Best news I have heard all year. He will probably play better on another team, because it just seems like they all do, but I don't care. Now I hope we draft Mahomes first round if he is available. If we end up with Romo it will be a huge improvement until a draft pick evolves, but I don't see Romo lasting a season. I mean what are the odds of him not breaking his back or clavicle again, or something else? Luck has not been in our favor.
Draft history says everything about his GM job. Red indicates players that are no longer on the team or the NFL. 2007-2013 drafts - Crap. Only the last 3 drafts he has hit on players, but overall, he's done a shitty job. He has tried in free agency, but nothing has worked out. This trade he pulled just saved his job. But as usual, we still have no franchise QB. Might as well make a Browns jersey of all of the QBs that have went through the Texans turnstile..... I think we have that many and we have been in less existence than the Browns.
I like McKinney, but he's had one great year. I still think the point still stands that our 2nd-6th round draft history is absolute basura.
This shows you how standing pat was not an option. The entire team needed a new face at QB...rolling with Brock/Savage was never in play.
FIFY. I agree, I'd take prime time Matty every year since we've had prime time Matty. But Romo when healthy, and in the regular season, is real good.
2007 was 10 years ago... I would wager MOST of the players from that draft are no longer with the team that drafted them and/or in the NFL. I don't know what the right cycle looks like - but given that the average NFL career is 3.3 years... judging him for anything beyond... 2011-12 is just silly.
If they end up signing Romo or trading him for a late-round pick, I see this as a pretty big win. If I told you three hours ago that the Texans could trade Osweiler and next year's second rounder for Romo and Cleveland's 4th this season, don't you easily make that trade? I wouldn't have even thought twice about it. And that's essentially what this would end up being. I'm not a Rick Smith fan, but if he ends up with Romo without giving up a ton in return to get him, this is going to be one of his better moves as GM.
The more I think about it, the more I think it wasn't just the saved cap space. I think there was a fundamental rift between Brock and the coach and players, and going into the season with Brock and Savage basically (heck, add Cutler, whatever) just would have been more noise and distraction that isn't needed given team goals of making it further in the playoffs
This is a good way to look at it, though if they have to trade for Romo, the analysis has to include whatever that is. If I just say its the 4th the Texans got from Cleveland, then its Brock + 2017 6th rounder + 2018 2nd rounder for Romo... which seems expensive... for a guy who hasn't been healthy in 2 years and doesn't seem to have any other real serious teams interested in trading for him ... except if the alternative is do nothing and have Brock/Savage battle for #1 QB in training camp, which would be a disaster.
Not only just that...we would be wasting the prime of our best players...We need JJ, Clowney and Nuk in an AFC championship game...
