While it’s usually premature to rank a year’s draft haul prior to season’s end, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t think new Houston Texans new general manager Brian Gaine didn’t provide an immediate upgrade over drafts of recent memory.
Let’s take a look at what’s come to pass so far in H-Town:
While Gaine was incredibly handicapped by decisions former GM Rick Smith made, having no first or second round pick didn’t stop the Texans from landing some premier talent and immediately adding starters.
Taking the field in place of the temporarily absent Andre Hal, Reid has immediately put his name in the defensive rookie of the year hat.