A Tale of Three Rookies: The Truth Behind the Mario Williams Pick

Captain Fantabulous by Correspondent Written on June 30, 2009
HOUSTON - DECEMBER 01:  Mario Williams #90 of the Houston Texans during play against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Reliant Stadium on December 1, 2008 in Houston, Texas.  (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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However, Williams is already an elite Defensive End, and will only get better. He’s a franchise defensive player, who is maybe at the start of a Hall of Fame Career.

 

Historically, this may go down as one of the best picks in draft history.

 

Houston football fans should also give a cheeky "Thank you" to one time owner, Bud Adams, who controversially took the team to Tennessee in 1996.

 

Consensus opinion is that Bud picked Vince Young at three, purely to spite the Houston fans. And he quite simply couldn't resist the prospect of Houston native Young, destroying the Texans twice a year.

 

Without this intervention, Young certainly wouldn't have gone top five, and probably would have slid out of the top 10.

 

So Bud, ironically, made the Texans pick look even better with his mischief making.

 

If the fans made the pick, it would have been Bush. If not Bush then Young. If not Young then certainly not Williams.

 

On an ending note, a message to all fans, booing picks on draft day.

 

Sometimes we do get it wrong.

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