Texans Whiff Chosing Williams over Bush
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James Joyner | Saturday, April 29, 2006 |
The Texans’ decision to sign Mario Williams rather than odds-on favorite Reggie Bush is stunning.
Len Pasquarelli gets it right.
Ladies and gentlemen, your Houston Texans, an outfit that might do better were Mr. Magoo executing its lottery selections. Hand out the darts, folks, and take cover. Even quarterback David Carr, throwing from his back, which is where he has been for most of his four seasons in Houston, has better aim than his bosses.
Bad enough the loyal fans of Houston have had to suffer through the stigma of four straight losing campaigns, an average of just 4½ victories per year and a team that managed just half as many wins in its fourth season as it did in its expansion year of 2002. Now the fans are saddled with a team suffering from astigmatism.
There’s a reason that only one expansion team that has entered the league since 1976, the Bucs, won fewer games in its first four seasons than the Texans have earned, and we saw why on Friday night when Houston bypassed tailback Reggie Bush with the top pick in the draft and opted for defensive end Mario Williams instead.
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When you are as a team as bad as the Texans have been, you need to make solid football decisions, and eschewing a playmaker such as Bush, who will have an immediate impact on the league, in favor of a guy still in his gestation period is a dubious call at best. And make no mistake, this was a football decision.
One could argue that the Texans are set at running back with Dominack Davis and needed help on their D-line. Fine. But why not then trade down a spot or three? It simply makes no sense to pass up the consensus number one player before the draft clock has even started.
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