The Houston Texans represent the clearest path to a Super Bowl
Nearly all teams spending big bucks in free agency make “if X, then Y” calculations. Not in Houston. With Danielle Hunter, the Texans are ready to win now under DeMeco Ryans.
When Danielle Hunter shakes your hand, there’s a distinct fear you’ll escape his vise-grip with 3 ½ fingers max. This 6-foot-5, 263-pound defensive end is nothing but muscle and veins. No way is any man devoid of helmet and shoulder pads crossing this dude — Hunter quite obviously walks through day-to-day life with an obvious implication.
He’s more than capable of crushing your cranium in three seconds for leisure. If he so chose.
Even by modern NFL standards, Hunter is a different beast.
We tend to make this sport more complicated than it needs to be. Despite ceaseless, needless bureaucratic intervention, football remains a violent game at its core. And this week, the Houston Texans gained one of its most menacing participants. Other teams must rationalize their spending. March press conferences often sound more like our wives explaining why they needed to purchase that mocha, frou-frou latte with 1 ½ pumps of syrup, three thimbles of cream and a pinch of cinnamon for $14.97 at the Target Starbucks.
General manager Nick Caserio doesn’t need to sell this signing to anyone. The transaction line flashing on your iPhone screen is enough.
It’s obvious now that the Texans are Super Bowl contenders.
Anyone making such a declaration last spring would be rushed to the E.R. for immediate evaluation.
How did we get here?