What impresses me the most about the video is that most of his highlights are against top SEC defenses. This guy is dragging piles of UGA, LSU, and FLA guys. Who many will probably be playing on sundays too.

No way he gets past Washington at 10 anyways. I don’t think anyone could name their two starting wide receivers going into next year, and that includes the Shanahans. . .

But next weeks schedule (in no particular order) consists of the more likely candidates of Aldon Smith, Cameron Jordan, J.J. Watt & Ryan Kerrigan.

but I can separate my Saturdays from my Sundays and actually pull for us taking an offensive guy in the first round (and now for something completely different) IFF its this guy.

Julio would make us look good.

I think QB is the toughest position to get up to speed at as a rookie, then CB (?), and then WR(?). So maybe he could move our white guy to the slot where he could be more of a possession receiver.

This would be like the Colts of about 5 years ago… screw the defense, lets just out score em.

Arian Foster’s running game?

It’s going to require surgery. But, damn, that makes his combine showing even more impressive.

…and y’all take him, I will pledge my allegiance to the Texans in every way possible. His ridiculous 40 at the combine was on a broken foot and he had over 100 yards receiving and a TD AFTER he broke his hand at South Carolina. Julio Jones is the next step in human evolution.

No matter how bad our defense was Julio would have to be the best player available if he fell to 11. I’m afraid we will lose out on several of the defensive players that people are thinking we’ll draft. Then again the top ten picks are as hard to predict this year as they may have ever been. There isn’t even consensus on who will be number 1,where Cam will go,how many QB’s get drafted in the top 10, which defensive players will go where. etc.

I have to say though, if Peterson miraculously fell to us I would take him over Julio 10 times out of 10.But that is just a dream.

….outscore them? San Diego did that in the 80’s. It makes for some exciting football, but we do need a defensive improvement as a priority in THIS off season. They really need to sign some proven talent (still holding a candle for Scrabble).

I do agree with the “best player” mentality in the first and second rounds, and there’s NO question we need some improvement across from Andre. Kevin and Jacoby are “good enough” at times, but not legendary by any means and not good enough to keep ’Dre from getting double teamed.

If we had Andre and Julio stretching defenses, I can’t even imagine what would happen with the numbers of Arian Foster!! Hmm, that could be a cool downtown bar name: “Andre & Julio’s”….touchdown tacos and high flying margaritas every day. Free nacho platter to every table for each touchdown they score on gamedays!

In the unlikely event that Jones is still available to us at 11, I’d like us to trade down and get more picks. For one thing, there is no such thing as a can’t miss prospect (amirite Reggie Bush?) And wr has shown to be the riskiest position in the first round when it comes to success. Secondly, Kubes is good at developing offensive talent, so we could get someon later (through free agency or the lower rounds of the draft) that we can groom. And finally, we need help on defense, and lots of it.

It would have improved our chances of getting this beast.

Andrew luck would have changed this draft so much.

What I mean by this is, that you line up your players top to bottom and draft in numerical order. There is always going to be a “fit” issue when it comes down to the pics. Eventually you are going to have to write down the players name’s in some order, but I think you should really just group them in terms of their percieved value. For example, If you asked 100 people who they would rather have on their team, Patrick Willis or Joe Thomas (apples and oranges), you’d probably get a 50/50 split. It would basically come down to your perceived needs/strengths of your team. Although they are both great, you have to grade one higher than the other, but that grade should be irrelevent because they are both “A+” players. The Texans should probably have about 10-15 players with an A+ grade, with some of those players even being players that they wouldn’t even consider drafting , like Gabbert or Newton or Carimi. When their turn comes up, they should look in that grab bag of players left in the A+ group and find the one that fits their needs best. If there isn’t a good fit, than they should look at trading back. If nobody wants to move up than it’s okay to look into the B+ group, as long as they are a good fit at what they do and need. Detroit is a prime example of Best Available Player gone bad, drafting 4 WR’s in 5 years with their top pick. Bet they wish they would have “reached” for a mid first-rounder in 2005 like Demarcus Ware, Aaron Rodgers, or Shawne Merriman, instead of following an abritrary numbering system and ending up with Mike Williams, the best available player. . .