One bonus of the digital NFL Draft is it has given viewers a uncooked behind-the-scenes have a look at crew executives and coaches. For example, it confirmed Texans coach Invoice O’Brien livid, slamming down his telephone Friday night time through the third spherical.
The basis of his anger was just a few former colleagues with the Patriots, the Houston Chronicle reported. O’Brien thought he had a deal finished with the Lions whereas the Texans have been on the clock with the 90th total decide, however Detroit backed out.
“Pay attention, we discuss to loads of groups,” Lions normal supervisor Bob Quinn stated. “Once we’re not on the clock we discuss to a bunch of groups and it’s not simply myself. We’ve received 4 or 5 those that make calls, so I’m unsure what that was about. However we didn’t have a commerce.”
O’Brien labored alongside Quinn and Lions coach Matt Patricia in New England from 2007-11. They're thought of pals. The 2 groups had joint practices collectively throughout coaching camp final yr. However now there seems to be points between the 2 sides and the general public is aware of about it, thanks partially to the digital draft.
It provides extra controversy to an already hectic offseason for O’Brien, who was criticized for buying and selling celebrity vast receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals in a deal many consider he misplaced.
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