McClain: Let's give away some (more) draft picks!
The Texans are a terrible football team.
And they did nothing to prepare fans for how bad this season is going to be.
The best indicator of the outlook for this season came not from any of the local media's Kubiak cheerleading, but during roster moves around the start of the season, when the Texans effectively churned the bottom of their roster to grab other teams' discards. For this Cowboys fan, that brought back memories of Jimmy Johnson's first season in Dallas (the one-win season), when the Jimster engaged in similar roster shuffling.
After Charley Casserly's bungling (and some injuries), these Texans are similarly devoid of talent. Unfortunately, there is no Herschel Walker to trade for draft picks and a quick rebuild. This thing is going to take some time.
In a recent blog post, John McClain suggests that the Texans need to consider trading draft picks for yet another journeyman running back.
That's exactly the WRONG thing to do. This team already has several journeymen running backs. What the team needs is talent. And talent comes from using draft picks, wisely.
I said above that the Texans did nothing to prepare fans for the next couple of years of rebuilding. Maybe they were deluding themselves (and veteran local journalists who ought to know better). Or maybe they realized it's not smart marketing to say, "We have a three-year plan -- stick with us while we stink and we'll be a lot more like the Broncos in Year Three!" Whatever the case, smart football fans had to realize that the early (and ongoing) roster churning spelled trouble (even if some local journalists didn't). And smart football fans need to realize that panicking and trading draft picks for marginal players isn't the fix for this team.
This team needs another draft and a solid free agency period. It would be nice if this team had a few players other teams want who might be dangled for draft picks, but that's not the case unfortunately. So, we're going to have to have a little patience, and trust that Gary Kubiak and crew really are as good as all the fawning local journalists suggested when he was hired and again after he had a nice preseason.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/16/06 09:05 AM | Print | Comments (0)
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