Really in the end of the day the only way both these teams are going to be let off the hook is if these players pan out.

9. Houston won eight games a year ago. The Texans were a team to watch this offseason to see if they could get over the hump and make a true push in perhaps the toughest division in the NFL.

I really think, though, the Texans missed the boat this offseason.

The Texans needed another shut down cornerback to go along with Dunta Robinson, who is coming off of a major injury. If Jacques Reeves is the answer, I'd love to know the question. Houston paid way too much for a cornerback who got burnt more in Dallas than a bad piece of toast.

Houston needed a running back. Chris Brown doesn't exactly excite me.

And I have no idea what Houston was thinking in the first round. The Texans traded down and didn't select Mike Jenkins, who would've been perfect at corner. They needed a left tackle, and they grossly reached second-round talent Duane Brown in Round 1.

While I think they stole Steve Slaton and Xavier Abibi on Day 2 of the draft, this was not what you were looking for from Houston at all.

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THOMAS WASN'T REALLY THEIR MAN: It was widely believed that the team was going to select WR Devin Thomas with their first-round pick had CB Leodis McKelvin not dropped to them. A league source notes that Buffalo actually would have taken a defensive end (likely Derrick Harvey had the Jacksonville Jaguars not traded up for him) over Thomas.

This thread is about Jacksonville Jaguar Derrick Harvey, not Houston Texan Duane Brown...go whine about the never-winning Texans somewhere else.

The Mad Dog (2/24/2008) Had I started in 2003, This team would have seen a SB by now. Starting from right now, with the team in it's current state, I could have this team in a SB within 2 years/ seasons.

Kiper and McGay will never admit this because ratings were at stake, but this draft was very very thin.

In fairness to the experts they note it is only their opinion based on their research.  Something The Mad Dog has pointed out on countless threads is that when an expert says nice things hes smart, when he grades your team a C- he is less than intelligent.  The same can be said for a teams front office.  If they draft the guy you liked they are dead on, when they pick someone else they should be fired.  I like the unknown.  I like looking at the glass half full with the draft pick (though I'm still little bent the Jags didn't grab D. Ryans).  When the players first contract is up I'll judge the draft.  If it takes 5 years to develop Harvey and in year 5 he leads this team in sacks and the Jags win a Super Bowl then I'd say he was a solid pick. 

The downside is that we'd have to listen to 4 years of "I told you he was a bust".

The world of the happy is quite different from the world of the unhappy.   Ludwig Wittgenstein

Actually the thread was about people who don't know what the hell they're talking about and just automatically call players a reach (even though they're not) I was just letting the thread starter know, I know where he's coming from.....that's all.

and the only person that is "whining" in here is you..........I have no reason to whine, Capers and Casserely are gone and everything is on the up and up in H town.

When will the Texans vacate the cellar of the AFC South Division?

Probably NOT in the 2008 season.

Everybody knows what runs downhill and at the bottom of the hill it accumulutes and STINKS to high heaven!

That sums up the status of the Texans Franchise!