SPICY DEBATE!
This heated exchange clearly showcases the polarizing decisions facing Houston Texans
Feb 23, 2023, 7:17 pm
This HEATED exchange clearly showcases the polarizing decisions facing Houston Texans
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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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.