HOUSTON -- That the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl without a quarterback playing at an elite level reaffirmed Texans owner Bob McNair's belief that the Texans don't need a superstar quarterback

"We need to have reliable play at quarterback," McNair said, when asked what needed to happen for Houston to make the Super Bowl next year when NRG Stadium hosts it. "We don’t need a superstar there, but it needs to be reliable play that won’t take anything away from us. We need to get our running game going again. We’ll be working on those things. Our defense is very strong, and we’ll probably improve that a little bit, too."

McNair has often said the Texans didn't need a superstar quarterback. While that might be true, the Texans have struggled to find a reliable quarterback lately.

McNair is looking to the draft.

"I think we have a good chance of getting one of them," McNair said of the college quarterbacks entering the draft. "There are four or five of them that look like they have enough talent, size and athletic ability. I don’t know why we wouldn’t be able to do it."

What McNair needs to consider, and perhaps has, is that drafting a good young player might not get the Texans into the Super Bowl right away. It might take a few years for him to become as reliable as an NFL quarterback as the team needs. That shouldn't scare the Texans away from taking that step.

Ever since Matt Schaub's decline began during the 2013 season, the Texans haven't made it through a season with just one quarterback for all 16 games. They went 2-14 in 2013, 9-7 in 2014 and 9-7 in 2015, making the playoffs only in 2015 and losing in the first round to the Kansas City Chiefs. Quarterback Brian Hoyer threw four interceptions and lost one fumble in the Texans' 30-0 playoff loss, highlighting the Texans' quarterback struggles. They started four different quarterbacks during the 2015 season.

No team has ever played in the Super Bowl in their home stadium.

Their recent quarterback history has to change, even if they rely on their defense to carry them.

"We were delighted to see the guys up in Denver succeed," McNair said. "You saw they did it with their defense. That’s what we’ve been working toward and we haven’t changed. Hopefully we’ll have that opportunity."