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May 17, 2007 Amobi Okoye is 19, Ha ha... you like the Lions, Super Mario, Teams that aren't the Texans, The Schaub Experiment

One of the stranger things about being a Texans fan* is that the stuff fans of other teams would ignore is generally the only stuff we even have to talk about. [Author's note: I realize that was an awful sentence. Just move along.] What do I mean? Well, while Cowboys fans are talking about Romo developing as a leader and having a certain swagger about him, we are discussing whether Matt Schaub should or should not wear number 8 due to the baggage that number apparently has. (My answer? Yes, he should.)

While Chicago beat writers are lamenting the Lance Briggs situation and wondering if he is an expendable part of a Super Bowl defense, those who cover the Texans are spending 1,200 words on the impending retirement of Kailee Wong.**

Such dichotomies are to be expected, I suppose. Lions fans probably deal with the same thing (obviously punctuated by jokes about Matt Millen, wide receivers, and The Curse of Wayne Fontes). And it’s not like we never get real news–this story about Mario Williams being healthy and happy and enamored with Manchild probably qualifies as newsworthy–but it would sure be nice to read something along the lines of “Texans add offensive firepower following first-round playoff exit.”

Someday, I guess.

In other news, the NFL is considering shortening the amount of time each team gets to make draft picks. I think this is a fantastic plan and I hope it happens sooner rather than later. Fifteen minutes has always seemed brutally long, not to mention unnecessary, ESPECIALLY for first round picks. I mean, shouldn’t teams have a pretty clear picture of who they want in the first? That would seem to be the round where teams would be the MOST prepared. I understand the idea that fifteen minutes is partly so that teams have time to make trade, but it’s my sneaking suspicion that most trades either happen or don’t within the first five minutes. If you can’t hammer the deal out in ten minutes, I highly doubt the extra five is going to create a miraculous breakthrough.

*I mean “strange” in a somewhat positive way. This is different than the “strange” that refers to “constantly defending the Mario Williams pick” and “wondering if we can get to .500 this year.”
**Hold up. The ALL-TIME sack leader for the Texans has 15 sacks? Um… Super Mario could theoretically become the single-season and career sack leader for this team this year, in his SECOND season. File this factoid under: Why we’ve never made the playoffs.