Should The Texans Go "All In" This Year?

[HPF Bob]

The Texans have started 5-0 and there are only five teams in the entire AFC who are above .500 after five weeks. We have key games on the schedule at home vs. Baltimore in two weeks and on the road vs New England in December. Yet Baltimore still has a home-and-home vs Pittsburgh plus road games against the Bengals and Chargers. The Patriots have a home date in December against San Francisco and a road game at Seattle but, otherwise, a pretty easy schedule.

So, here's my question. Is this the year the Texans should try for the overall home field advantage in the AFC and, if necessary, trade future assets like draft choices and/or young prospects to fix holes like the Brian Cushing injury?

The trade deadline comes up in a few weeks and, in the NFL, the window of opportunity closes fast. So if we get offered a strong ILB or a stud DB or a fireplug DT but we have to part with a first or second next April to get him, would you make the deal or would you rather let the season play out and spend next off-season fixing holes and hoping 2013 will be the year?

[edo783]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

The Texans have started 5-0 and there are only five teams in the entire AFC who are above .500 after five weeks. We have key games on the schedule at home vs. Baltimore in two weeks and on the road vs New England in December. Yet Baltimore still has a home-and-home vs Pittsburgh plus road games against the Bengals and Chargers. The Patriots have a home date in December against San Francisco and a road game at Seattle but, otherwise, a pretty easy schedule.

So, here's my question. Is this the year the Texans should try for the overall home field advantage in the AFC and, if necessary, trade future assets like draft choices and/or young prospects to fix holes like the Brian Cushing injury?

The trade deadline comes up in a few weeks and, in the NFL, the window of opportunity closes fast. So if we get offered a strong ILB or a stud DB or a fireplug DT but we have to part with a first or second next April to get him, would you make the deal or would you rather let the season play out and spend next off-season fixing holes and hoping 2013 will be the year?

All in IMO.

[popanot]

Something's happening. This seems like a rather odd add to me. Could one of our young OL be on the trading block? Potential bad news for Holliday??

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[Warren]

It's just really tough to swing a successful in-season trade in the NFL, with the cap implications and the questions about how well and how quickly the acquired player will fit into your scheme. I'd be willing to consider giving up some draft choices for the right ILB since I think that was a position of need even before Cushing's injury, but Rick Smith doesn't need to start channelling Mike Lynn.

[TheMatrix31]

Eh. When was the last time a major in-season trade happened?

[Warren]

The Carson Palmer trade last October.

[Arky]

Don't think they will go all in. It's not their style - methodical building is their style....

Dobbins-as-starter weakens the already lousy special teams....I'd like to see them bring back Loiseau (sp?) or an equivalent....

[today]

I don't want to go crazy, but I'd be willing to overpay a little bit to get a quality starter in here. How much cap room do we have?

[TheMatrix31]

Originally Posted by Warren

The Carson Palmer trade last October.

Good point. That wasn't your typical trade though.

Sometimes I wish the NFL trading deadline was like other sports' trading deadlines. Would be really fun too. Just an entirely different sport, I guess.

[HPF Bob]

When every game represents 1/16th of your season, I can see why the NFL wouldn't want to have clubs selling off their players the way the Astros and Red Sox did this year. Which is too bad, in a way, because being able to deal high draft choices makes the prospect of trades far more interesting.