CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 20: Ryan Mallett #15 of the Houston Texans reacts after throwing an incomplete pass on fourth down to end their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on September 20, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers won 24-17. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

After 23 years, I finally understand the frustration of the majority of NFL fans.

Born and raised in northern Wisconsin there was only one team that mattered and only one team that I remembered watching I have pictures as a baby sitting on my dad’s knee about 4 feet away from our 23” Zenith with the Packers on. But my first true memory of the NFL is the third game of the 1992 season when Don Majkowski would get injured and Brett Favre would take the field. Being 13 years old at the time I didn’t understand the significance of what was going on. (Other than my dad being upset that the “Magic Man” got hurt)

But now looking back at it, this set off a chain of events that would spoil my NFL fandom for the next 23 years. I was able to watch a future Hall of Famer win 3 NFL MVP’s and one Super Bowl. And then, without missing a beat the spoiled NFL fan strikes again. For the last 7 years, I’ve watched Aaron Rodgers win 2 NFL MVP’s and one Super Bowl.

I don’t say this to brag. I say this because two and half years ago I moved to Houston and adopted the Houston Texans as my AFC team. And now I finally understand the frustration of other NFL fans. In that time, we’ve all watched Matt Schaub, T.J. Yates, Case Keenum, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tom Savage, Thad Lewis, Brian Hoyer and Ryan Mallet.

The spoiled fan in me has not seen that many quarterbacks in 23 years. And now I understand, that isn’t normal. As John McClain would say, “It’s pathetic.”. But as Mike Meltser would ask, “What are you going to do about it?!?”. And that is the question. How does this franchise go from quarterback roulette to 23 years of two MVP quarterbacks?

Let’s look at the spoiled fans quarterbacks. Brett Favre was drafted with pick 33 in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons. In 1992, the Packers traded a first-round pick for him. Bold. Aaron Rodgers was drafted with pick 24 in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft. You could look at that and say it was an easy choice. But in 2004 the Packers went 10-6 and won the NFC North. With Brett Favre still at the helm, the traditional thought would have been to take somebody that could have helped that team take another step. A guy like Roddy White or Heath Miller (drafted after Rodgers) would have been a great extra weapon for Favre. But again, the Packers went bold and decided to draft a quarterback that at the time they didn’t need.

These bold moves turned me into a spoiled fan. 23 years of watching greatness. And in just over 2 seasons, the other half of my fandom has been crushed by the “non-bold” moves of the Texans quarterbacks.

Let’s start with Matt Schaub. Yeah, it didn’t end well for him and the Texans. But this is a guy who threw for over 4,000 yards 3 times and led the team to two AFC South titles. They acquired Schaub by trading two-second round picks. Not over the top bold, but it was something. It was bolder than picking free agents like Keenum, Fitzy, Hoyer or Lewis. It’s bolder than drafting a QB in the 4th (Savage) or 5th (Yates) round. And yes, it’s bolder than trading a 6th round pick for a guy like Mallett.

So what is bold? It’s spending your number 1 overall pick on Blake Bortles. It’s trading up 1 or 2 spots to take Teddy Bridgewater. It’s trading a first or second round pick for that current back-up that truly has the potential to be a star. If those moves are wrong nothing happens! We go to jail. Peacefully, quietly. We’ll enjoy it! Wait, that’s Dr. Venkman’s line. But the same applies. If the Texans are wrong nothing changes. Maybe Bill O’Brien and Rick Smith lose their jobs in 2 years after a big swing and a miss at QB instead of 5 years of mediocrity. But, if they’re right, and they can turn this thing around, they will have saved the watching lives of millions of Texans fans!

I’m not naive. Guys like Favre and Rodgers don’t grow on trees. That is the world I was living in. But now I’ve seen the other side. And all I want is for a decision to be made. A direction to be taken. A chance to be had on somebody. Be bold Texans. Be Bold.