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1 reason every NFL team can win the Super Bowl

By Andrew Garda

Feb 1, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; A member of the New England Patriots hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 1, 2015; Glendale, AZ, USA; A member of the New England Patriots hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 30, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Kevin Johnson (Wake Forest) poses for a photo after being selected as the number 16th overall pick to the Houston Texans in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 30, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Kevin Johnson (Wake Forest) poses for a photo after being selected as the number 16th overall pick to the Houston Texans in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports /

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans have put together a tremendous defense over the last few years, adding some more during the 2015 NFL Draft, shoring up cornerback and linebacker, as well as adding some receivers for the offense as well.

Without a doubt, this is a team with plenty of talent on both sides of the ball. The biggest question is at quarterback.

If this team is to challenge for the Super Bowl title, they need to answer it. As far as I am concerned, that falls on Ryan Mallett. Brian Hoyer showed in Cleveland that he can ‘hold the fort,’ playing the position well enough to get by for a while. He’s limited though and better served as a backup.

Tom Savage, meanwhile, is too inexperienced and raw to take them all that far. He has the general skills, but needs more refinement.

Mallett is an unknown factor overall, but we know a few things. We know he has a strong arm, one which can throw a sharp pass, and that he is big and durable. Mallett has the skill to take advantage of DeAndre Hopkins and rookie Jaelen Strong, to challenge cornerbacks and blow the ball by them when coverage is tight.

We aren’t totally sure what his ceiling is since he came late to the Texans, lingered behind Ryan Fitzpatrick and then got hurt. But of the three he has the most upside coupled with the lowest floor.

If Ryan Mallett proves to be the franchise quarterback Houston hoped he would be, this is a team which has the overall weapons to challenge for the division, the conference and beyond that, a Super Bowl.

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