This heated exchange clearly showcases the polarizing decisions facing Houston Texans
SPICY DEBATE!
24 February 2023
The Houston Texans have an opportunity to take a franchise QB in this draft that could set them up to do some real winning and finally get to a conference championship game. One thing that is concerning fans is the idea that Bryce Young could be off the board when the Texans pick.
Some believe taking a defensive player and waiting on QB would be the better value play, despite draft experts like Mel Kiper Jr having Will Levis higher on his board than Bryce Young.
Winning division championships may be enough for some Texans fans, but for the rest of us, we've seen that movie before. And if we learned one thing from this year's Super Bowl, the game was all about quarterback play. The Eagles came in with a furious pass rush and couldn't get Patrick Mahomes down one time. That game was won with high level QB play.
No one is saying they should draft a QB at all costs, we're just saying Bryce Young isn't the only player in the draft that could be a franchise QB. And defensive players that get drafted high aren't guaranteed to have success. They disappoint frequently.
Be sure to check out the video above as we have a heated debate about what the Texans should do with the No. 2 pick overall.
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Jake Meyers scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch, Isaac Paredes drove in an insurance run and the Houston Astros defeated the Cleveland Guardians 5-3 in 10 innings on Saturday.
Yainer Diaz had a two-run homer in the sixth as the Astros won for the fifth time in six games.
Cleveland's José Ramírez had two hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and extended his on-base streak to a career-best 33 games.
Steven Kwan added three hits, but the Guardians lost their third straight.
Meyers was the automatic runner in the 10th. He advanced to third on Jeremy Peña's grounder to first and scored when a slider by Hunter Gaddis (0-1) on an 0-2 count was low and outside.
Paredes then drove in Jacob Melton with a base hit to right field.
Cleveland had runners on first and second with two out in the 10th but Bennett Sousa struck out Jhonkensy Noel to end the game for his first save of the season.
Josh Hader (2-0) got the win.
Houston starter Hunter Brown, who was trying to become the first pitcher in the majors to reach nine wins this season, went 5 1/3 innings and allowed one run with nine strikeouts.
Key moment
Kwan led off the seventh inning with a walk before Ramírez tied it at 3-3 when he lined Shawn Dubin's changeup into the right field stands for his team-leading 12th homer of the season.
Key stat
Peña extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI infield single in the fifth inning. His career long is 14 games, which he had earlier this season.
Up next
Cleveland right-hander Tanner Bibee (4-6, 3.89 ERA) is 2-0 in day games this season. Left-hander Brandon Walter (0-0, 0.00), added to the taxi squad on Saturday, goes for Houston.
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