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Texans give GM Smith extension through 2020
- Updated: July 30, 2016
7:50 PM ET
HOUSTON — After an active and pricey offseason, the Texans have extended the contract of general manager Rick Smith through the 2020 season.
Smith was entering the final year of his previous deal. This will be his 11th season as the Texans’ general manager.
“I think stability is important, and if you look at the clubs who have been good throughout the years, they’ve been very stable,” Texans owner Bob McNair told KRIV in Houston. “They haven’t had a lot of changes. Certainly if you don’t have the right people, you need to have changes. Once you get the right people in place, I think it’s much better if you can be stable and keep them in place for a long time.”
The Texans have had winning records in five of Rick Smith’s 10 seasons at the helm and been to the playoffs three times. Scott Halleran/Getty Images
The Texans have had winning records in five of Smith’s 10 seasons at the helm. They’ve been to the playoffs three times and won two games; in 2011 and 2012, the Texans beat the Cincinnati Bengals in the wild-card round of the playoffs and …
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