Jack Easterby has had quite the ride with the Houston Texans since 2019.
The organization hired Easterby as executive vice president of team development on April 2, 2019. The club later promoted Easterby to executive vice president of football operations on Jan. 28, 2020. Even before Easterby had to be the club’s interim general manager after the firing of coach and general manager Bill O’Brien on Oct. 5, 2020, Easterby played a part in negotiating contracts in 2020.
With the hiring of former New England Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio as general manager on Jan. 7, 2020, Easterby’s influence throughout the Texans has waned.
According to John McClain, who has been as much a staple of the NFL scene in Houston as any franchise, Easterby could be through with the Texans after the 2022 campaign.
“I think Jack Easterby will be gone after this season,” McClain told “In The Loop” on Sports Radio 610 [KILT-AM] June 28. “That’s just my opinion.”
McClain’s opinion wasn’t merely a hunch as it was rooted in observations and conversations with individuals inside the organization.
Said McClain: “Based on some things that he did that they’re not doing anymore — roster with no numbers. And one of the things that he did last year that I just noticed is he scrubbed their website, made it like the Patriots, the worst in the league. And I had several people in that organization tell me how unhappy they were that they were no longer on the website. And they like to show their grandpa and their grandpa liked to show people, ‘Here’s my son or daughter.’ And it was like they were wiped from the face of the Earth. They now put it back. So, that comes under the auspices of president Greg Grissom. So, congratulations to Greg Grissom or whoever did that because there’s a lot of people that are happy now that what Easterby did last year is no longer. Now, I can’t wait to see if other things that happened, like in training camp and stuff, if they’ll get away from that as well.”
The decline of Easterby’s presence throughout the organization is identifiable. Even Easterby clarified his role as being more of a support role than anything related directly to football.
McClain reiterated it is simply his prediction that Easterby will be gone.
“He may get a contract extension,” said McClain. “I’m just saying I think he will be gone after this season. He will ‘resign to pursue other opportunities.'”
Easterby has been a lightning rod since the 2020 offseason. Caserio has found the scrutiny Easterby has been under curious.
