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Originally Posted by Texan from KC
I'm not arguing about the astuteness of the current Texans brain-trust.  In fact, you could turn that around and point out that as good as I (actually it should be we) think are last three drafts were (and I think the '06 draft is borderline historic ), in two of those drafts we didn't have a 2nd round pick. Still good drafts in all cases. If they were good with no 2nd round pick, I don't think a '09 draft without a 3rd rounder would be a bad thing at all if we can replace that 3rd rounder with a former DPoY who still has something left in the tank. 
Let's say that Kubes is here for another 10 years (maybe realistic, maybe not). Given the sheer amount of 3rd round picks he's going to be making over that time, there will be some picks that don't turn out. With Taylor, you've got a pretty good idea of what you're getting, and it aint bad.
As much as Taylor would bring on the field, I think he would add locker room intangibles that could go on well after his retirement. I've heard (and believe) the comment that going from 8-8 to 10-6 is far more difficult than going from 6-10 to 8-8. I think Taylor gives us a better chance of making that jump this year, and I think that's worth alot (up to and including a 3rd round pick). |
i just smilied my responses to reading haha...easy, quick, and above all no explaining!!!
nah, i'm not belichick, i'll talk.
i don't buy the "kubiak will have plenty of 3rd rounds in his tenure" or the "well we didn't have a 2nd and it was fine" bits. neither is a reason to give up a 3rd for a 33 year old, 11 year vet who has one foot out the door to his hollywood interests but may come back to play for a
SUPER BOWL CONTENDER being that he is the "superstar vet looking for one last chance on a team that is one player away" type. besides, not having a 2nd round the last two years has been brutality on wheels -and i'm just a fan- imagine these guys straining over it for months and months.
probably not the hell it used to be, but he would bring some hellraising defense.
the locker-room leadership thing has always been a mystery to me. some people think it's important while others not so much. i think it's important, but i also believe it has more to do with who is setting the tone for the locker room. maybe it is the players, but i look at how this team is turning around and i say it's kubiak. but nobody really knows so...whatev.
i see the good in taylor man, i really do. great guy, consumate professional, all-pro player, hellraiser, emotional leader but i look at what is being given up and i just think it's too much to get him. not that any of this matters, because i don't think parcells will let him go anywhere.