There’s been an obvious exodus of talent leaving the Houston Texans in the past couple of years. That wasn’t necessarily an issue early on in the franchise’s history. The team was so poor that other organizations had no interest in former Texans. After five to seven years of strong performance and well-developed talent, former Houston Texans can now be spotted all across the league. Compound that with a increasingly toxic locker room and organizational culture, and you’ll find that players are more compelled to leave than to stay.
I wrote this same article in 2018 under a completely different set of circumstances.