Ben Tate Is Your Newest Texan!
by Mike Kerns on Apr 23, 2010 7:21 PM CDT
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We got the RB that was at the top of my list AND we gained an extra third round pick. Needless to say, I am ecstatic right now. Discuss Ben Tate here. And follow him on Twitter @BenTateRB
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btw
Rock Dennison on Tate live:
http://www.houstontexans.com/tv/index.asp?mm_file_id=4059&play_clip=y
Die hard Texan fan from the heart of Denmark!
I'm very happy with tate
I think he will be a great fit to the zone blocking system, and a tough runner.
PS this is the highest pick that Kubs has ever used on a RB!
You can't fix Dumb or being a VYFB
Kubes? Yes.
However, Denver did take Clinton Portis in the 2nd.
Tatum Bell too…
"Lord, beer me strength."
I forgot about Portis
and suppressed the memory of Bell
You can't fix Dumb or being a VYFB
by Texans-Brocos on Apr 23, 2010 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I love the pick
I am pretty thrilled.
We switched the 5th to a 3rd and grabbed Tate.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Yep
Got the guy we wanted and gained a 3rd for a 5th, can’t beat that! Especially with the way guys are slipping in the draft
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Apparently, this reverse psychology of yours..
landed us Earl Mitchell instead of S.Cody or D.Williams.
i kid, i kid
by typhoon.infamous on Apr 23, 2010 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm more surprised the Vikings moved up to get Gerhart than anything
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Apr 23, 2010 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm very excited about this pick.
Now, we just need to bolster the O and D-Line, and pick up a centerfielder to take over for Wilson when he gets injured.
Goddamn I love Smithiak
Don’t know shit about 2 point conversions but dammit if Kubiak knows how to draft. Let’s get this straight, We switched 2nds, got an extra 3rd, got the back we wanted all along and only gave up a 5th? Is Rick Smith trying to challenge Morey as best GM in Houston?
Whoa, easy tiger
Lets not go crazy now. Morey would have gotten that plus future firsts, Adrian Peterson and one of the Great Lakes.
by Mike Kerns on Apr 23, 2010 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ya, come on now
Morey is like Darth Vader with how he makes others think something was their idea
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Rick Smith did good, but he didn't do Daryl Morey good.
See: NE Patriots
Love this at #58
picking up the extra 3rd makes me love it. Great job tonight.
Be judgmental about the actions of the past, be hopeful about the actions of the future. -The Homers Creed
When Mathews went off the board
“Frank was yelling the loudest” lol
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Frank Bush D coordinator?
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
Yes because he wanted a CB in the first not a RB
Rudimentary creatures of flesh and blood, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
no that is with the Astros
You can't fix Dumb or being a VYFB
by Texans-Brocos on Apr 23, 2010 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Crap man
Truer words have never been typed.
Our football teams in Texas are like our people. The Texans are like the honest, hard-working, blue-collar men that earned what they had and built this state into the place it is. The Cowboys are like the politicians and tycoons that just act like buffoons and make everyone hate us. Essentially, Bob McNair=Stephen F. Austin, Jerry Jones=Sam Houston.
I would say no
because we all did not want a RB early. But we knew that the FO wanted a RB early, so Ben Tate was kind of the best fit for us.
by theaxeeffect4311 on Apr 23, 2010 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I think most of the people who wanted no RB in the second
Assumed Hardesty would be there in the third.
I would still rather have had Burnett there and Starks in the fourth but it’s close, and Burnett is not off the board yet.
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by riversmccown on Apr 23, 2010 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes!!!!!!!!
That worked out perfectly. Ben Tate plus an additional 3rd round pick, awesome job FO!!!
40 yrd dash
Someone said he had a 4.34 40? I thought it was a 4.43? If it was 4.34 than WOW!!!
Texans!! "Break on thru to the other side!!!!!"
4.34
and 26 reps. he is a beast.
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by Rockets 4 Life on Apr 23, 2010 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Mel said it was 434.
So it’s wrong i guess.
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by Rockets 4 Life on Apr 23, 2010 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
or mels retarded?
Some people say "If you can't beat them, join them". I say "If you can't beat them, beat them", because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise.
Its probably that thing growing on the top of his head, telling him lies to spew out to the general public
Texans!! "Break on thru to the other side!!!!!"
He told me in the interview
That they sent him word that his time was posted wrong at the combine and gave him the new time, which was faster than CJ Spiller.
Which is why I said he was a complete back
He says he can be a power back or a speed back. His words: “I believe I am the most complete back in this draft.”
I'd assume
We go three-headed monster.
Slaton gets the bulk of work on third downs for his pass-catching. Maybe Foster is relegated to more of a backup role.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter
by riversmccown on Apr 23, 2010 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
i had Everson Griffen in first in my mock
Now he’s earliest in the third
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Free agent TE Michael Gaines agrees to terms on a one-year deal with the Texans.
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I know there are some secondary left like...
