Texans' Cushing wins AFC defensive honor

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by NBT

And very well deserved, IMO. Rick Smith should be feeling pretty smug about this first round selection. Now if we can just draft USC's Taylor Mays.........

Smith has got to be feeling smug about his first round picks, all 3 of them. Okoye seems to be playing better and maybe there's hope that he may ultimately be worthy of being picked so high while Duane Brown is clearly having that big jump from his rookie to sophomore year.
And Cushing has produced from day 1 and this award is further validation of his value to the team.