With The 92ndPick Of The SB Nation Mock Draft, The Houston Texans Select...

by Tim on Apr 25, 2007 8:27 PM CDT in News

We entered this draft praying that LaRon Landry would fall to us at No. 10. When we traded down to No. 21, we strongly considered adding Brandon Meriweather. Hell, we might have attempted to convince Blaine Bishop or Bubba McDowell to come out of retirement at one time or another. The bottom line is that the free safety position was begging for an immediate upgrade. As we've opined on several occasions in this space, the lack of a FS who can actually, you know, COVER someone has doomed the Texans to disaster on several occasions, which has consequently doomed Texans fans to a bad case of the shakes every time a pass is thrown. Although a good bit of the tremors can certainly be blamed on the alcohol Houston fans are forced to imbibe to watch the hometown team, I truly think a sizable portion is due to the inability of the team's safeties to consistently ward off big plays.

Well, problem solved, at least in this hypothetical exercise. In Josh Gattis, we've added a dynamic, fast, and instinctive FS who has successfully faced some of the best receivers the country has to offer in the ACC and emerged unscathed. He has great hands and a reportedly innate ability to position himself to deflect or intercept the ball, and he has also shown a willingness to contribute on special teams. Gattis isn't just a great value pick at No. 92; he has the opportunity to hold down one of the weakest positions on the team for years to come.

And with that, the Texans have concluded their involvement in the 2007 SB Nation Mock Draft. Thoughts on Gattis? The performance of BRB as your pseudo-Texans? The entire draft? Please rant away in the Comments.

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While Gattis wasn't the best available talent on the board, he was definitely near the top of the list. Not to mention the Britney Spears sized hole in our secondary. {No, I'm not adding a hyperlink for that last analogy...there are too many folks who read this at work}

Overall, I'd be absolutely thrilled if Saturday matched the results of our mock. We picked up 4 very solid players to fill the 4 most pressing needs.

You know, it might have been better if we'd done much worse at this mock drafting. Now, my expectations have been brought to much too high a level.

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Apr 26, 2007 7:27 AM CDT reply actions

sigh

Yeah, no kidding.

And props to TPL for the grossest comment of the day!

by bigfatdrunk on Apr 26, 2007 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions

mmmm...

I can see Jamarcus Russell humming 80 yard bombs at her nasty scar from here. If Gattis can catch as well as Brittneys vagina, he'll be good for 3-5 picks a season. I take it!

I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Apr 26, 2007 9:57 AM CDT reply actions