NFL players' culture? Did they bring in someone like a John Lucas or Calvin Hill? Wasn't Easterby suppose to be that guy?
Instead of the knee jerk trade of Hopkins, did they bring both men into a meeting with the character coach as a mediator and reiterate the responsibilities that goes into being the face of the franchise and the potential for the lack of discretion to ruin their brand? Hell, if all of the moms are involved, why not bring in Hopkins' mom and start an intervention with their sons? Even if they still went ahead and traded Hopkins, they should have made Watson aware of the role his behavior played in the trade. Did they do that?
At the end of the day, Watson is a grown man, this mess is his fault and he has to take full responsibility for it. But based on your posts, it seems instead of the Texans addressing the issue head-on, they attempted to sweep it under the rug by trading Hopkins and not holding Watson accountable for his part in the trade or the potential ramifications and unexpected consequences of his legal IG whoring. If they tackled the problem head-on and inform him that this is not "Texans worthy" and unacceptable behavior for the face of their franchise and he gets offended, you trade his ass and whisper to Albert Breer about his IG whoring. Would they be in a worst position than they are today?
So, my point isn't that they knew or should have known about the illegal activities. It's the lack of organizational judgement, leadership and the amateurish way they tried to address this Watson issue. Especially when it appears that trading Hopkins did not fix the issue and might have made it worst. Then they reward Watson with a huge contract and a no-trade clause? It just seems that the McNairs having a known womanizer as the face of their franchise and giving him a huge contract and NTC goes against the perception of them wanting choir boys only.
The fact is what Watson was supposedly with multiple women were things that are commonplace in professional sports. These are 20something's with money and fame. What do you expect ?
The league puts them thru a class at the rookie symposium on the subject of protecting themselves from acquiring baby momma's and things of that nature.
Expecting the Texans to be proactive about something that isn't outside of the norm is kinda silly IMO.
It was Momma Watson who had the problem with it .... going to Janice. If they don't accommodate Momma Watson , they may not get the extension done at all and end up forced to tag or trade him and at the time - before these charges and trade demands , the world would have beaten the Texans to death for letting that happen.
Trading one of the perceived best QB's in the game for IG whoring is just plain dumb.
The real problem comes when we find out he wasn't just screwing a bunch of Instagram groupies but crossing the line into illegal acts.
It seems to me people are just looking for a reason to blame the team ....