Knowing what we know now with Watson ultimately picking the Browns it seems really clear that Baker Mayfield would have been included in the trade if Mills weren't already here.

Mills + Watson Haul > Alternative 3rd Round Pick + Mayfield + Lesser Watson Haul in my opinion

Does anyone think we might rue the day of skipping out on Mayfield to give Mills a chance or are we counting on being able to draft a QB in case the Mills experiment fails? Just an interesting thought exercise to remember in a few years after seeing how the picks and Mills/Mayfield play out.

Mark Berman announced the team is interviewing David Culley tomorrow, but it wasn't explicitly stated the purpose of the interview. I believe this interview is in regards to Eric Bieniemy since they worked together at KC and the Texans can't talk to KC right now. I also believe the Leslie Frazer interview was also to get more background on Bieniemy since they worked together in Minnesota. This has clearly been the guy Watson has wanted since O'Brien was fired, and I believe Caserio is setting up these interviews to defend the hire for those that want to point out EB's checkered past.

Is Bieniemy the best choice for HC? I really don't know and I don't think anyone else knows. Your Head Coach is more than just a playcaller and I wouldn't mind giving him a shot considering how highly everyone (including current Texans) think of him.

Anyway, I can't imagine any other way to smooth out this drama with DW4, so this might just be searching for silver linings, but it makes sense to me and it will help me cope for now.

Disclaimer: I'm not arguing over whether Duane Brown should have been traded or whether the organization had a choice in the matter. There's clearly 2 sides in this sub where one believes management and the other doesn't.

What I am asking is was this the moment where the team started its current spiral into the current bleak state? As a refresher, Duane Brown was traded for picks that turned into Martinas Rankin and Lonnie Johnson. Rankin was then flipped for a Carlos Hyde 1 year rental and Lonnie Johnson is hardly even playing and appears to be without a position.

Just thinking about this trade in hindsight really irks me considering it spawned the Tunsil trade which is looking pretty terrible considering our lack of draft picks and the new narrative that we can't keep players because we had to max out Tunsil. Brown is obviously not a top tier tackle, but I think I would rather have him and our draft picks plus cap space than Tunsil if there had been a way to make amends. Brown is currently the 17th highest paid LT in the league which is in line with where he ranks in my opinion.

Anyway, if I had to point to a moment in the BoB era where the roster building turned south, I would say it was the Duane Brown trade. Anyone else have a better moment that showed the beginning of the demise from a roster building POV?