Houston Texans: Anthony Weaver’s contract extension well-deserved

The Houston Texans have cleaned house of sorts to their coaching staff after an abysmal 4-12 season.  All of that, of course, wasn’t on the coaches but on the immense amount of injuries the team sustained.  But accountability has to be taken and there were casualties.  Anthony Weaver is not one of those.  Here’s what happened.

The Houston Texans are reshaping not only the way the roster looks for 2018 but how the front office does as well, starting with incoming general manager Brian Gaine.  Both he and Bill O’Brien were signed to deal that are aligned on the same path with each other.

Gaine is locked in for five and O’Brien has four years added to his contract making them both up for renegotiation in 2023.  That is if everything goes to plan and that the Houston Texans are successful moving forward.  It’d be nice for us to win a Super Bowl in that span but it’s so tough to get there and I’d like see us get to the AFC Championship Game first.  That may be actually sooner than we think, especially with Deshaun Watson at the helm.

With all of the swift changes that have been made to the coaching staff in the off season, with the

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team going more toward veteran assistants in guys like John Pagano and Brad Seely, the Houston Texans have decided to retain defensive line coach Anthony Weaver.

According to the Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, Weaver’s extension will go through the 2020 season.  Weaver has been with the franchise since 2016 and has been praised for the incredible work he has done with Jadeveon Clowney, J.J. Watt and D.J. Reader.  Each of those individuals performed well with each receiving a strong grade of 88.3, 89.3 and 84.2 respectively from Pro Football Focus on the season.

Weaver, a long-time Baltimore Ravens defensive end who played for the Texans from 2006-08 toward the end his career, coached with the Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets before making H-Town his landing spot.

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I honestly think that this extension was deserved and would love for him to see him develop Christian Covington and Carlos Watkins even more.  Both were encouraging in their limited action this season, with an 83.2 and 71.3 grade from PFF respectively.

We’ll have to see if he can still work his magic this season — go Texans.