Tony Romo rumors: 5 teams that should trade for him

3. Houston Texans

Now we get into contending teams that might be willing to roll the dice. This is a natural fit because Houston is a good team with a glaring, gaping hole at quarterback. General manager Rick Smith thought he fixed it by signing Brock Osweiler to a four-year, $72 million contract last year, only to watch the wound grow.

If the Texans got a real quarterback, they would be overwhelming favorites to win the AFC South and could perhaps challenge the likes of Kansas City, Pittsburgh and New England. As they stand currently, that isn’t going to happen sans a 2000 Ravens-type run.

The only fly in the ointment is whether Smith is gun-shy about going after a quarterback again so soon and committing so much money to one position. Osweiler is due $19 million against the cap and cutting him is a non-starter. In essence. Houston would be using $33 million at the quarterback position, in a year when it has some expensive free agents hitting the market.