Ready For A 2011 Mock Draft?
by Tim on Jun 21, 2010 8:15 PM CDT
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The fellas at NFL Mocks are, and they've got their first mock of the 2011 NFL Draft up. Premature? Yes. Still something Texans fans would want to read? Also yes, for two reasons I'll touch on after the jump.
1. They simulated the 2010 NFL schedule, and they've got your Houston Texans sporting a record of 11-5. If that happens...that would not suck. At all.
2. If you're still not sold on a potential guard tandem of Kasey Studdard and Antoine Caldwell, you're probably giddy about the notion of Justin Boren, who they've got rated as the top-ranked guard prospect in the draft, becoming a Texan in April of 2011.
There is, of course, the minor matter of completing the 2010 season first. Here's to 11-5.
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Draft talk and no mentions of mid-round TEs?
Tease.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Jun 21, 2010 8:53 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hmm, drafting a guard would be nice, but ..
we all KNOW that our draft will be something like …
1. TE
2. TE
3. TE
4. TE
by typhoon.infamous on Jun 21, 2010 9:15 PM CDT reply actions
basically..
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
11-5?
geez.
I am trying my best to be the homer I usually am. But I just don’t think it happens. I think we probably don’t match last season – we’re either going to be the same team, struggling with a difficult schedule or our defense and running game will come around and we’ll dominate deep into the post season.
One of these scenarios seems more familiar than the other. sigh.
Or.....
The top three draft picks play above average, we split the first four games, make the playoffs and lose in the first round to Baltimore. I’ll gladly take this, at 10-6, loses to Indy twice, Dallas, Balt, nyg, and SD
by AllenOU on Jun 21, 2010 10:36 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Well
I see us beating nyg but dropping another divisional game.
"Bite off more than you can chew. Then chew it."
by pvavocalist on Jun 21, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
That's more realistic I guess
Can’t argue with this
by AllenOU on Jun 22, 2010 10:08 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I really think...
..we beat Dallas at Reliant this year. That alone would make me consider the season a success.
"...and if I claim to be a wise man, well, it surely means that I don't know". SL
by Southern Lion on Jun 23, 2010 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Too bad it's a noon game, the rest of the country won't see it
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Jun 23, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
I think it's possible
but we seem to play to our opponents potential and drop stupid S^%t games to teams like Jacksonville every year. Here’s to hoping we can tackle Jones-Drew for once
Best case scenario for that
MJD pulls a Wes Welker & has his ACL explode when Bernard Pollard gets within 3 feet of him
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Jun 22, 2010 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Whats wrong with Jacksonville?
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
Obviously you consider us a lower tier team........
There is no way we pick again at 8 next year. Don’t count us out.
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
So does that make us
The ‘best team with the worst chance of making it to the Super Bowl’
or
The ‘worst team with the best chance of making it to the Super Bowl’?
Just your average, run of the mill hardcore casual Texans fan.
the most unlikely team with the likeliest chance to win?
The least surprising team that might surprise?
The team that everyone will say they picked if they win?
The team whose bandwagon will split an axle if they make a showing?
The team who everyone will say “they weren’t supposed to win” when they lose?
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
by Rip Jersey on Jun 22, 2010 9:59 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
off topic but....
last night i blew off the dust on NFL2K1, and started creating the new texans team from scratch. a bunch of guys aren’t in the game…. so i created em. anyone know a good realistic ranking site so i can set the attributes? i wanna use it during the season to help with my predictions.
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Nfl2k1? damn...
what console is that for? Atari?
by Mookazoid on Jun 22, 2010 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
HA!
xbox actually. it’s the one with the “crib” feature… and i think the last one that they put out before madden monopolized the NFL. and btw… MADDEN IS CRAP.
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by chrisd21 on Jun 22, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Yes
This man speaks the truth. Madden is shit.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter
by riversmccown on Jun 22, 2010 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions
its not bad imo
but the 2k franchise was kickin Maddens ass til they shutdown.. I was the NFL2K5 champ at Blinn, my dorm mates hated it lol
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. used to be Astros too, but not sure there a pro team anymore
that's the one i meant!
