There is a huge debate surrounding what the Houston Texans should do with the third overall pick in this year’s NFL draft. The center of the debate can largely be focused down into one question: How should a team rebuild? Depending on how someone feels a rebuilding team should operate, it largely dictates preference at the top of the draft.
Historically, dominant football teams are built around two founding principles: Acquire an elite quarterback and then build a defense that can collapse the pocket and make the other quarterback uncomfortable. Quarterback and edge rusher. Look no further than Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald and Von Miller or Tom Brady, Jason Pierre-Paul and Shaq Barrett the year before.
A dominant quarterback and a dominant pass rush goes a long way. Without an elite quarterback available in the 2022 draft, all eyes turn to the pass rushers. The most controversial and debatably the most talented of all the top prospects this year is Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux.
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