Houston Makes Me Happy

In the first pick of the 2006 NFL Draft, Houston will pick Mario Williams of NC State instead of Reggie Bush. ESPN is reporting that Williams has signed a 6 year, $54 million contract.

Bush had been expected to go first in the draft since even before the 2006 Rose Bowl, and even though there were rumblings of a shift in Houston's front office in the past couple weeks, most people wrote it off as an attempt to force Bush into contract negotiations.

Both Mario and Reggie are incredible, and I honestly think the big DE from NC State is the safer pick, but I'm still amazed. What's more exciting is that this gives my Saints the option of picking Bush or shopping him around for trades (I would much prefer the latter). Regardless, I think we're in for an incredible weekend.

We'll have live updates and commentary on the Draft at The Woodpile starting at noon tomorrow. It should be an exciting 15 hours.