Houston Texans decision to cut D’Onta Foreman should come as no surprise

The Houston Texans have abruptly decided to part ways with former second-round pick D’Onta Foreman. Here’s why that move shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise!

In another abrupt move, the Houston Texans have released running back D’Onta Foreman, according to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle.

Considering the comments Texans head coach Bill O’Brien has been making about the second running back spot being up for grabs, this shouldn’t come as much of surprise though.

The timing does seem strange, as they’ve waited all offseason and gave him up until training camp to impress them. In that regard, they were fair to him.

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Unfortunately for Foreman, he’s not quite been the same ever since his Achilles injury during his rookie season two years ago. According to McClain, “the Texans didn’t like his work habits and decided to part ways.”

On top of that, it’s not like Foreman has been a major part of the offense, as Foreman played in only one game all last season, so that likely also made the decision even easier. It’s not the Texans viewed Foreman as irreplaceable, too. In fact, O’Brien was recently very transparent about Foreman’s struggles in pass protection, which certainly didn’t help his cause either.

We have to keep in mind that O’Brien is behind these roster decisions. He was unhappy with Foreman and has been very blunt about it. On top of that, former general manager Rick Smith was the one who brought Foreman to Houston anyway, so we don’t even know if O’Brien simply inherited him or if he wanted him here in the first place.

Though the timing seems odd, it seems the Texans had seen enough of Foreman already to know they wanted to part ways. After all, we are in Day 9 of training camp, not to mention the time from OTAs and the entire offseason in which they’ve seen Foreman and his progression.

If anything, the roster move was abrupt because of the timing, but the decision shouldn’t have come as a shock.