Looking around the power rankings across sports media, there appears to be a perception the Houston Texans aren’t the worst team in the NFL.
The AFC South franchise is still among the worst in the league in such power rankings. The variation is whether they are in the thirties or the lower twenties.
According to Paul Domowitch from The 33rd Team, the Texans are trending upward as they come in at No. 28 in his post draft power rankings.
Good news: In today’s NFL, it’s all about having a difference-making quarterback. C.J. Stroud (scouting report) should give the Houston Texans that.
Bad news: I guess we should applaud Texans GM Nick Caserio and coach DeMeco Ryans for their boldness in trading up from No. 12 to No. 3 to get Will Anderson (scouting report). But they paid a pretty steep price to move up, including their second-round pick and a third next year.
In the abstract of teams working with seven proprietary picks, Caserio’s trade for Anderson seems more like Mike Ditka and the 1999 NFL draft. However, Caserio regained a third-rounder in a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles on Day 3. Houston will be picking in the first three rounds of next year’s draft. The entire Caserio draft capital strategy is to accumulate picks which are more than likely going to be used to build packages to take specific players.
Across the rest of the AFC South, the Tennessee Titans were a step above the Texans at No. 27. The Jacksonville Jaguars pierced the top-10 with No. 6 in the power rankings. The Indianapolis Colts were all the way at the bottom of the list at No. 32.
