The only Houston Texans quarterback who has a contact that won’t expire at 3:00 p.m. Central Time on March 16 is Davis Mills. However, that doesn’t mean the Texans are going to go the entire offseason without adding to the quarterback room.
One veteran quarterback who may be hitting either the open market or the trade market is the Indianapolis Colts’ Carson Wentz.
According to Cody Benjamin from CBS Sports, who broke down the tiers of teams that would be interested in Wentz as “unlikely but possible” and “the favorites,” Houston would be a team that could be a dark horse to acquire Wentz.
Texans: Would they be better off giving second-year man Davis Mills a fuller crack at the top job? Sure. But with Deshaun Watson done here, they could afford competition, even if just to set up a bigger reset in 2023. The Colts might not prefer to keep Wentz in the division, but then again, if they’re willing to dump him after just one year, what do they care?
Adding Wentz would flow…