ravidubey
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Texans are desperate to win with JJ Watt in his prime, so they're willing to gamble. Denver's defense allows them to not have to gamble. I think they think they can win with a game manager, so why pay a fortune to a kid you aren't sure can win long term when that defense gets old?The Texans didn't mind paying him based on 7 games, and unlike the Texans, the Broncos had 4 years of practice to evaluate.
The downside with Osweiler in Denver may have been that he wasn't the current coaching staff's guy. He was brought up mostly in the Jon Fox era. If Fox and Gase were still there they might have been more interested in keeping him.
And practice can only tell you how good a practicer a player is.