2k5 is the one with T.O on the cover right? that’s the one i got.
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Yeah, that's the last 2k football game that came out.
I agree, Madden is shit. So overrated.
by typhoon.infamous on Jun 23, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
2k5 was The Best Football Game since Techmobowl back in the Day
Damn… Andre Johnson was unstoppable… Carr got sacked a lot… Tony Banks was my man back then. What memories.. Madden had to kill that competition.
But with Gus...
At least your laughing while it sucks.
Just your average, run of the mill hardcore casual Texans fan.
I can only hope...
Gus Johnson gets a good portion of Texans games this season.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Durga willing.
Just your average, run of the mill hardcore casual Texans fan.
I consider Gus Johnson more of a poet than an announcer.
by b0ng on Jun 22, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
HEY, HEY.
if Gus Johnson was a poet, then Jakespeare is something like … Shakespeare, Poe, and Donne combined.
by typhoon.infamous on Jun 23, 2010 2:37 AM CDT up reply actions
if we get gus....
that means we get jinxy!!!!!!!!!!!! lol i love tasker & gus… whenever jinxy says a replay will go one way… it goes the opposite.
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Never been into the Madden games
NFL 2k5 was the last I played. But I usually just play an updated rom of Tecmo Super Bowl, to be honest.
i don't actually play the game....
i sim it. i try and set the ratings as realistic as possible, and let em’ play themselves. good way to forecast (or not) how the texans will fare against the upcoming opponents.
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Did they show who everyone won/lost against?
Because I really like thinking that the Colts’ two losses were to us.
This doesnt make sense to me
I like looking at mock drafts, but not before the season is played. Who are these hard core drafters trying to fool? The NFL and colleges are barely into preseason practices. That’s like predicting who will win the BCS two seasons before they play.
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
by Rip Jersey on Jun 22, 2010 10:36 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
You're obviously not a tu fan
…or you’d have that picked already.
Heheh
Just your average, run of the mill hardcore casual Texans fan.
by Autra on Jun 22, 2010 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ok, since you put the pressure on
Michigan
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
by Rip Jersey on Jun 22, 2010 12:43 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If the Texans finish 11-5
More than likely it would mean our guard play by far surpassed the current fan expectations… I can’t see any way that we finish 11-5 and don’t have solid production out of our offensive line, and since we’re fairly young still upfront, I doubt that’d be a huge area of need.
In this scenerio, I think our #1 need would be FS as Wilson will be one year longer in the tooth and is really just an average to maybe slightly above average free safety when completely healthy. It’s possible that we still need to address corner, but just like at guard, I think if we’re 11-5 our corners played decent at least and they’re mostly all young players with room to improve.
11-5???
11-5. Hahahahahahahahaha !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man that’s the funniest thing I’ve seen all year. They only went 9-7 last year because the NFC West was on the schedule. That’s gone and replaced with the NFC East. They lost their best corner and are replacing him with a rookie. The have a different Offensive co-ordinator. Brian Cushing will miss the first four games including home games against Indianapolis and Dallas. Just because Matt Schaub survived a season without injuries doesn’t automatically mean it will happen again. They are not as good as last year and have the toughest schedule in the NFL. Who could possibly be foolish enough to predict them at 11-5?? Likely to lose both to the Colts, split with Titans and Jaguars. Optimistically will give them 2-2 vs. NFC East. That’s 4-6 and we haven’t even gotten to the games against San Diego, Baltimore or the Jets yet. I’m saying 8-8 would be a good year.
You are right about one thing. They do have to play those games.
