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Bill O'Brien on job status: 'Whatever the future holds, it holds'
NFL.com
******Also listen to the VIDEO on this page starting at 38 seconds..............she gives some very interesting stats about Brady in the Playoffs WITHOUT Gronkowski (along with some other things to think about).............could put at least a little smile on your face going into this game.
NFL.com
- Published: Jan. 13, 2017 at 12:52 p.m.
- Updated: Jan. 13, 2017 at 03:14 p.m.
Yet as chatter increases around the NFL of growing tension between the third-year coach and the men who employ him -- owner Bob McNair and general manager Rick Smith -- O'Brien also heads into this Divisional Round playoff game with uncertainty surrounding his future.
"I got home the other night and my wife (Colleen) asks me, 'Where are we living next year?' " O'Brien told me Monday during an interview that will air Saturday on NFL Network's "GameDay Morning". "Look, things are out there, and you can't control everything that's out there. I signed a five-year contract when I came here. I've enjoyed coaching here. We like living here. So at the end of the day, the Houston Texans are a place that we enjoy working.
"Whatever the future holds, it holds, but like I said, I have two years left on my contract, so we'll see what happens."
According to various reports -- and based on my conversations with numerous sources -- a breakup between O'Brien and the Texans remains possible, even with Houston in position to reach its first-ever AFC Championship Game with an upset of the heavily-favored Pats. If the Texans succumb Saturday night, McNair will have to decide whether to fire O'Brien (which would be somewhat surprising); to try to trade him to another team (only the San Francisco 49ers have yet to fill their head-coaching vacancy); or to retain him and hope that the working relationship between his coach and GM does not further deteriorate in 2017.
******Also listen to the VIDEO on this page starting at 38 seconds..............she gives some very interesting stats about Brady in the Playoffs WITHOUT Gronkowski (along with some other things to think about).............could put at least a little smile on your face going into this game.