Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio has apparently crossed the Rubicon in Foxboro. So when will he make his formal exit from an organization with which he has spent a generation?His contract runs through the 2020 draft. After that Kahale Warring Jersey 2019 , he’s free to leave. It makes sense to wonder whether he possibly would leave before then.Although a trade technically isn’t permissible under the NFL’s tampering policy, nothing stops the league from fashioning an exception that would allow Houston to compensate New England for Caserio, especially in light of the contractual term that ostensibly keeps Caserio in place, no matter what the promotion may be. And it’s possible that, after coach Bill Belichick has a couple of weeks to digest the departure and to plan for Caserio’s replacement, maybe Belichick and the Patriots would feel better about not having a short-timer in the building.Even if a deal isn’t done now, there’s a chance something could be done after the 2019 season ends. Really Kahale Warring Jersey Mens , why would the Patriots want to squat on Caserio for one last free agency and draft process that necessarily will see Caserio have reduced relevance and influence? (It’s hard to envision, for example, Caserio chiming in on the effort to find a potential replacement for Tom Brady in the draft.)Here’s a reason to hold him in place: It keeps him from helping the Texans until after the major 2020 offseason tentpoles come and go, and it also keeps him from carrying to a new team the information he develops about the next class of free agents and rookies.That said, Belichick likely will be very careful about sharing any strategic intelligence with Caserio. Which makes the team’s insistence on keeping around a guy who seems to be destined to leave even more curious.But there’s still one potential outcome that could make all others moot: The Patriots and Caserio could decide to extend their relationship, with Caserio getting a new contract with extra money and perhaps enhanced authority in exchange for abandoning his apparent plan to leave. This week the masthead bands together and brings up the cold, awful Youth Kahale Warring Jersey , miserable past." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBattle Red Bloga Houston Texans communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsTexansOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Texans StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Texans NewsYahoo Texans Team PageYahoo Texans ReportYahoo Texans Depth ChartYahoo Texans TransactionsYahoo Texans PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Filed under:2019 Houston Texans OffseasonBRB Groupthink: Slicing Open Old WoundsNew,15commentsThis week the masthead bands together and brings up the cold, awful, miserable past. CDTShareTweetShareShareBRB Groupthink: Slicing Open Old WoundsWinslow Townson-USA TODAY SportsOn Wednesday night the Houston Rockets blew it. Kevin Durant left the game with a lower leg injury while Reggie Miller cried wolf, when it was a calf strain, not an Achilles tear. They had a chance to go up 3-2, head home to clinch White Kahale Warring Jersey , without Durant on the court, and they screwed it all up. It was unbelievable. A soul wrenching, abhorrent, gut dissolving, franchise folding loss. And the entire time the game was on I was thinking about the past, which means I was thinking about the Houston Texans, which means I thought of a similar game in a much less serious situation. Houston was 2-0. [NAME REDACTED] was their quarterback. They headed up to New England to play the Patriots while Tom Brady was in the timeout corner with a dunce hat on. Finally. Maybe. Could this be the year the Texans actually have a quarterback and beat New England? Nope. Of course not. Somethings just aren’t meant to ever happen. The Patriots bracketed DeAndre Hopkins. Played two safeties deep. Forced [NAME REDACTED] to beat them with intermediate accuracy Ibraheim Campbell Jersey White , something he has none of, and forced him out to the flat over and over and over again. He averaged 4.7 yards an attempt. 196 yards on 41 throws. The Texans were blanked 27-0 and gave up 185 rushing yards, including a memorable Jacoby Brissett scamper. The rest of the NFL used this same template to destroy [NAME REDACTED] from this day on wards. This same team would go on to beat them in the Divisional Round as well, a game where the Texans’ defense finally was able to get to Brady, force turnovers, and play well enough to win, but Vyncint Smith Jersey White , the quarterback made a win impossible. Ahhhh the good old days. After rummaging around and pulling out the suitcases from past Texans losses, while watching the Rockets complete one of their own, I asked the masthead, “What do you think is the worst loss in Texans’ franchise history?”. Matt Burnham:Luke Beggs:bigfatdrunk:Diehard Chris:Uprooted Texan:Mike Bullock:tGC: