FRIDAY DISCUSSION QUESTION:
Okay, here’s the deal… you can bring back one offensive player and one defensive player, in their prime, from any past Texans team. And the prime years you pick from must have been with the Texans (so no aging retreads like Ed Reed or Ahman Green). Who do you pick?
The easy answer would be 2008 Andre Johnson and 2014 J.J. Watt — a Hall of Famer and a future Hall of Famer, each at the top of their game. And yes, while I realize how tempting (and awesome) that would be, this team has more pressing needs at the moment. We’ve already got a really good stable of receivers (let’s include Nico, despite the injury), and we have two legit pass rushers in Will Anderson and Danielle Hunter.
So personally, I would go with 2010 Arian Foster on offense. Yes, Joe Mixon has been good when healthy, but Foster had the ability to elevate our running game to a whole ‘nother level. Plus, in that year he led the league in both rushing yards (1,616) and rushing touchdowns (16). And on defense, I’d go with 2018 Justin Reid, since our biggest liability right now is our safeties, and in his breakout rookie season, Reid had 70 solo tackles, a forced fumble, and three interceptions (including a pick-six). What would be your choices and why?