Rock The Vote: Prince Amukamara Or Julio Jones In The 2011 BRB Mock Draft?

Because of his last name right? Not talent level.

Talent is talent. Fact is, Houston needs all the talent it can get. Nine years of no playoffs means you can’t overlook one side for the other.

If we don’t get veteran, free agent help in the secondary, we are playing for 2012. Period. End of story.

More like 3

free agency won’t be enough to fill all the holes in the secondary imo.

rank Prince higher, but they are usually very close, so the BPA logic doesn’t really fit when choosing between these two… unless some of us are actual NFL scouts… and I mean the good ones like the Pats have;)

Even if it’s a difference between a couple of spots on a draft board, does it really mean much?

Let’s see a draft board with tiers!

:-P

Mike Kerns has never been wrong using his draft logic and player evaluation sense…

but I’d still be extremely happy with AJ Green.

But he is even less likely to be picked if he was there because of his “character issues.” That don’t fly with Bob.

but I just don’t like him more than Julio, personally.

I do think it’ll come down to WR vs Aldon Smith vs maybe Amukamara though….word amongst Insiders say Quinn’s pro day display has made him a top-10 lock barring any slip up in personal interviews and workouts.

somewhat of a CollegeCrush of the FO and he was part of a run-first offense where he had to do a lot of blocking, which im sure Kubes and Co love so he just seems like more of a "fit " than AJ Green. However, the BPA arguement would remain the same and I don think the result for the Texans would change all that much either to be honest.

But I’ve never seen him get past #7 or so, I figure it’s much like Von Miller.

not sure what I would do then to be honest. I think people got carried away with the broken foot at the combine thing.

The most signed Texans player evar!

If we draft Prince to be a safety, then I think that’s a nice pick at #10. Otherwise, give us the belated planetoid.

No Aldon for you!

secondary guys are more interchangeable than any other position on the team.

Then there are some very good players that we aren’t even considering, because we are locked into the mentality of these mock drafts that position players and label them as reaches if they aren’t picked within that designated range. I just hope the coaches and scouts for the Texans can see through all that BS in real life. For the purposes of this mock, there are some guys in the Texans range that will all be productive players at the NFL level and would fit the Texans somewhere….

so why we at it.

Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I liked to take a minute just sit right there
And tell you how I became the prince of a town called Houston

A saavy GM who could turn around to Minnesota….offer a package for 12 and walk out with both of them.

I would probably be advocating for JJ Watt or Cameron Jordan in this situation. And I’m biased towards offensive picks and especially WRs usually, but I’m not sold on Julio Jones just because he ran a fast 40 on a broken foot. Maybe Al Davis will trade up with us?

He’s made mistakes, sure.

Going back into thie list of great receivers [from the Shanny/Koobs era in Denver] that I posted in the other thread (ie: Rod Smith, Ed McCaffrey, Shannon Sharpe, and Brandon Marshall) it’s interesting to see how productive they were during their first few pro seasons. Very little production for each.

In partcular, Rod Smith’s career was very interesting to follow as a fan. In his first five or so years, he drove us fans crazy, and probably couldn’t even catch a cold. In a bit of history lesson for us, the “drops” stat started becoming all the rage after Mike Shanahan openly told the press he kept his own personal stats for his players’ drops (certainly to gauge the progression of someone like Rod Smith).

Anyhoo, starting in 1998 (the second Broncos Championship season), Smith finally began to display some of the best hands around, and that continued throughout the rest of his career.

Jacoby is typically lamented by us for his dropped passes, and rightfully so. The onus needs to be on his technique/focus, first and foremost, but it is gradually something that will improve under this staff, and with more opportunities.

In fact, he looked to be more consistent than usual, during the last few games in 2010. Probably didn’t hurt that he was playing every down by that point…

and I hope it’s not the only factor in the BRB fake FO’s final decision…

Don’t do that kids!

How would ‘pusuing’ a veteran CB be any motive, here?

they’re stuffing the ballots for Prince

/Julio

Jordann did plead for us to vote for Julio though.

Because he ran a fast 40 with a broken foot? Prince is actually considered the better prospect by most analysts and fills a bigger need.