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Houston Texans Release Ryan Finely, Choosing Jeff Driskel Over Him

May 24, 2021 by Battle Red Blog Leave a Comment

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Nick Caserio made multitudinous strange moves this offseason. One of which, was when he moved down from pick #200 in the sixth round to pick #231 in the seventh round to acquire quarterback Ryan Finley from the Cincinatti Bengals. The Texans had Tyrod Taylor on the depth chart, and Finley, who has never shown any sort of promise, wasn’t worth giving up any asset to acquire.

It gets stranger. The Texans doubled down at the quarterback position. They used a third round selection on Davis Mills, and they recently signed Jeff Driskel, another quarterback who hasn’t shown any sort of promise. Nick Caserio had five quarterbacks on the roster including Deshaun Watson.

Jeff Driskel is a 28 year old backup quarterback, with a career record of 1-8, who had such a disastrous run as the Lions quarterback in 2019, that the Lions decided to pay Chase Daniel $4.5 million to ensure Driskel would never see the field again—Driskel saw the field once in Denver last season. The Broncos weren’t so lucky.

Today, the Texans released Ryan Finley, to keep Driskel on the roster to compete for, I don’t know, a practice squad spot. The Texans made a silly trade with the Bengals that netted them absolutely nothing in two months.

The #Texans are releasing QB Ryan Finley, per me and @TomPelissero, on the heels of signing FA QB Jeff Driskel. Houston traded for Finley, but it was just a late-round pick swap. Now, an effective Finley/Driskel swap.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 24, 2021

Nick Caserio is a Costco employee offering Saltine samples for the Bengals, back in the good old days when Costco offered samples. It was a dumb trade then, and it’s a dumber trade now.

Get ready for the Driskell, Mills, Taylor, quarterback competition. I have no idea how we got here.

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