The consensus around the NFL is that Kubiak's failure to coach up the talent, not the Texans' current level of talent, is why this team is the dumpster fire that it is. Talent evaluation is to the credit of the GM. Rick Smith gets credit for that. If anyone threw Kubiak under the bus, it was his own players. I'd never seen a more non-disciplined team in my life than what we witnessed on Thursday Night. The whole country was watching that debacle. That, more than anything else, ended Kubiak's season early.
This will be his first Kubiak-free draft. Let's see how he does.
Then I disagree with the consensus around the NFL.
Tell me more about all of this talent on the Texans roster?
QB? Who's the QB next yr
RB ? Who will be the RB next yr with Foster likely not making it back from back surgery and Tate likely gone.
OL? 2/5 ths of the OL are terrible and need to be replaced, We're counting on a 6th rd rookie coming off of injury to come in and start and a guy coming off of microfracture surgery as depth.
WR's AJ is great, Hopkins has potential but there's nobody that strike fear into a defense and can take the top off of a defense. Hopefully Posey can become that guy.
Defense
DL? Watt and maybe A.Smith if he restructures are OK. Mitchell/Troup/Jamison/Crick are JAGS.
LB's Other than Cushing Who's hurt more often than not, the rest are just a bunch of JAGS.
DB's CB's Joseph appears to be hurt again and just a shell of his former self. KJ has regressed, not to 2010 levels. But to avg NFL CB standards. McCain should be cut tomorrow. Safties, Swearinger is a rookie with some potential but he's a hot head and reminds me of Pollard. Those type S are going out of style in todays NFL. Keo should never be starting on an NFL playoff contending team. Manning, needs to prove he can make it back from injury and was the best DB on the team before getting hurt. That says something.
K. Fat Randy, Do you believe in him?
P Lechler, HOF'er
In short I dont see all of this supposed talent, There's no pass rush, there needs to be a big nasty to help stop the running game in the middle and the DB's are avg when healthy at best.
Offense, No QB/RB and an OL that just plain stinks with little to no depth.