Texans Made A Total Signs Of $255,156.9 Million Today
After an incredible performance throughout the 2023 NFL regular season and during the NFL playoffs, the Houston Texans have become one of the best all-around teams in the AFC, with many believing this team could be a legitimate Super Bowl title contender sooner rather than later.
With the Texans realizing that they may be in a championship window, especially with star quarterback C.J. Stroud proving to be the real deal under center last year, Houston has gone all out to improve their roster on both sides of the football.
The team is determined to take advantage of what could be a title-contending squad, which has resulted in the arrival of superstar wide receiver Stefon Diggs and one of the best pass rushers in the game in Danielle Hunter.
With Houston seemingly going all out to be a contender during the 2024 NFL season, the team has had to cut the fat a bit on its roster.
According to ProFootballTalk, the Texans have parted ways with wide receiver Alex Bachman, defensive end Myjai Sanders, and defensive back Josh Thompson.
The Texans aren’t messing around and aren’t wasting time on players that won’t help them get to where they want to go next season, so they’ve made some room and seem prepared for what could be an eventful 2024 NFL Draft on April 25.
It’ll be interesting to see if the moves the Texans have made during this NFL offseason pay off and whether this team can truly be a contender in the AFC next season and beyond.
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We’re only a handful of days away from the beginning of Offseason Conditioning, and 15 days away from the start of the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Texans continue to host prospects here at NRG Stadium on a daily basis, and it’ll be fascinating to see which rookies will be added to the mix in two weeks. Also, I wonder how many trades Executive Vice President/General Manager Nick Caserio pulls off during the Draft. Last April, he made eight Draft weekend trades and wound up selecting nine players overall. The year before, he completed seven trades during the weekend, after pulling off three in 2021.
Diggs Trade Vaults C.J. Stroud Up the 2024 NFL MVP Odds Board
The true impact of the Houston Texans’ trade for wide receiver Stefon Diggs will be measured during the upcoming season, measured in concrete numbers like passing yards, touchdowns, and most importantly, wins. For now, we are left to measure the impact by esoteric things like human emotion and conjecture like Vegas betting odds.
While it’s been well covered that the Texans are now on the short list of Super Bowl favorites, rising as high as third overall on some odds boards, just behind the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, the latest bit of Vegas odds news is great news for the Texans’ second year quarterback C.J. Stroud. According to DraftKings sports book, Stroud is tied for third on the 2024 NFL MVP odds board:
Oddly enough, the QB from the team who traded away Diggs remains ahead of Stroud
Despite having his number one wide receiver traded away last week, and being stuck with a wide receiver depth chart that has Curtis Samuel sitting atop it, Josh Allen is still second on the MVP board behind Patrick Mahomes. Personally, I think the Bills are going to be in a soft reset this season, and fall back to eight or nine wins, which means Allen’s MVP chances would be dead.
Oh man, if you need another metric to measure the dichotomy between Stroud and Bryce Young….
C.J. Stroud was the second pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. His team won 10 games, won a playoff game, and he won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. As mentioned above, he sits at +900 (essentially, 9 to 1) to win the MVP award this season. Bryce Young was the only player selected ahead of Stroud. His team won two games, his head coach was fired after 10 games, and they have no first round pick in the upcoming draft, because they traded it for Young. Young’s MVP odds are +18000, or 180 to 1. Life comes at you pretty fast.
Hey, Deshaun Watson…. how’s Cleveland?!
Speaking fo life coming at you pretty fast, the biggest salary cap hit in the league belongs to Deshaun Watson, who counts about $64 million against the Cleveland Browns’ cap this coming season. He is coming off of right shoulder surgery. Watson wanted out of Houston back in 2021, because the franchise was so poorly run at the time. He is +6000, or 60 to 1, to win MVP. How’s Cleveland treating you, Deshaun?