Why THIS offseason might be most exciting ever for Texans

Let’s put this year, so far, in perspective by comparing it to other Texans offseasons.

We’re not going to focus on how things turned out in the past. Rather, we’ll key in on the energy, hope and impact of the moment as it all unfolded.

The way offseason moves feel at the time versus how they ultimately play out can be two different things. Sometimes they match up very well, like 2011, and create the kind of leap in success we ultimately expect this one to spark.

Following the explosive joy of this draft, the veteran acquisitions, and the hiring of DeMeco Ryans, which kicked off the off-season’s sizzling start, it’s time to categorize this off season among the best.

Here are the challengers:

There was a ton of excitement about the inaugural campaign, but no one thought the team was going to win for awhile. There were 13 draft picks and everyone was a rock star on the first NFL squad the city had seen after five seasons with no pro football. We also had the expansion draft and a truckload of free agents. It was the Big Bang Theory of football. It stands apart in a category of its own.

The greatest draft in team history. It started with the crowd strongly objecting to the selection of Mario Williams at number one (which turned out to be the right choice, but we’d wait years to find out). The first three rounds were on Saturday back then and the day ended with DeMeco Ryans, Eric Winston and Charles Spencer all being picked. There was electricity in the air.

That draft, combined with Gary Kubiak’s hiring, brought a lot of juice to the franchise and the city. But 2023 feels better. Picking a highly regarded QB certainly factors into that.

I’ll get eye-rolled for this but with the acquisition of Matt Schaub and Ahman Green, everyone was fired up. Schaub was tremendous for the organization. Yet that offseason’s buzz doesn’t match this.

Another one you’ll question me on, but trust me, people were amped about getting Brock Osweiler. He was the number one free…