The Decline of Earl Thomas. Brandin Cooks impresses John Harris in Day 7 of Texans camp. Chat it up, chatter heads. Yeah that sounds lame, I know. :/
The Decline Of Earl Thomas: What Did The Texans Know?
By Mike Fisher
Excerpt from the article: A year ago, it was the assessment of none other than Earl Thomas himself that the Houston Texans’ evaluation of him was that “he didn’t want to play football.’‘
Thomas made the Pro Bowl following his 2019 campaign with the Baltimore Ravens, so if that was truly coach/GM Bill O’Brien’s post-phone-call impression of the then-free-agent Thomas, it wasn’t exactly right.
But maybe O’Brien knew something else about Thomas … something beyond on-field will … something the Ravens are now painfully dealing with.
Training Camp Day 7 | The Harris Hits
by John Harris, Texans Analyst
Excerpt from the article: A little while later, Cooks made a catch on an absolute laser from Deshaun Watson as he crossed the field. I texted Marc Vandermeer up in his perch to say “yeah, that’s good enough – wrap him in bubble wrap”. That’s what Marc, Andre and I talk about during preseason games when we’ve seen enough to know a guy is ready “Wrap him in bubble wrap – we’ve seen enough”. I want to see more every day from Cooks because I’m greedy that way. What I saw today, though, was enough for me to be giddy about what he can do for this Texans squad this year.