Some will say, you have to forget the past, live for the right now, and look ahead to the future. This is true to a certain extent. You can’t be mired and bogged down by what happened before, but what happened before is why you are at this point, and because of that, it will affect what will come after. A beautiful man once said, “The past is never dead, it’s not even past.”
Last year the Texans turned DeAndre Hopkins, a top three wide receiver, a perennial All-Pro and Pro Bowler, a future Hall of Famer, into David Johnson, Brandin Cooks, and a pick swap that allowed them to take Ross Blacklock, who may have been available where Houston was selecting anyways.