Quote:Oh yeah, it's hard to call a fourth-round pick a bust given how unlikely those players are to become more than career backups if they even stick in the first place, but the Savage love from the media just seemed ridiculous. None of it ever added up. They latched onto a guy who played three years of college football (one of which saw him benched), completed 56% of his passes, kept transferring because he couldn't lock on to a starting job and wound up looking just ok as a 23-year-old senior on an ACC team. Who in their right mind would see that type of player as a first-round candidate, which is what the Mel Kipers of the world wanted to peg him as?

 

Savage in four, cool. If there's a QB on the board in the fourth round that you reasonably believe can be a decent NFL starter, he should be getting strong consideration for your next pick. But Savage as the best QB from this year's draft? I strongly doubt it. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Houston goes QB early in next year's draft to find their starter, and sets Savage up as the Kirk Cousins of that organization.

 

 

  How much progress Tom Savage makes this season will very likely go along way in the Texans 2015 draft strategy.  If Savage doesn't show enough signs that he can turn potential into production,   QB will almost certainly be the Texans greatest draft priority in 2015.   

 

  The aspect that intrigues me about Tom Savage potentially noticeably exceeding his draft landing spot is Bill O' Brien having a successful background with QB's.    

 

  Even if Savage becomes a Kirk Cousins level QB,   he would have exceeded his draft landing spot.     Realistically though,  it probably will be at least until 2015 that Savage can even be counted on as a # 2 QB.    At the very least,  in 2014 he needs to display significant progress on the practice field and class room.

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