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Texans hire a new President. He’s a fairly young guy who seems very qualified for this particular job. 
 

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Sources: Texans hiring Mike Tomon as new team president

Aaron WilsonPublished: January 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM

HOUSTON – The Texans are hiring Mike Tomon as their new team president as the replacement for former team president Greg Grissom, according to league sources.

Tomon was previously the co-president and chief operating officer for Legends Global Attractions, which provides services in business planning, project management, sponsorships, premium ticket sales, merchandise, marketing, food and beverages.

Among the clients Legends has worked with: AT&T Stadium, Real Madrid, SoFi Stadium, Las Vegas Raiders and Notre Dame.

Texans move on from team president Greg Grissom

Tomon was the leader for global business development for the company, identifying new opportunities for growth and innovation as he oversaw Legends’ marketing, creative and communication divisions.

Under his tenure, Legands vertical quadrupled in size.

Tomon has two decades of experience in sports and entertainment.

He was previously senior vice president of global partnerships at AEG working in new business development and instituted global premium sales strategy. He accounted for over $500 million in deals at AEG prior to being hired by Legends in 2014.

In 2015, Tomon was named a Sports Business Journal Forty Under Forty award winner.

He has served on the Sports and Entertainment Council for the United Way and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

A graduate of Georgetown University where he played football, Tomon lived in Dallas with his wife and two children.

 

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Is a new stadium really being seriously discussed or is it more a restructuring of the current lease? The latter definitely needs to be done with control taken away from the county, who has severely lapsed in its maintenance obligations. 

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49 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

There are amounts nfl donates for new stadium. Know rodeo and others aren't happy with harris county and upgrades , maintenance not being done

Correct. HLSR’s lease is up in 2032 and they’re displeased with the county misplacing their checkbook. I think theres a quid pro quo between HLSR and the county. HLSR will look the other way on the county violating their lease in exchange for autonomy. Each party gets along pretty well and they have mutual goals. I’m sure they’ll work it out. HLSR has some nuclear options outlined upthread. 

i believe the current preference is spend $2 billion on upgrading NRG Stadium and Center. 
 

There’s a cool plan for NRG Arena, but no dollar figure yet. Level 1 that building does in fact suck.I have no idea how they’d slam a 8,500 seat venue in the current footprint, but I’ll buy the other bullet points.  https://www.chron.com/business/article/nrg-arena-designs-houston-20024540.php
 

 

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3 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

The #Texans are hiring #Rams TEs coach and pass game coordinator Nick Caley as their new OC, as CJ Stroud and the Houston offense get a new play-caller, per me and @TomPelissero.

Caley drew interest from the #Jets and #Patriots. He was selective and lands in Houston.

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He should give more ownership and pre-snap ability to the QB and layers to the passing game than the Shanahan side of the tree

The McVay background means a lot of window dressing to get to the same plays, while the Patriots background means they have pretty much every play in the playbook. Both backgrounds are heavy in game-planning and scouting

I expect more "at you" runs like duo and less outside zone 

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41 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Former tight end coaches as OCs are a hot trend in the NFL. The theory is that they have a firmer grasp of integrating the running game and passing game. 

It’s also position where they stash “ideas” and X’s and O’s guys 

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The Rams are trading Cooper Kupp. He has 2 years left on his contract at $20M/yr. I’d prefer him over bringing back Diggs. Of course, there will be plenty of interested teams so he’ll be expensive to get. But Caley will know how to best use him. 

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26 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

The Rams are trading Cooper Kupp. He has 2 years left on his contract at $20M/yr. I’d prefer him over bringing back Diggs. Of course, there will be plenty of interested teams so he’ll be expensive to get. But Caley will know how to best use him. 

I don't think you want him on this contract. If you want him, it's if they have to cut him and he clears waivers

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40 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

The Rams are trading Cooper Kupp. He has 2 years left on his contract at $20M/yr. I’d prefer him over bringing back Diggs. Of course, there will be plenty of interested teams so he’ll be expensive to get. But Caley will know how to best use him. 

They allegedly wanted a second when they considered trading him during the season. I see no reason why they’d back off of that now. 

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45 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

They allegedly wanted a second when they considered trading him during the season. I see no reason why they’d back off of that now. 

Yeah, they can let him walk and get a third, no reason to take less on a trade…

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56 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

Yeah, they can let him walk* and get a third, no reason to take less on a trade…

*they can let him walk in two years as a free agent and get a compensatory pick for him. If they cut him (and the story is Rams don’t want him/his contract), they get no picks. Everyone knows the Rams want to dump him now. They won’t likely get a 2nd or 3rd round in a trade. 
 

If Texans are interested, it’s all a poker match. Are there other teams interested in taking on the 2yr/$40m he has left? Enough to give up a pick? Maybe some 6th for a 7th swap bullshit? If not, wait for the Rams to cut him. They could claim him on waivers to insure they get him (possibly overpaying him), or wait it out and sign him for less as a free agent. 
 

OTOH, Texans may get a comp pick if Diggs signs elsewhere and they don’t sign anyone of note (trading for Kupp or claiming him off waivers would work).

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Yea, Mixon was really good this year

By the way, presumably we'll be running much more duo and gap runs, and so Pierce might be unlocked 

Although it's a loaded RB draft so it wouldn't surprise me of we took a guy in round 4 or 5 who'd normally go round 3

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12 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

It’s appearing like Jerrod Johnson is staying. He’ll probably get some sort of title bump. Also, it’s looking like Popovich will be promoted to OL coach. 

If the offense takes off and Caley gets a Liam Coen'd into a HC job, Jerrod will probably finally get his OC job. While Stroud likely wanted him to get the job this time, I don't think you could justify that with him being in this same offense last year 

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3 minutes ago, Fud said:

If the offense takes off and Caley gets a Liam Coen'd into a HC job, Jerrod will probably finally get his OC job. While Stroud likely wanted him to get the job this time, I don't think you could justify that with him being in this same offense last year 

...and no experience calling plays.

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