Franks
Murphy
Chad Jones
But how about a DL or OL? We need some quality depth at both
"I've never gone into a game trying to win the Heisman Trophy; I go into a game trying to win." - Colt McCoy
I think we will go linemen
with our 2 3rd rounders.
Be judgmental about the actions of the past, be hopeful about the actions of the future. -The Homers Creed
Theres my sleeper.
Myron Lewis.
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Love that they picked up extra pick and I would really like Morgan Burnett for Geno Atkins for Texans in 3rd.
both Jerome Murphy and Myron Lewis are gone now
Die hard Texan fan from the heart of Denmark!
Lewis is gone?
Be judgmental about the actions of the past, be hopeful about the actions of the future. -The Homers Creed
I took Burnett on texanphil's thing
So if we got him in the third that’d let me keep Tate too.
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McClain_on_NFL
Texans OC Rick Dennison said they had Gerhart and Tate so close together they had to take the 3 and hope to get one of them. They got Tate.
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Cool
Here’s a cookie.
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by riversmccown on Apr 23, 2010 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
OK, I'm gonna be the first to predict this
Come Monday morning, the Raiders organization are going to receive the ransom not for Al Davis. He can’t be making these choices in the war room!
Our football teams in Texas are like our people. The Texans are like the honest, hard-working, blue-collar men that earned what they had and built this state into the place it is. The Cowboys are like the politicians and tycoons that just act like buffoons and make everyone hate us. Essentially, Bob McNair=Stephen F. Austin, Jerry Jones=Sam Houston.
Tom Cable acutally knocked him out
when he punched Davis for wanting Campbell in the first. Then Cable has been doing this behind the scenes.
by theaxeeffect4311 on Apr 23, 2010 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions
The Bucs are having a hell of a draft.
They got a great WR, built a great defense that looks damn good: McCoy, Price, Angerer, and now Lewis.
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Never mind Angerer went to Colts.
Still, they are making good picks.
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
by Rockets 4 Life on Apr 23, 2010 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Benn will be
unless Bryant stays out of trouble. Dez is a top 5 talent who fell because of his relationship with Deion. There is no way Benn is better than Bryant if they both play to their talents.
To all Houston sports fans, Houston is the 4th biggest city in America, there will be traffic on the way to your respective sports game. Come Early, Be Loud, Stay Late.
by TexasHoosier on Apr 23, 2010 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Golden Tate will be better than Benn
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter
by riversmccown on Apr 23, 2010 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Bruce Campbell or Cam Thomas?
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Is Bruce Campbell still available?
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Maybe they are going to a 3-4? Knighton could prob. play NT in that.
Or they could move him in at DE, or get a good DL rotation going.
wouldn't make sense..
since Aaron Kampmann was a total misfit in GBs 3-4
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Fuck there goes Jones.
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
I think we grab a NT or OL.
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Titans take Damian Williams
Big WR from USC
To all Houston sports fans, Houston is the 4th biggest city in America, there will be traffic on the way to your respective sports game. Come Early, Be Loud, Stay Late.
Chad Jones, Major Wright and Morgan Burnett gone
think we will wait with a safety now
Die hard Texan fan from the heart of Denmark!
Not surprised
We never go after safeties or nose tackles.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter
by riversmccown on Apr 23, 2010 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
and not surprisingly
those are two of our weakest spots… coincidence?? I think not.
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by TexasHoosier on Apr 23, 2010 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Choir, preaching, etc.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter
by riversmccown on Apr 23, 2010 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
From walterfootball.com
10. Tyson Alualu, DT, California
I love it. The Jaguars probably could have moved down 30 spots and still obtained Tyson Alualu. This is a joke. Jacksonville sets a new low for an NFL Draft grade. (Pick Grade: Millen on LSD)
74. D’Anthony Smith, DT, Louisiana Tech
What!? Was the Tyson Alualu pick so bad that the Jaguars forgot that they made it? I’m sorry that Jaguar fans have to go through this. (Pick Grade: Millen on crack)
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by zala on Apr 23, 2010 8:11 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Panthers getting Clausen another weapon.
Brandon LaFell.
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Yes.
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by Rockets 4 Life on Apr 23, 2010 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
He is extremely strong and athletic,
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by Rockets 4 Life on Apr 23, 2010 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
but very raw.
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by Rockets 4 Life on Apr 23, 2010 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Just got back from my run to a pleasant surprise!
I haven’t read through all the comments so I don’t know if this has been said or too obvious to comment but what excites me the most about this pick is that overall BRB and the Texans FO agree on this pick. That speaks volumes in my book!
Here we go Smithiak.
Don’t screw up!
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Please Jon Gruden,
Colt McCoy is not Drew Brees.
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Yes!
Great pick Smithiak!
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Ah cmon,
Geno was still there why didn’t we take him?
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Now don't we have one more pick in round 3?
Isn’t it like 91?
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
There goes Colt.
A statement to the players of the Jazz and Mavericks: Please stop flopping all over the court.
Barry Warner is trashing the Ben Tate pick on 610am
He was in camp Gerhart, apparently. Him and Pancakes should have a good cry together…
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