Our Pick From Texans Could Be Top Three

[TheRevoltingBlob]

Loss of Hopkins doesn't drop them 7 wins. And let's not pretend Cooks can't play. Other than last year, Cooks basically had 4 straight 1,100 yard seasons. He's just 26. If healthy, he's quite productive. Unless Watson gets hurt or there are other brutal injuries, it's almost impossible they go 3-13.

Cooks is very good, but he's had 5 known concussions already. He had a down year last year because he suffered 2 of them. He spent much of the end of last year seeing concussion specialists.

This is not something I would ever wish on anyone, but he's at a level where any future concussion could bring retirement into discussion.

 

[RMLogic]

Lawrence could stink it up next year. Just as easy as the Texans win only 3.

Lawrence could stink it up next year. Just as easy as the Texans win only 3.

Seriously?
Clemson plays in the worst conference in college football.
They play 1 hard game all year- at Notre Dame.
Lawrence will have a cakewalk to the Heisman

 

[1972forever]

Colts arent very good?!? Well, that depends on Rivers. Colts had a great draft, IMO and woulda made playoffs if Brisset didnt turn into a pumpkin. If Rivers can be a good version of himself, Colts will be tough.

I just don’t see Rivers being what he was earlier in his career or even what he was two years ago. He was awful last year on a Charger team with very good offensive weapons. I don’t see Rivers being any better than Brisset at this stage of his career and while the a Colts do have talent on their roster, I just don’t see Rivers leading them past the Texans in the division.

 

[The Ghost]

If we do get a top 3 pick I'm all about trading that pick and having multiple first round picks for the next 4 years.

For sure. If we can land a top 3 pick next year we could collect a lot of future assets with trade downs. I think we will be in a much different position next year with our overall needs. We added so many new players this season because had to.

Next year we can hone in on our 3 or 4 biggest weakness while adding to the draft vault for future seasons. With the likely added investment in skill position guys it should be another exciting draft weekend.

The decision to start all over couldn’t look better right now.

 

[Swollcolb]

It’s wishful thinking but Texans will be good. Stills, Cooks, Cobb, and Will Fuller is still a good receiving core. Their OL should be better with Tunsil and their young OL developing, i think they had 2 rookies last year. David Johnson is probably an upgrade over Carlos Hyde. On defense they still have Watt.

I think Hopkins won’t be as big of a loss as most people think. But if Watson goes down they could be screwed

 

[A1.]

Clearly you haven’t noticed their schedule.

Or that they lost one of the NFL’s premier talents at WR. A guy that drew a lot of attention away from teammates and was a player opponents game planed against. Not every team has a player like that on offense.

Or that other teams in their division have seemingly improved, one of which was in the AFC title game last season.

Or that they didn’t even have a 1st round selection this past draft. And only had 5 picks in total.

Or that they didn’t really move the needle in free agency.

Cooks is a massive downgrade from Hopkins. Johnson couldn’t beat out Kenyan Drake.

There’s more to suggest HOU as a .500 or less team than in a playoff race.

Houston will be in the playoff race and you can book it. Deshaun Watson cures all.

there’s threads like this and reactions like yours every single season. The schedule doesn’t mean snot

 

[Swollcolb]

Houston will be in the playoff race and you can book it. Deshaun Watson cures all.

there’s threads like this and reactions like yours every single season. The schedule doesn’t mean snot

Especially with the roster turnover every year a schedule that looks tough or is hard based off the previous year isn’t always accurate. Especially once teams start getting hit with injuries

 

[DolfanDuBbZ~]

And people act like Cooks is a scrub all of a sudden. Cooks would easily be one of the best receivers in our conference not that it means much

I just believe with a healthy Fuller and the ground game, with a QB able to extend plays....are far more influential.

Cooks is good. Not a Hopkins equal. But they remain stocked with a healthy supply of WRs.

The poster technically is correct, the Texans have never gone 13-3. 12-4 and 11-5 should give context to the overall value of his opinion. IMO.

 

[Dolphins3]

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Wow. The Texans could go 3-13 next year. That would make our #1 pick from them possibly a top three pick. I know it's early but what do we do in that scenario? Some would want us to move back and get more picks if we're sitting at a place where Fields or Lawrence can still be obtained. Crazy.

I've said this before on here. If we are in any position to take Lawrence next year, we should. At that point, we should send Tua packing (we can still get a decent draft pick for him). If he doesn't play in 2020 (and he shouldn't see the field at all until they are certain he is ok to take a beating), there will be enough intrigue there for some other QB-starved team to give up decent value to get Tua. I hope the Texans go 2-14 in 2020 (with their wins being against New England and Pittsburgh). Unfortunately, I think they will be much better than that.

 

[FinPhan54]

I see our pick being in the 10-14 range and the Houston pick being in the 15-18 range.

To me they are clearly the 3rd best team in their division at the moment, however they can obviously make the playoffs with by far the best QB

 

[A1.]

Especially with the roster turnover every year a schedule that looks tough or is hard based off the previous year isn’t always accurate. Especially once teams start getting hit with injuries

this is just the black and white of it. Good post.

by week 5 of the Texans might be 4-0 and people are calling BOB a genius. Unlikely, but not more unlikely than the Texans having a top 5 draft pick

Deshaun Watson

 

[Dolphins3]

Especially with the roster turnover every year a schedule that looks tough or is hard based off the previous year isn’t always accurate. Especially once teams start getting hit with injuries

John Madden addressed this many times, including in one of his books (All Madden). He said people would always ask him which teams would play in the Super Bowl. He said he would always respond with, "I don't know." The NFL schedule is too hard to predict because you never know which teams will go from contenders to non-contenders (age, injury, etc.) and which non-contenders will suddenly make a run (a la St. Louis in 1999, New England in 2001, Indianapolis in 1995, etc).

 

[Dolphins3]

I see our pick being in the 10-14 range and the Houston pick being in the 15-18 range.

To me they are clearly the 3rd best team in their division at the moment, however they can obviously make the playoffs with by far the best QB

I think you are likely correct. Both first rounders in 2020 will be near the middle of the first round.

 

[Redwine4all]

I would take Sewell...generational LT.

 

[PHINANALYST]

It will be interesting for sure with regard to both Cooks and Fuller and their injury histories ....

Regardless, I do NOT see them going 3-13 .... they still have too much talent to be less than 6-10 ... 8-8 really ...

TEN + IND will fight to win that DIV ... HOU is no better than 3D ...