Should the Texans draft a QB with the No. 2 overall pick? Maybe not. Here's why: WeAreTexans | NFLDraft
For much of the season, most NFL fans assumed the Houston Texans would select a quarterback with the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. Now we know that will not happen, at least barring a trade. Thanks to Lovie Smith’s parting gift to the organization on Sunday, the Texans will be picking second overall on April 27.
TL;DR: the Texans should be able to get their quarterback, if they want him. They have the capital and it makes sense for the Bears to do the deal. But should the Texans want a quarterback? While Mills’ numbers place him among the worst quarterbacks in the NFL in 2022, it is worth considering that any quarterback Houston selects would be entering a similar situation to Mills. Ultimately, even great quarterbacks can only be as good as the infrastructure around them allows them to be. In Houston, the infrastructure around the quarterback is as bad as it is anywhere in the NFL.
For the Texans, passing on a quarterback this year does not mean passing on a quarterback in perpetuity. This is one of the major misconceptions about team building. When the Cleveland Browns passed on Carson Wentz in 2016, Cleveland’s fans lost their minds ; when they passed on Deshaun Watson in 2017, Cleveland’s fans lost their minds . They wound up picking Baker Mayfield first overall in 2018. Did this have a great outcome for them? No, but this is missing the bigger point.
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