The Texans needed to address the QB position, seriously address it, and for the 1st time in a long, long time, they finally do. And if you take a look around the NFL, it's not easy finding a quality QB.
To me, I don't give a flying **** how much money a player makes. I care about performance. Brock Osweiler was going to make a boat load of money whether he played in Houston, Denver or wherever. That's just how the world works any more. And don't kid yourself that John Elway wasn't going to pay him.
No one cares about the money if Osweiler is putting up stats that don't have him rated as one of the 2 or 3 worst QBs in the game. THAT'S the problem. Not the money.
It isn't that the Texans gave him all this money without ever meeting him because like I said, Denver was going to give it to him too. The problem is, the Texans finally take a chance at QB, and so far, they've missed, because it IS hard to find a QB, whether it's FA signings or draft picks.
The problem isn't Osweiler making $72M or $37M or even if he made $5M. The problem is he's not a very good QB. At least so far.
Luckily the Texans aren't on the hook contract wise, where it ruins their cap, thus making it hard to build a team, but they can't let the miss going after Osweiler make them hesitant to pull the trigger again, thus keeping us in QB limbo for years and years. That's what I fear the most out of this.