Texans much improved!!

I was talking about a couple years ago when they kept trading their draft picks and signing high priced vets and it did nothing to improve the team. They would get all these new players every year but they hardly ever made the playoffs. That all changed when they got Coach Gibbs back and he changed the plan because Snyder would actually listen to him and then they started building the way they should by drafting guys like Jason Cambell, Shawn Taylor, Carlos Rodgers & LaRon Landry for example.

As for the Texans, the franchise is only 6 years old. It's very hard for a new franchise to improve quickly because you have almost an entire roster of young, inexperienced players and dont have the luxury of quality vets like Clinton Portis & Santana Moss. It's also hard to sign quality veterans because none of them want to go to a young team that is building for the future and will probably not make the playoffs soon.

As for playoff chances I dont think the Redskins have a better shot than the Texans at making the playoffs this year I think they have the same chance. I believe they are the same caliber type of team now but they both have to compete in the 2 toughest divisions in football. Washington is still behind New York & Dallas and on the same level as Philadelphia in the NFC East. Houston is still behind Indianapolis & Jacksonville and on the same level as Tennessee in the AFC South. Both franchises are on the way up but have to overtake those teams in front of them before they can make an impact in the playoffs.

I don't think anyone was trying to bash the Skins.  Most would probably agree that the Skins have taken a lot of flack for signing Randell El to such a big contract.  Win some, lose some.  Randall El still has time to prove himself, but so far, he is overpaid.  Anyway, Texans fans only hate the Cowgirls, Tennessee, and Jacksonville.  We have nothing against the Skins.

I hope Duane Brown turns out like mgmt hopes.  We know he is a blocker who should be more agile than most, and that's the type that fits the Denver/Houston running game.  I heard on ESPN that if we didn't take Brown at 26th, he would have gone 27th.  Most people I talk to are hyped about Slaton, Abidi and Okam.  I don't follow college closely enough to weigh in, but I have to give the Texans brass the benefit of the doubt.  They've done a good job so far.