jerek said:
Won't draft Longhorns? That's a bit of a conspiracy theory, isn't it?
I too questioned the passover of Derrick Johnson last year, and I too would have liked to see him wearing Texans blue this season.
But a guy can be stupid for a lot of reasons. He doesn't have to entertain a blind prejudice in the process.
Well, as a new poster here (I only read the last year or so), I thought about where to post my thoughts on the 2006 NFL Draft. Your comments spurred me to decide on this thread.
I live in Amarillo, Texas; and, up here, the Dallas Cowboys are kings. However, many of us looked forward to the new franchise in Houston. We followed the events leading to the decision on the nickname, the colors, the stadium, the early drafts, and (especially) the games.
The CBS affiliate up here in the Panhandle actually showed the Texans games for awhile!! How cool was that?!? About halfway through this past regular season, however, these TV guys reverted to their previous practice of televising the Denver Broncos games. Do you have any idea how that grates on a Texan?
To the point: from both a marketer's standpoint and a football standpoint, Vince Young makes sense to the Houston Texans. Reggie Bush will be good, if he has blocking, which the Texans have NEVER had. Leinart is a stiff, just like David Carr. Young is a player who is likely to change the paradigm of NFL QB play, a paradigm started (but not yet completed) by Michael Vick. I would hate to see (or, depending on where Young goes, NEVER see) another NFL team go to a Super Bowl because the Houston Texans stuck with a regressing "project" like David Carr. Trade this guy to the Jets or Dolphins or...heck....even Dallas!
Just my opinion, of course....but, we disenfranchised Houston Texans fans up here in the Texas Panhandle would love to be able to watch the Texans, again. And, Vince Young would ensure that prospect. Selfish? Yes! Smart? I think so.....