In the 2017 NFL Draft, there were two other quarterbacks taken before the Houston Texans selected Deshaun Watson in the first round, and they were Mitchell Trubisky to the Chicago Bears and Patrick Mahomes to the Kansas City Chiefs.
In the span of those two years, the NFL has seen the Kansas City Chiefs make it to the AFC Championship under a sophomore quarterback, and someone other than the Green Bay Packers win the NFC North.
Some may ask how has Chicago made it to the next level of development and Houston didn’t while they both won their division.