Quote:In 2011 we beat the Colts in meaningless a game to give them Andrew Luck. This year we beat the Texans in another meaningless game to all but ensure they can get Teddy.

 

It's bad enough when we are simply screwing ourselves out of the best players and franchise QBs in the draft, but when we are also setting up our division opponents for prolonged periods of prosperity at the same time...yikes.  

 

Anyone who says beating the Texans twice was good for the future of the franchise is not thinking cogently. Which is fine because we're emotional fans, but you have to deal with and accept the repercussions. 

 

There's no guarantee the Texans pick Bridgewater, there's no guarantee he'll be good even if they do. 

 

In 2011 if we lose to the Colts they would have been #2 in the 2012 draft, behind the Rams (the team that was still sold on Bradford as the answer) and there's no telling what the Rams do with that #1 pick.

 

It's assumed the best players in a draft are selected high, but often it doesn't work out that way. 

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