I’m not looking at our team & saying we’ve got a 10 win roster. I’m looking at our schedule & saying Seattle, New England, Rams, 9ers... not as scary as they used to be.
LOL! If those teams aren't as scary as they used to be, what does that make the Texans? This ain't a 6 to 8 win team that could steal a game or 2 and get to 8-10 wins. This is a team that's been stripped down and band-aided together with a bunch of 1 year JAGs, that will not have the desperately needed benefit of off-season workouts. New, and hopefully better coaching doesn't do much when you don't have field time.
Not to mention having a new QB as well, who isn't getting his timing with his receivers down. And a QB, mind you, that is a JAG as well. The Bills had a passing offense no higher than 28th while Taylor was under center, that was ranked worse each year he was there (
28th, 30th and 31st respectively). Culley is coming in from being a pass game coordinator on a team that was 32nd in passing last year, and 27th the year before. Now both the Bills and Ravens relied on a heavy run game, that included their QB getting a ton of yards, but running the ball, even with Watson's legs, hasn't been something the Texans have been particularly good at. And if David Johnson is getting most of the snaps, I don't see it changing much. Not to mention Taylor will be 32 at the start of the season, not in his mid 20's.
The Texans are a team that could steal a game or 2 and get to 4 wins, is the way I see it.
The only bright side is Nick doing his best to field a competitive roster in spite of the funk he signed into.
A competitive roster compared to what? Being better than the guy you're competing against? That ain't saying much. If you don't think there was competition on the team even with OB here, then you're fooling yourself. These guys are always competing. We always hear how players X, Y, and Z are looking in camp, and how tough the competition is, then come time to face players in a different uniform, they're really not all that competitive after all.
There's just a ton of ifs and question marks that
all have to be hit and answered just to get to 5 wins IMO, never mind getting beyond that. I don't like the money Nick is spending on the team for 2021, but I believe it's being set up to where they can be real players in the free agent market next year, if need be, along with having a full draft for a change, to where the turnover that takes place again next year, can actually bring some difference makers in. Of course, finding a QB is a big deal again.
But this year? Nah man. It ain't happening this year. I just hope they don't fool around and screw themselves out of a very high pick next year.