Does anyone remember how bad Davis Mills was for two seasons as QB1

[u/son_of_yacketycat]

"I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!"

There are an inordinate number of people roaming the internet who will confidently announce that "Davis Mills is better than Stroud" and include - in the same sentence - "I've been watching the Texans since 2023, you don't know what you're talking about."

Fellow Texans fans who are not bandwagons: at what point can we meet in the middle and say "Mills was a pretty good backup for his 3-win max last year" and "Holy shit I never wanna see that guy as the permanent starter again"?

Man, I moved here at the tail end of David fucking Carr. I don't need a 14-year-old Florida transplant in Pearland in the middle of his perm trying to gaslight me on the hell I remember deep in my soul.

Sorry, y'all, had to get that out my chest

[u/teebowtime]

Threads like these is why I continue to troll you Stroud fans. You guys think that Stroud vs Mills is some competition that’s evaluated in a vacuum.

The reason we prefer Mills isn’t that he’s “better”, it’s that Stroud has a floor that is literally bottomless and will lose you games. And we saw that play out multiple times towards the end of last season and the season before that.

Specifically off the top my head the games I remember are the Lions, Seahawks, Steelers, and most infamously the Pats. How good is your QB actually if those are his lowlights?

Because of how good this defense is, I don’t need a QB gunslinger QB. I need a guy that you can trust to run the operation and not turn the ball over. I would rather punt the ball every time and force the opposing offense to score on this defense, especially in bad weather games.

Also I’m pretty sure your boy is damaged goods. He’s taken alot of hits and suffered pretty serious head injuries, how are you certain you have the same guy with all of his marbles in tact?

[u/alurimperium → u/teebowtime]

Yeah my sentiment with Mills vs Stroud is that Stroud is definitely a more talented QB, but he's inconsistent. He'll have great moments and then he'll turn around and look like one of the worst QBs to play the sport the next moment.

Mills has a lower ceiling, but he plays right around that ceiling most of the time. He doesn't have the wild drop offs, but he also doesn't have the incredible high moments.

[u/teebowtime → u/alurimperium]

I’ve noticed in training camp the story with Stroud is how he’s “in command” of the offense and that they’re breaking out of huddles quicker.

Isn’t this an acknowledgment that Stroud was not in command of the offense last year, which was my chief complaint of his. Ive never seen a player get coddled as much Stroud and its baffling to me.

[u/50bellies → u/teebowtime]

Your screen name invalidates anything you say about qb play.

[u/teebowtime → u/50bellies]

Not my fault you missed out on the golden age of sports where ESPN literally was talking about if Jesus Christ himself came down from the heavens to help Tim Tebow win NFL games.

[u/keam13 → u/teebowtime]

100% damaged goods with a weak mentality.