Trent Williams could save the Houston Texans offseason

The Houston Texans have not had a great offseason at all. Trading for Trent Williams could completely shift the narrative.

The Houston Texans have had a bad offseason in 2019.

As a matter of fact, I would go so far as to characterize it as the worst in the entire NFL.

They failed to reach a long-term agreement with franchise player Jadeveon Clowney.

They didn’t make a good enough offer (if an offer was made at all) to bring back Tyrann Mathieu, who was a stud for them in 2018.

They made no attempt to bring back Kareem Jackson.

Most importantly, they failed to bring in any sort of inspiring option at the left tackle position, and that was after they used two of their top picks in the 2019 NFL Draft on offensive linemen.

The Texans passed on trading up for Washington State’s Andre Dillard, considered the best pass blocking tackle in the draft, for small school lineman Tytus Howard out of Alabama State. Howard, though he’s looking good so far in training camp, is playing the left guard position, not left tackle.

With Howard working at left guard and Julie’n Davenport working again at left tackle, the Texans could turn their offseason around with one move — trade for Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams.

It seems as though Trent Williams is really irked about the way the Redskins handled his injuries, and some have even suggested he will never play for them again as a result.

The price to get a guy like Williams could be as high as a first-round pick, but the Texans have over $40 million in cap space and their draft capital is somewhat inconsequential if they can get a left tackle of Williams’ caliber to protect DeShaun Watson.

That’s the primary concern here.

The Texans don’t currently have a plan in place to better protect Watson off the edge. They are bringing back last year’s starter, Davenport, who allowed 12 sacks and 14 hits among his 69 total pressures  allowed, as well as a whopping 16 penalties.

The Texans could make Davenport their swing guy and put Williams next to Tytus Howard at left guard with second-rounder Max Scharping on the right side.

Davenport is not the guy you want protecting Watson right now, and with Williams potentially available for a price, the Texans could completely turn the narrative of their offseason around by making this one move.