Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1637 Going in the wrong direction
In the world of competitive sports, reality is harsh—

A single victory can solve most problems. No matter how many difficulties or contradictions there are, there is no need to worry in the face of continuous victories and championships. As long as you can continue to win, the problems will no longer be problems.

Conversely, a failure can become a problem and trigger other problems, causing previously accumulated contradictions and conflicts to burst their banks, creating problems where none existed before, and turning non-problems into problems.

That's exactly what the Houston Texans are like right now.

O'Brien found himself in the eye of the storm, facing widespread criticism and condemnation, leaving him in a sorry state.

However, just when people thought that the 7:47 defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs was the worst, things slid even further into an abyss.

Insider sources revealed that after the loss, O'Brien flew into a rage in the visiting team's locker room at Arrowhead Stadium, blaming the players. This sparked an argument, and O'Brien and the players even came to blows, almost escalating into a physical altercation.

The news was ambiguous and half true, as no player names were revealed, making it seem like mere speculation. However, after the team returned to Houston, a low-pressure atmosphere was palpable during training. The entire locker room was filled with chaos and unease, with no eye contact or verbal communication.

Without Hopkins and Watt, the Houston Texans' locker room truly seemed like a disorganized mess.

O'Brien denied this entirely in an interview.

Interestingly, O'Brien used last season's Kansas City Chiefs as an example, emphasizing that all those rumors were baseless fabrications. He claimed that the so-called locker room conflicts were a form of psychological warfare used to disrupt the team's focus, especially after a loss, where they became a distraction tactic.

O'Brien stated that the new season will be a challenge for the Houston Texans, and they need to give it their all.

O'Brien was implying that these unfounded rumors came from their divisional rivals, the Indianapolis Colts and their next opponent, the Baltimore Ravens, who would stop at nothing to beat the Houston Texans because the Houston Texans were a threat to them.

"We can win. We can overcome difficulties. It's a challenge, but stay tuned."

O'Brien found his conviction and will amidst the media frenzy and launched a counterattack.

Objectively speaking, however, O'Brien does face a formidable challenge; the Houston Texans' schedule is nothing short of hellish.

After the Kansas Chiefs, they will face the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans.

One tough challenge after another, except for the Jacksonville Jaguars, all of them are tough nuts to crack. O'Brien and his Houston Texans need a breather, but unfortunately, they don't have any. If they want to get through the grueling schedule at the beginning of the season, O'Brien will definitely need some luck.

So, what about reality?

A crushing home defeat to the Baltimore Ravens, a narrow away loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and another home loss to the Minnesota Vikings marked the start of the new season with four consecutive losses.

On paper, everyone knows how tough these four opponents are, and the outcome is full of possibilities; but reality is much crueler than a bunch of losses. The locker room is in disarray, the offense is haphazard and the defense is disorganized, and O'Brien's strategy is completely indiscernible. It's a mess from the inside out and from top to bottom, falling apart with each loss, and there's no sign of turning things around.

Then, O'Brien was fired.

The league was filled with sighs of disappointment.

After making a high-profile and forceful trade for Hopkins and Watt, O'Brien once held complete control of the Houston Texans' locker room, truly establishing his authority within the team; however, he never expected that after just four games in the new season, O'Brien would lose his job.

Even O'Brien himself hadn't anticipated this. Rumor has it that when the news arrived, O'Brien was gearing up to defeat their regional rivals, the Jacksonville Jaguars, who were mired in a slump, and salvage their reputation. They not only needed a victory, but a resounding and decisive one; he was ready to thoroughly crush the Jacksonville Jaguars.

When O'Brien heard the news, he thought he had misheard. He went to the team owner McNair's office, but was turned away at the door.

O'Brien only had fifteen minutes to pack his belongings, and then... then he was thrown out.

They swept away everything in a whirlwind, leaving no room for leniency.

Cruel, bloody, and brutal. The coldness of the professional league is laid bare.

McNair's belief in O'Brien led to the trade of two of the team's leaders. To make matters worse, the Houston Texans did not gain much from the trades and even had to bear losses. Both trades were considered by the league to be among the top ten worst trades of the millennium.

Now, McNair has lost his patience.

Last season, the young McNair took over the team from her father. As a woman, she faced many challenges and controversies. She had to bring her husband into the team's management and make him president to barely control the situation. She then hoped to gain a foothold through the team's performance, and they did indeed succeed last season.

Precisely because of last season's historic breakthrough in reaching the federation finals, the team had even higher expectations, and McNair chose to believe in O'Brien.

Faced with this mess, McNair could no longer tolerate it, and she didn't even want to see O'Brien one last time.

From a business perspective, people still praise McNair's decisive action, cutting his losses in time to avoid further stagnation. Since Hopkins and Watt are gone anyway, it's better to gather all hopes and dreams and start a new chapter.

However, if real life were really that simple, then professional leagues wouldn't be so full of bloodshed.

The Houston Texans' misfortune didn't end with O'Brien being kicked out; not long after, the team was hit with another disastrous piece of news.

This time it's starting quarterback and team hope, DeShawn Watson.

Actually, Watson's season wasn't bad. The disaster in the first week was the bottom, but he bounced back and had an excellent season as a quarterback.

4823 yards, 33 touchdowns.

However, Watson was dissatisfied with the locker room atmosphere and his status in the team. He had a fierce conflict with the team owner, team manager, head coach and other management in the team's base office. Subsequently, Watson publicly demanded a trade and spread the word through his agent.

The Houston Texans refused, whether out of pride, tactical considerations, or commercial value, they were unwilling to give up easily.

Unexpectedly, a massage therapist filed a lawsuit accusing Watson of harassing her during a massage.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

But what's even more astonishing is that this was just the beginning; things quickly escalated from a farce into a serious and terrible accusation.

(End of this chapter)