Houston Texans’ general manager Charley Casserly still hasn’t decieded if his team will select Reggie Bush or Mario Williams with the first overall selection in this Saturday’s NFL Draft.
What Casserly has decieded on, however, is that his pick won’t be used on Vince Young.
“We came to the conclusion that to draft a quarterback, whether it be Vince Young, Matt Leinart or Jay Cutler, was not the best thing for this football team,” Casserly said. “The best thing for this football team was to use the first pick in this draft to add a premier player at another position.”
The fact that the Texans won’t give Young, the former Texas Longhorn, a nice homecoming isn’t all that surprising considering the new deal quarterback David Carr signed this offseason. What is somewhat surprising, however, is how Casserly has openly talked about getting out of the number one slot.
Casserly said part of the decision involved contacting other teams to see if they wanted to trade for the top pick.
“Right now we have nobody interested in that first pick, so we have gone ahead and begun negotiations with two players,” Casserly said.
For every NFL analyst and so-called guru who says Bush is a slam-dunk at No.1, might want to start rethinking his or her mock draft. How many teams actively try to get out of a draft slot when they’re sold on a player?
Not too much is guaranteed at this point with the draft a mere two days away. But at least one thing is for certain; Vince Young can stop doing all of those ad pieces saying:
“With the number one selection, the Houston Texans select, Vince Young!”
