From Jon Weeks Burner (@joshstanleyekc):
Jon, this is an excellent question—and one that could shape the rest of the top 10. I also think it’s a conversation that the Texans themselves are having now, and one they haven’t come to a final decision on yet. And you might say …
Do they? Let’s look at the history of the guys in charge. General manager Nick Caserio has been in the NFL for 22 seasons. Over that time, over all the drafts he’s been a part of, the highest his team has drafted a quarterback was 62nd. That pick was Jimmy Garoppolo. Davis Mills, who the Texans took 66th two years ago, would be second on that list. Meanwhile, new coach DeMeco Ryans, over six years in San Francisco, saw one quarterback taken higher than that, and the Niners got to three NFC title games with quarterbacks other than Trey Lance.
That’s why I don’t think Caserio and Ryans will reach on a guy they’re not 100% sold on with the second pick (maybe they’d be more open to a dice roll later in the draft). Both guys have seen teams built in other ways, and both have seen teams find quarterbacks in other ways. So if anyone will be open to it, it’d be these two guys.
That said, as we mentioned in the Monday column, the Texans were close to dealing for the first pick, which tells me there’s at least one quarterback that’s truly worth going at the top of the draft. I suspect that quarterback will be gone when they pick, so we’ll see whether they think there are two of them in this year’s class.
