Every media outlet is stating we need a QB. Even most fans are proclaiming we need a QB. Caserio needs to leak to whoever will listen that defense is very much on the board to prevent trade-up scenarios.
Texans would be jumping for joy if Johnston is there at 12. I bet someone will jump over them at #11 before they even have a chance to put in their card for Johnston.
I wonder if they hire Gannon/Brian Johnson if Johnson will want Anthony Richardson in the 2nd round. Recruited and coached him during red shirt year at Florida. 1.2: Jalen Carter 1.12: Johnston 2.2: Richardson
That's why you gotta make everyone believe you he's not on your board at that slot. Too often our picks are telegraphed and someone trades up just before we pick to take our guy.
I have the mindset to trade for Carr at this point and give him 2 years to see if can do anything and use the draft capital to fill the oh so many holes they have.
I don't love the "sign an average starting QB" strategy at this point. If the Texans are going to suck, they need to REALLY suck. Them winning 6-7 games with guys like Carr or Jimmy G. doesn't really help the rebuild at all. If they had enough talent that adding a guy like that would make them a legitimate playoff team, I'd feel differently. But I'd rather they just suck and get top 5 picks until they can either draft their franchise QB or until they have enough talent that it's worth signing guys like Carr.
Decent chance Carr will be better than Young/Stroud for next 5 years. With this draft and cap room Texans could be on the upswing. You still have 2 mid-first rounders next year. Don’t want to become the Matt Millen Lions.
No, but I don't want to be the Raiders either. And of course there's a chance he'll be better than two rookie QBs with question marks—that's the case with every established QB vs. every undrafted rookie. But I don't think the Texans need a good QB next season, and I don't necessarily want them to have one. Rebuilding requires acquiring assets; they'll do a better job of that without a veteran QB than they will with one. In 2 years if they still don't have an answer at QB, then you go and get a Carr-type. I don't think adding him now makes any sense.
Back in the days of yore, the truism was to take the best available player, regardless of need. It appears it has been replaced with, Take the best available QB, even if none are franchise QBs.
There are Great QBs that were surprises because of their success. There were Great disappointments among those who were believed to be can't miss prospects. As much as we try, it's still a crap shoot. We just try to get loaded dice.
Anyone else think it makes sense to grab a play-maker with the second pick assuming we're going QB first? We're probably not going to be competitive next year regardless so does balance really matter? I feel like you really want to maximize a rookie QB's chance of success out of the gates over anything else, taking a QB than WR/Mayer would give us a pretty solid offensive core from the jump then you can go defense-defense next year with the two firsts?
