Props on a 24-0 lead, but you if you had a 24 point head start and still couldn't win a football game, I don't think you did things right.
Maybe you can't conceive of the idea that someone might want to keep a guy who was good enough of a prospect that he was drafted 5th overall despite having an injury that might prevent him from ever playing again. I thought Tua was pretty bad this year, I'd rate myself as one of his most staunchest critics on here out of the ones who don't lack rationality. I thought Fitzpatrick gave a team poised for the playoffs the best chance to win. But you know what, I'm not ready to give up on the potential of a guy who struggled a bit AS A ROOKIE where the vast majority of his passing routes were run by special teams caliber receivers like Grant, Hollins, Ford, and a Lynn Bowden who hasn't ever gotten open more than ten yards downfield but who people on the board love for this shimmy on 7 yard gains, an offensive line of rookies, and no training camp or normal practice and meeting environment.
Yes, I actually think that in a few years Tua could be better than Deshaun Watson. Even after an uimpressive rookie year. I remember how Tannehill had moments but largely couldn't put on foot in front on the other his rookie year. Next year we nearly made the playoffs despite a pretty worthless defense, an offensive line that was bad before we lost Johnathan Martin AND Richie Incognito in one go, and a running game so bad it makes this year look like Walter Payton.
Deshaun Watson has ability, but he also runs in circles in the pocket and runs into defenders like Michael Vick while holding the ball as if he's got the 1990s Cowboys line in front of him. There are small parts of the game he doesn't do well even though he throws for 4700 yards. Don't get me wrong, he's not a bad quarterback. I'd take him in a heartbeat if we didn't have a QB of the future. A team with a complete vacancy should throw everything at the Texans. But I want to see what Tua has.
Building the roster and "cap room" really don't belong in the same sentence. You supplement a good core with free agency. You don't create one, because not only will that soon get too expensive for you to keep building, but with every free agent you sign you're paying for production he gave another team, and they'll only be worth that for like three years...maybe if you're lucky. And if you don't have young talent on the roster ready to take over when those guys are cut or leave, you can't afford to replace them adequately in FA, nor can you count on getting an instant contribution from a rookie.
We need to build through the draft. We have a potential franchise QB on the roster. Let's improve the roster with the picks we have, instead of picking up a QB who went 4-12 and saddling him with mostly the same core because we gave up picks and we lost a huge amount of cap money. It's a recipe for mediocrity.
