2006 Houston Texans season

The 2006 Houston Texans season was the franchise's 5th season in the National Football League (NFL) and the 1st under head coach Gary Kubiak. The team improved on their 2–14 record in 2005 and finished 6-10, a four-game improvement over their previous season. The Texans wore their blue jerseys and blue pants for the first time during a week 16 win over the Indianapolis Colts, along with wearing their white jerseys and white pants together in the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. With the first selection in the second round they selected Alabama linebacker DeMeco Ryans, who would later be named the Defensive Rookie of the Year for 2006. Many local fans in Houston wanted the team to draft hometown hero Vince Young who had led the University of Texas to a Nation Championship in January. However, the Texans announced the day before the draft that they would pick defensive end Mario Williams out of NC State instead. The pick both shocked and angered fans and the team was ripped by the national media for making what many believed was one of the worst mistakes in NFL Draft history. Despite the fact that many believed drafting Mario Williams was a mistake, the Houston Texans would go on to have the best draft classes of any team in 2006 according to most experts.