A day late, but not a dollar short! Here’s the Heh Report from Barry. Also: I’m going to post a game thread at about 11:00 a.m. CT for the first playoff game today that kicks off at 12:05 p.m. CT. I’ll either leave it as the only game thread for Saturday’s games or make a new thread if necessary for the remaining game(s), so I will play it by ear as the day goes on. Re-opened for comments.

Another thread.

Here it is.

If you thought you could just eat some dinner and watch a show or three, go to bed, and then wake up and read about (all over again) possible head coach scenarios…you were sorely mistaken because there are now much bigger fish to fry regarding our beloved Houston Texans. Multiple folks from Florio (who kicked this thing off, by the way) to Rapoport to Schefter and Sarah Barshop etc. began reporting news that #4 is unhappy and why.

I’m not typically one to share a Bleacher Report article. However, the BR article does a decent job of aggregating the aforementioned NFL reporters’ coverage of events so that you can see the wide array of reports on this topic all in one spot. I won’t take up any more space here on the page by virtue of listing out excerpts or tweets (which are embedded into the BR article too). If you need to be caught up before diving into the comments section, read the Deshaun Watson Rumors: Texans QB ‘Extremely Unhappy’ He Wasn’t Part of GM Hire article by Bleacher Report.

Also: The Heh Report, the last one for the season, will post Saturday morning instead of today due to the Watson Is Big Mad news. A sincere thanks to Barry from myself, and I am sure from many others here, for each week’s Heh Report. So be sure to stop in Saturday morning for randomness and a cup of coffee before settling in for playoff games!

Hopefully this thread can last the rest of the day. If we get to 300 on this one and it’s only like 3:30 or 4:00 pm, I’m going to let this one remain to finish out the day and on into tonight too.

From the SI.com article: “Despite concerns of the Houston Texans heading for another New England Patriots 2.0 approach with the hiring of Nick Caserio as general manager, rave reviews are coming in, offering an intriguing insight into the new man in charge at NRG Stadium.”

‘Excellent Hire’ Caserio Means Texans Clarity, Says Rap
By Anthony Wood, SI.com

Snippets from the article, which included tweets:

“I think it’s a great hire and he brings everything you could bring as a general manager, from scouting prowess, to knowledge of the cap, to understanding value, to knowing how to build a building, to knowing what works and can build a championship” (Ian Rapoport)

“He will set the agenda,” said Fletcher, per Wilson. “The scouts will carry out that agenda. There won’t be any gray areas in what a Houston Texans player will look like. It will be black and white and very clear,” (London Fletcher)

Visit the full article to read more.

Time for a new space. RULE FOR THIS THREAD: This thread is for talk about anything but the D.C. news going on. The previous overflow thread can be where people can talk about D.C. news. Dual threads are challenging, and I know it’s not ideal, but it is what it is. Anyone talking politics/D.C. news here in this thread will have their comment(s) deleted, which means all replies are deleted as well.

As outlined in the Daily Thread article this morning, we reached 300 comments so I’m setting up a new thread. Overflow threads are necessary for those who use a mobile device as it’s difficult for mobile users to navigate the comments when the comments volume grows this large. I might also create a 2nd overflow thread later today if we hit another 300+ comments later this afternoon.

I think we can all do without me posting any news articles or tweets in today’s Daily Thread article. The big news is the news of the Texans hiring Caserio to be the GM. The head coach hiring, whoever he is, might do some help here with the department of optics. What are your thoughts on Caserio as GM? What do you think about the build-up to a decision on the head coaching selection?

Something to consider: Patrick Storm at about the 55:45 mark of their live streamed YouTube video (last night) says the report going around that Caserio was not on the list of GM candidates provided to Cal McNair by the search firm is FALSE. Storm says he has had two individuals contact him and say Caserio was on the list and he was recommended by Jed Hughes.

A second thing to consider: Deshaun Watson posted a tweet late into the night last night. It simply said “Some things never change…” but I’m not sure if this was intended as commentary on the Caserio news or something else. Just know that about 99.9% of the replies were all about or from football fans. And as of 1 a.m. CT he hasn’t been on there to say it wasn’t about anything football’ish.

Lastly: I’m anticipating a large comment volume today. I might be creating an overflow thread when we reach about 300 comments rather than 400 like I have done the past couple of days. I will be sure to announce it in the form of a heads-up warning comment in the comments section and then give everyone about 5 minutes before closing it down if I do indeed need to create an overflow thread.