No Thanks to Texans Tanking in 22

A popular sentiment in the fanbase and community is that we ought to accept Culley for another year, tank for another year, and collect resources.

To that sentiment, I give a hearty, a sturdy, F**K YOU and NO THANKS. Losing to eventually win for 2 seasons is just not the key.

Good teams become great teams. Great teams have a shot at being the best– and the best become champions.

Dookie teams, more often than not, stay dookie until the Savior arrives.

Let's look at recent history.

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Exhibit A:

The Bills were a bad to middling franchise until McDermott comes along in '17– they go 9-7 with Tyrod. That draft they take Allen.

'18, Allen's rookie season, they have all the growing pains and go 6-10.

'19, the very next year, they go 10-6, reinvigorate an entire fanbase and rewrite the trajectory for the franchise. The Bills have been winners since. They did that without tanking and if you consider Allen's rookie season a tank, then they tanked for ONE season.

Exhibit B:

This team won a Superbowl and had a 6 year average-to-bad drought. Never did they tank though. They go 10-6 in 2018, lose in the wildcard, and decide to make a major change, firing their starting QB, and drafting a new one.

In 2019, the Ravens with rookie Lamar Jackson, electrifies the world getting to 14-2 and being an awesome team since. (Not this year for multiple reasons)

Exhibit C:

This team got a new coach and QB in the same year and tanked just one season.

The Cardinals, Kliff Kingsbury, and Kyler Murray went 5-10-1 in 2019, but never tanked since, and have been immensely fun to watch.

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The Counterargument:

This is the closest you can get to still arguing for two tank seasons.

Zac Taylor arrives to the dogshit Bengals in 2019 and goes 2-14. That summer they draft Joe Burrow.

In 2020, the franchise rookie QB gets injured and the team goes 4-11. They're able to get his IDEAL weapon in Chase and in 2021 they give hope back to every striped letter B still watching.

This team tanked for two seasons but they wouldn't have if Burrow didn't get injured. The stars aligned for this team to ignite after two atrocious seasons.

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Conclusion:

I haven't had a strong stance in really any way on the Texans' future. It's been hard to– there's just so little to look forward to with this team.

I'm taking a stand now to say this team should not tank in '22 and would be better off going all in.

Either you believe Davis Mills is the guy at this point or you don't.

If you don't, get your fucking eyes checked because this kid can play. Unless Aaron Rodgers or some other elite free agent comes along, all signs point to Davis Mills starting for the Houston Texans.

Who could've known? Nick Caserio. Thinking about all this during my lunch break, I realized this is Caserio's master plan. He doesn't want to tank next year. He's built an extremely sneaky good team and he's planning to unleash it in full force next year.

Mills has already has his growing-pains-rookie-season. And it was way better than any of us could've expected. Next year, he's a double digit winning QB. Mark my words. He has Brandin Cooks. He has Nico Collins. He has the tenacious veteran presences in Amendola and Burkhead, not to mention the research proven white-on-white connection. He has the franchise left tackle in Tunsil.

THE TEXANS ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK AND THIS TEAM IS GOING TO IMPROVE MORE THAN ANY OTHER IN 2022.

You can bet your ass we'll outwin the Jaguars. The Colts. And even the Titans. We should've won our last game versus them, but Nick Caserio threatened to have Culley's family killed if he didn't take the dive. It's so obvious. The higher draft pick was more important than a meaningless win. Caserio knows that.

If we fire Culley, strap the f**k in and bet your mortgage on this team in 2022. (not financial advice)