Justin Reid Benched After a Disagreement in a Team Meeting, Latest Reminder Houston Texans are a Mess
Justin Reid was a healthy scratch for the Houston Texans game against the New York Jets in week 12. Reid, when healthy, has started every regular season and playoff game for the Texans since October 2018. The move to sit Reid came as a surprise to everyone - including Reid.
#Texans safety Justin Reid (@JustinqReid) on being inactive today for disciplinary reasons: “I’m actually really shocked at (Coach David) Culley’s decision to make me inactive. I couldn’t believe it.” Justin didn’t want to go into any details yet about what happened other than.. pic.twitter.com/H9WzKczHtM
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) November 28, 2021
Ryan Clark posted a video questioning the Texans' decision.
The @HoustonTexans’ starting safety @JustinqReid will be a healthy scratch today. Sources tell me it isn’t performance related. Coaching staff & Reid had a disagreement recently. That disagreement resulted in the Texans deciding to bench one of their best players! Seems petty pic.twitter.com/WIF4UHZBO8
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) November 28, 2021
The fact that the Texans have been an average bad team this season instead of a historically bad one has distracted from the fact that the organization is a complete mess. Benching one of your best players over a disagreement in a meeting when you're 2-8 is both weird and perfectly fitting in the Jack Easterby era. The good news for Reid is that he's a free agent after this season and can get as far away from Houston as he wants.