The Chronicle‘s John McClain reports that the Houston Texans have fired offensive coordinator Chris Palmer, who has held the position since the birth of the team.
Replacing Palmer will be offensive line coach Joe Pendry, according to McClain:
Pendry, a long-time NFL coach who was previously offensive coordinator at Carolina and Buffalo, will try to develop some consistency in an offense that has been unproductive against the Bills and Steelers, the two best defensive teams in the NFL last season.
Interestingly, Pendry was fired by Capers after the 1997 season at Carolina. Although, it was never confirmed, there was speculation that Panthers owner Jerry Richardson made Capers fire Pendry, who was under fire because his offense was too conservative and unimaginative.
The offense was horrid in the first two games of the season, and it was easy to make Palmer the scapegoat and fire him, but the team suffers from a lack of overall talent (which is Charley Casserly’s responsibility) and an offensive line that has been terrible since the team has existed.
Promoting the man responsible for the offensive line the last two seasons and a man once fired for being unimaginative on offense to offensive coordinator is unlikely to result in a team turnaround, but it was the easy move for a team that fans were booing noticeably on Sunday.
McClain writes that the team will not have a comment until Dom Capers’ regular 3pm press conference.
