As a package deal, I'm of the opinion that if Kubiak doesn't win another game and finishes 5-11, he and Smith still have a 50/50 shot at being here in 2011.
But to your analysis of the Smith-Kubiak Drafts: I can almost excuse their mistake for picking Okoye, because he was so hyped and his Senior Bowl week including both practices and game-day performances were so impressive, as was the SenBowl week of Willis and with DeMeco coming off of his ROY performance at Willis position. There's little doubt a lot of other teams would have made the choice the Texans did in their situation, but he was a mistake. Not necessarily a bust, but definitely not a top 10 pick in that Draft or any Draft.
In retrospect the Cushing pick is now such a total mystery to me giving what's happened to him with bing busted, suspended for a month and all. I mean the Texans are such goody-2-shoes organization, I just figured they checked him out so completely there just could be no way any of the allegations about him were true ? But clearly they were, and we now have a guy who's no where near his rookie form for pretty apparent reasons, and we're left wondering when we might lose him again, the next time for a whole season I believe ?
And what to think about Kareem ? Let me just say there's a couple posters on another Board who swear by him, say his problems are all because of the defense he's stuck with, and he's really gonna have as good of a NFL career as another rookie CB, Devin McCourty of the Patriots, who looks sensational to me ? Go figure ? Personally I gotta say Kareem is a huge question mark at best ?
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