Happy to be made fun of, I often deserve it. But you know, just because Smith signed a couple of veterans that everyone knows can play doesn't suddenly make him Ron Wolf.

Well I have to agree with that. But the Texans have had a heck of an offseason. And they stayed with guys that still have tread on the tires, not over the hill types.

The Jospeh signing was big, but we'll see what we get with Manning. He should be at the least an upgrade to anything we've ever had back there (crosses fingers), but it's not like he's been an All-Pro level player. Hopefully Wade can get him to the next level. What's key to Smith's off-season success, IMO, is this last draft. If they don't get a big-time performer (and that performer probably needs to be Watt and/or Reed) out of this draft class, THIS YEAR, the D could be below average again. And yes, I'll probably be here bitchin' about Smith. :(

We should all reserve our right to complain, but this week, seems we should be giving Rick Smith and the team who gets personnel a bunch of credit in filling the holes in a priority sequence.

Getting the top FA ands spending money when needs has a complaint for quite a while which seems was overcome this past week, even with a tight salary cap for this team.

The draft class, UDFA, and FA signings and acquisitions all look like a reasonable upgrade opportunity for team in the future. Now the coaches and players need to come through pretty quickly with quite a few new players and new coaches.

Back to looking forward to the upcoming season.