Smith: Texans' quest for 'bona fide quarterback' reveals their thinking on Davis Mills
During his Wednesday press conference at the NFL combine, Texans coach DeMeco Ryans discussed how quickly the right quarterback can reverse a franchise's fortunes.The first thing you see when you visit the Texans’ official website: a large picture informing you that 2023 season tickets are now on sale.Dameon Pierce, Laremy Tunsil and Nico Collins share the same image, which features smiling faces and a united group of players wearing blue and red.Nick Caserio’s first draft pick.
So maybe it wasn’t a coincidence that the press conferences for Caserio and Ryans came and went this week in Indianapolis and Davis Mills’ name wasn’t mentioned by the two men primarily in charge of turning a multiyear rebuild into something much more promising. “We have one quarterback on our roster, so we have to add at that position,” Ryans said Wednesday at the annual NFL draft combine. “We’ll do it through free agency and the draft. We have to add two guys to our roster, so looking to find the best guys that we can have. There’s a good group of quarterbacks in free agency and in the draft.”Ryans didn’t stand on the sideline and watch Mills go 5-19-1 as a starter, including 3-10-1 last season.Maybe it wasn’t a coincidence that No.
Just like it probably isn’t a coincidence that the Texans, in March of 2023, aren’t promoting next season’s team with a smiling image of Mills next to Pierce, Pitre and Stingley.Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, Will Levis, Anthony Richardson … who’s it going to be?The Texans, as expected, didn’t say much and revealed less during a combine that becomes more nonessential with each passing year.The 2017 San Francisco 49ers finished 6-10 under Kyle Shanahan.
“We started, I think, 0-9 that year ,” Ryans said. “You saw when we acquired Jimmy , and toward the end of the year you saw the quarterback came in, and we won five straight games to end the season because we added a very talented guy at the quarterback position. It just teaches you that when you do have a bona fide quarterback, it helps you win games, helps you be successful.”
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