Ever since Deshaun Watson was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 2022, the Texans have been in search for it’s next franchise quarterback.
The Texans drafted Stanford quarterback Davis Mills in the third-round of the 2021 NFL Draft and gave him the opportunity to start 11 games in 2021 and 15 games in 2022. Mills was good enough his rookie year for the team to give him another chance to prove himself throughout his sophomore year, but took a major step back and was benched for backup quarterback Kyle Allen.
You can argue that Mills did not have the right coaching or pieces around him to truly succeed, and that may be true, but the team decided to go in a different direction and draft Ohio State quarterback C.