For a long time now I've used the hashtag #Bad[Insert thing here] as a general comment on all things that are stupid, silly or just plain awful. A lot of my Twitter tagging of #BadSports content has been in relation to the Texans.
But I haven't used that in response to the trades that went down over the weekend because it just seems so obvious that we're dealing with a #BadSports situation here.
Two trades, both unbalanced in the favor of the other team. You got too little back for Clowney and gave up too much for Tunsil and Stills. What is the potential of TWO first round draft picks?
How about JJ Watt and DeAndre Hopkins?
OK, that's an extreme example but still, if there's one thing the Texans have done a pretty good job of as a franchise it's hitting on first round picks. It's the rest of the rounds in the draft where they've struggled, which is why their roster is a wreck outside of a few key stars.
Still, getting Tunsil on-board does, finally, provide Watson with some protection, but there are four other positions on that offensive line and it's not very clear that any of the people manning them is going to be all that great. Tunsil will help, and it's much needed help, but he really only makes the offense marginally better while on defense you've gotten significantly worse.
Remember the vaunted pass-rush that was supposed to help a woeful secondary? Yeah, that narrative pretty much got blown out of the water. JJ Watt is great, but no man is an island and he needs help, especially when you consider that now all of the double teams that Clowney absorbed are going to be redistributed to #99.
Who else on this defense is worthy of a double-team?
The line from the team is that they're worried about this year and that they'll worry about the dearth of draft picks after the season, a line that's been parroted by aging, increasingly less insightful, Houston Chronicle columnist John McClain.
You might really be worried about it when you're trying to find a new GM, who looks at your upcoming draft equity and says "Thanks, but no thanks"
Still, and this is the truth, if the Texans win this season, and make a decent run in the playoffs, all will probably be forgiven. One thing this does ensure is that Texans fans, who seem content on supporting one of the worst franchises in football, will be there in droves for the home opener, hearts full of love and minds full of optimism for the boys in deep steel blue (or whatever the heck they call their colors).
If they lose however, all bets are off.
