draino, the way free agency is going for the Texans so far - losing players and creating even more holes all over the place - we may as well embrace ourselves for the first overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft as well. Do you like Jameis Winston at all? The way our roster currently looks like, I don't see us going any better than 2-14 again in 2014. We're going to draft first overall for a couple of years in a row. If we can draft well maybe by 2016 or 2017 we'll become one of the more exciting teams in the league.
We may as well try and find ourselves a big nose tackle in this draft so it doesn't become a prolonging weakness year in and year out, along with a tight end, defensive end, outside linebacker and running back. We may as well bite the bullet with the quarterback situation. We're going to suck regardless of who we bring in at this point.
This is unbelievable how the Texans are just stripping away any good players they had. Owen Daniels and Garrett Graham aren't coming back. That's our top two tight ends. I doubt Antonio Smith will be re-signed. Ben Tate is gone. We lost our best special teams gunner in Bryan Braman. We may as well release or try and trade Johnathan Joseph and Danieal Manning. I wouldn't be shocked if Andre Johnson demands a trade this off-season. Maybe his uncle and agent will push him in that direction.
This is just a total rebuilding job for the Texans. I no longer feel optimistic about a quick fix or an easy turnaround.
Our goal right now should be clearing cap space and eating that dead money. By 2016 we'll be in good shape.