Draft Shakeup: Texans take Williams
The Houston Texans have taken a pass on consensus number one pick Reggie Bush, and have elected to go with DE Mario Williams. Wow. This move renders all mock drafts meaningless. Well, the first 10 picks anyways. I simply don't understand the move. Williams is a good looking prospect, and most projections had him going second. But just look at the Texans for a second. Their defense is kind of crappy. Their offense is even worse. David Carr has been sacked over 300 times in 4 years, and he needs help. Help on the line, and more playmakers. Bush is a playmaker. They do have a decent-but-injury-prone running back in Domanick Davis, so I could maybe, maybe understand trading down a pick or two and taking the top offensive linemen in the draft in D'Brickshaw Ferguson. Many are calling him the next Orlando Pace. Take him, steal another first round pick, and hey...a legitmate argument has been made for passing on Bush. But a Defensive End who had all of 16 sacks in 36 college games (in a weak conference, no less). If that's not bad enough, they just picked up an End in free agency as well. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
It's too early to call this a "Sam Bowie" move, because hell, the draft's not even over yet and not a down has been played. But if there was ever a draft day blunder that looked so patently stupid at the time, I didn't see it.