IMO there may be a lot to the theory that Reggie and his entourage of advisors,agents, lawyers, etc. failed to suck up to the Texans org in general and the owner in particular.
Reggie always was adamant about his desire to be the #1 pick, but never
expressed much interest, if any in playing in Houston. His presference among
the top candidates to get the #1 pick thru trade was the Jets, but he could
have done so much worse than Houston. And that's exactly what happened when he landed in NOLA.
NOLA fans are crazy about him, but our fans would have loved him to. The
thing is, NOLA was an impoverished city economically and socially and in rapid decline before Katrina hit last year, now its fortunes are going in the opposite
directions of Houstons even more rapidly than before the hurricane hit last year. And he will be reminded of this every time he flies home to his native
San Diego, since he will have to make connections thru Bush Intercontinental
to get home.
Bush's people should have spent some time studying scenarios about what would haven if, incredibly, he wasn't chosen #1 AND the pick wasn't traded by the Houstons, i.e. they were left on the Board by the Texans. Then they
should have spent some time sucken up to McNair and his org instead of
dissing them.