Texans reach for DeShone Kizer at No. 25
How badly do the Houston Texans need a quarterback? This should clue you in: They’re reportedly still thinking about potentially bringing Jay Cutler in if they don’t land one during the draft.
Tom Savage has two NFL starts to his name, and they weren’t particularly good ones, at that. For his career, which consists of five total games the past two years, he’s completed 60.9 percent of his passes with no touchdowns and one interception.
Now that we’ve sufficiently set the stage as to why the Texans are desperate, enter DeShone Kizer. He’s the best quarterback left in the draft at this point in our rundown of what could potentially happen. And the Texans (especially general manager Rick Smith) are absolutely screwed if they don’t land a quarterback this year.
Given the teams picking behind Houston in Round 1 and at the top of Round 2 could be looking at a quarterback, the pressure will be on for Smith to make a move. We’re predicting he does reach for Kizer, who has the physical tools to become successful at the next level but by all accounts isn’t ready to step in from Day 1 and be a functional NFL starter.
In this scenario, Savage can be to Kizer what Case Keenum was to Jared Goff last year for the Los Angeles Rams.