Texans fans have to like the commitment, even though he probably wouldn't have gotten a ton of flak for missing one practice in early June. Even if Osweiler and Peyton Manning didn't give off the best friend vibe, it seems like Osweiler is taking a page out of his former mentor's book. Manning understood, perhaps better than anyone, that the appearance of being committed to football is just as important as actually committing yourself to football. Even if we don't realize it, we expect a certain image from our athletes. We hold them to a standard that we would almost never hold ourselves to.