In a decent world the Texans would go for the top pick and make aggressive moves to trade back into the top half of the draft. Personally I would go after that Bama RB if he chooses to opt for the draft then trade back in for a QB. But this is Rick Smith I'm talking about here so he won't even attempt this.
And for posterity's sake, I want to point out that this is not hyperbole. The Texans were actually that bad. They were down 41-0 at the half. Any other QB in the league would be benched at that point, if only to save him from possible injury for next week. Unfortunately, the back-up is an unprofessional jamoke who would lose his ball sack if it weren't attached to his body, and the third stringer is so perfectly below average that he exemplifies just how far Pitt football has fallen in the last thirty years (oh, and he has a bum shoulder). So the Texans start a guy who the Browns(!) let walk, and literally refuse to take him out of the game. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2015 Houston Texans!
It just drives me nuts to see some of those QBs that were passed up in the draft, are actually pretty decent NFL QBs. At this point, I have to think that Bill O'Brian needs to clean out his coaching staff right now. Not next month, but right now.
It only gets worse. They might be more dysfunctional than the Colts. Texans GM Rick Smith vetoes Bill O'Brien's decision to cut QB Ryan Mallett - Brian T. Smith - Houston Chronicle
Yeah, but in this case it sounds like Rick Smith was doing his job correctly this time. You can't go into a game with only one active QB.
Texans are a cursed club. Been advocating this truism since season David Carr was getting ambushed to death. Name was used by Lamar Hunt with his Dallas Texans before he moved them to K.C. to be the Chiefs. To make matters worse, that flame outta nostrils bull that our players run out of before each home game is identical in emulation of the old pagan Canaanite god that celebrated child sacrifice in fires. Their own children that is. Not something to emulate now is that Mr. McNair!
Not that I believe in curses, but perhaps we should look no further than this: Bud decided that it had to go so he could have more seats or he was moving the team to Jacksonville. He got his way and 7 years of playoff futility was to follow. Including the biggest collapse in sports history. Now the Oilers moved and Houston was granted a shiny new franchise. 13 years later I'm missing the Oilers and their playoff collapses. Perhaps Bob was trying to appease the bulls on the old Astrodome scoreboard. It's not working.
I'm not so sure about curses, but I am pretty sure that the Texans have been mismanaged from day one. At some point they meet up every year and decide that they don't need a good QB. It's just laughable at this point.
O my gosh, everyone's panicking on the Rockets losing their first 2 games of the season (at home) like its the Texans. There's a big difference between a 80+ game NBA season and a 16-game NFL season. The Rockets will come back and still make a run in the playoffs. Also, the UH Cougars are still undefeated in college football. #WhoseHouseCoogsHouse
As a 30 season turbo junkie follower of our Rockets, be advised that watching the NBA is like watching water boil. I mean at first, till the February All Star break, just follow the team and the league with no worries. Things like shooting form, team cohesion and timing are luke warm at best. Then after the ASG the league starts to heat up. This is when you n your friends should be concerned how good or bad or really bad the season is shaping up to be. By April n then the playoff push at the end of the long season, the league is on the boil and really entertaining! Trust me on this one, recall that over half the league makes the playoffs in the 29 team NBA.
If you needed any more reasons to think that the Houston Texans GM is incompetent, The Saints just signed Mike Mohamed.
The Astros made the playoffs, the Rockets suck, and the Texans just beat an undefeated team on the road. I don't know what to believe in anymore.
The Rockets fired Kevin McHale. Dallas K won the Cy Young. Carlos Correa won rookie of the year. I'm too lazy to put provide links.
They signed Brandon Weeden who was a 35 year old freshman QB at Oklahoma State and couldn't beat out Matt Cassel in Dallas.