In addition, the Texans' base offense, both with Kubiak and O'Brien, involved a tight end and a fullback. Both are "run first" types of offenses where they want the blocking weapons at those positions, therefore the "slot" receiver wasn't a big part of the offense. Whether it should be is another discussion but you have to take that up with Kubiak and O'Brien.
Now they've spent high draft choices on Hopkins, Strong, Fuller and Miller and, unless they are switching to a 4-WR spread offense, they've overinvested. Then you factor in Posey and Martin in our not-too-distant past and this issue should have already been settled.
Every spring, the Texans have to jettison an expensive veteran just to get under the cap. In the last three years, those were Schaub, AJ and Foster. The next two to go will surely be Brown and Cushing. So we ought to be drafting their replacements now instead of *still* trying to fix a problem they should have already fixed.
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