So often when it comes to sports and journalism you have every day writers writing as though they know more than men and women that have been running teams and evaluating players their entire lives. So today I won’t pretend to be a professional sports journalist. Today, I’m just a man that wants to see my team make the necessary steps to become a Super Bowl Contender and Champion.

1. JJ Watt doesn’t make the Texans a Championship team and they should trade him while he still has value. This won’t be a popular opinion. JJ Watt is the guy that every guy wanted to be in high school and the guy every girl wanted to date in high school. That doesn’t change the fact that the Texans are average with him and average without him. They have a good defense with him and a good defense without him. If you can trade him for an offensive line help or package him to get a quarterback, do it. Do it before he ends up like Andre Johnson. Great career and nothing to show for it.

2. Take a quarterback in the 1st round, the 3rd round and the 6th round. Franchises do not win in the NFL without a great quarterback. People love to mention guys like Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson and Tom Brady when they say you can find a quarterback in the late rounds. What they don’t mention is that those guys showed you they had “IT” right away. You didn’t have to wait three or four years to see, they shined in training camp and made the decision for you. Tom Savage hasn’t shined and neither has anyone else on the Texans roster.

3. Keep adding speed to the team. Speed kills and speed allows you to have big plays! The Texans were not explosive enough nor did they score enough points last season. The best way to fix that is to keep adding playmakers that are fast and can do damage with the ball in their hands. Add guys that excite the fans, that can return punts and kickoffs and get the people excited.

4. I understand the Texans consider themselves a gentlemanly organization but where are the mean guys? The guys that are a little nasty? The guys that get off the bus and people don’t want to see them in a dark alley. You can win with good guys but you can intimidate and put your foot on other teams neck with a couple bad guys. Not off the field bad but players that have an edge to them. Draft a couple of those guys and give your team some nasty.

5. Last but not least. Just because your defense is good, doesn’t mean ignore the defense. Keep adding to your strength and since there was very little movement this season in terms of free agents, the draft has to be where the team fills holes and adds depth. Draft guys on defense that can be the next JJ Watt, the next Clowney, and the next Jonathon Joseph.
   

For an NFL fan the NFL Draft is about as close to Christmas as you can get. Don’t let us down Texans.