I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?
by Rip Jersey on Jun 23, 2010 6:34 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I was reading....
and was with you up until you said “they lost their best corner.” At that point, your credibility in that post was lost.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Jun 23, 2010 1:55 AM CDT reply actions 5 recs
well you can debate who the best corner was all you want. point is, robinson was a solid veteran in coverage who tackled very well for a corner and you’re replacing him with a rookie. the rookie jackson gets to face peyton manning the first week. ouch. every rookie goes through growing pains and he could be a liability at times. he may turn into a better player than robinson in the long haul, but for his rookie year I think the best you can hope for is a wash on that tradeoff. (and that’s certainly no guarantee.)
Again...
“Solid veteran in coverage who tackled very well”
What Houston team did you watch? Cause Dunta hasn’t tackled well in a few years, lost a step, and was the human penalty machine. Dude was utter garbage and hasn’t even been solid since 2005. The team is much better without him.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Jun 23, 2010 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Awesome
We haven’t had a good troll around in a while…..and what else is there to do in June?
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
Honest to god, when i read this
robinson was a solid veteran in coverage who tackled very well for a corner
I threw up in my mouth.
by typhoon.infamous on Jun 23, 2010 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Tasty...Enjoy that food twice did you?
Sounds like a bad night with cheap beer or trashcan punch… You probably made the promise too didn’t you….
tackled very well for a corner?
your credibility is plummeting sir…
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look, you know very well Robinson was known as a corner that was happy to stick his nose in there and make a tackle. (unlike some corners who only like to cover and don’t want any part of hitting) Now, if you want to say that he wasn’t as passionate about it last year because he was whining about his contract, I’ll give you that.
listen guy.
i know better than anybody about dunta… i was one of his biggest supporters.
"don't taze me bro!!!!!!!!!!"
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by chrisd21 on Jun 23, 2010 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
just because you’re a fan of the guy doesn’t mean you know any more or less than anyone else. the Texans drafted him as high as they did because they liked his tackling ability for the position as well as his size, speed and coverage ability. anyone that argues differently than that is completely wrong and should check with the Texans so they can discover they are wrong. replacing a veteran with a rookie is almost always a step backwards in the short term unless that cb is named Revis and those kind don’t come along too often.
Hmm
So far there have been 11 CBs in NFL history to make the pro bowl during their rookie seasons, and Revis wasn’t one of them…. And 93 CBs have made the pro bowl in their first 3 seasons. “Those kind” of cbs come along more often than you think.
It’s really not that uncommon to find production out of rookie corners, and we don’t need him to be a pro-bowler. The Texans’ strength is in their offense, all we need out of him is to not be a total liability in coverage giving away games by himself.
Statistically...
… Dunta was not the best corner on the team. Until he split his britches over money he was a team leader. By the end, he was an overpaid wh0r3, and a vending machine for FiveHead.
I miss the Dunta of the first 3 years here, not the one we had last year.
by HoundDog76 on Jun 23, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, I'll agree with that
Dunta was the man until he tore up his leg & started bitching about money
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Jun 23, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
The Texans drafted him for those reasons but for the past year or so, he hasn’t been the same. Also, if you think that his superman tackle was “stick(ing) his nose in there and make a tackle,” then i would have to label you as retarded.
by typhoon.infamous on Jun 23, 2010 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
this is true.
here’s my last post on dunta…
http://www.battleredblog.com/2009/11/25/1173564/oh-dunta-a-few-words-please
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Rec'd Chris
Because I was here for that…and the man speaks the truth
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
feeling like im in the twilight zone!
because i’ve been on the other side of this argument so many times. lol
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Watch football first
Then troll. It’s more efficient.
by JimboTexan on Jun 23, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
Happy to stick your nose in there is one thing
Good tackling is another. I will happily stick my dick in just about anyone with a vagina….that doesn’t mean I’m successful at actually doing it on a consistent basis. Dunta would still bring a big hit, but he got to the point where going for the knockout led to him missing the tackle way too often. Big hitter does not necessarily equal good tackler. Dunta was physical for a corner, but not a good tackler. I can’t think of any more ways to say the same thing so I will just stop there.
…oh and he was crap in coverage last year, and over-rated before the injury (as in good solid player not great player).
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
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I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Jun 24, 2010 2:27 AM CDT up reply actions
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