The Texans Should Start Brandon Weeden in 2016

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The Houston Texans re-signed Brandon Weeden to a two-year deal last week, but they also signed former Denver Broncos QB Brock Osweiler to a four-year, $72 milllion deal last month. Osweiler became a big-name QB after upsetting Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Week 12 of the 2015 NFL season. Or did he?

The real hero of that game was Broncos running back CJ Anderson, who scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime. Brock struggled in the team's next game in Pittsburgh and they lost. The Texans definitely overpaid Osweiler. Starting him Week 1 in 2016 would be a bad choice on head coach Bill O' Brien's part.

Brandon Weeden is the perfect quarterback for the Texans in 2016. Sure, his time in Dallas didn't go exactly according to plan filling in for the injured Tony Romo, but when he went to Houston, he led the team to two big wins over AFC South rival Tennessee Titans and helped the team win their first ever game in Indianpolis over the Colts.

The only reason Weeden never started after that was because the Texans original starter, Brian Hoyer, returned from injury in the final two games. The defense helped them beat the Jacksonville Jaguars in the season finale and then Hoyer committed four turnovers, including three interceptions, as the Texans were shut out in the AFC Wild Card round against the Kansas City Chiefs.

With the re-signing of Weeden, Hoyer is well on his way out of Houston. This leaves the Texans with two quarterbacks; one who the Texans paid far too much for, and one that helped lead Houston to it's first ever division title. It's obvious that Weeden should be the starter in 2016, as he will more likely lead Houston to be the first ever team to host a Super Bowl at their own stadium - Super Bowl LI will be held at NRG Stadium in Houston, TX at the end of next season.

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