React: What Were Your Favorite And Least Favorite Picks Of The Texans' 2011 Draft?

My Fav – for some reason is No-Fly-Zone!

Why Yates? Because I disagree with the “draft a player who played in a similar system” kind of guy who didn’t wow! me in it. To top it all off “some people” think and perpetuate this crazy thought that Kubiak has some perceptible and special skill at developing QBs. That’s complete hogwash. He might like to develop them and he’s happy when they do, but there is not one QB that I can think of that he developed that wouldn’t have developed under another coach. So, yes, drafting Yates under this guise perturbs me. But, good luck to the young man! I hope he develops into the greatest QB ever and wins a lot of games for the Texans, and Kubiak ends up gaining all kinds of accolades in being the guy that saw the talent and then hewed it into the greatness that it has become….but, we’re really getting away from it all now, aren’t we?

And, Watt. How can you deny his athletic ability? Tall, big, strong and doesn’t know the meaning of stopping until the whistle blows. He will be an absolute monster for the Texans. Can’t fail, I tellya! And, did you know? He had the biggest hands at the combine?

Least – Newton

But I LOVE the reed pick. Dudes got a nasty rip, swim, AND spin move. All very refined too. Im a big fan of watt too. Was before the rose bowl. Harris and carmichel have good ball skills. The pick I don’t get is yates? With tcu wideout jermey kerley still on the board?

Just bc after the Reed pick I was scared for the secondary. I think Harris will push Kareem HARD for that cb2 spot ALL season, and might end up taking it after Kareem has an injury or something causing him to miss a game and Harris shows out.

Not sure what all the hate on Reed is about, on film the kid looks like he has amazing energy on the field and has a nose for the ball. Talk about play to the whistle, Reed has good hands when shedding blocks and shows sound tackling skills. I think he finds his way on the field no question, and maybe he can get Cush to grow the hair back out!

My least fav picks were both the 7th rounders, i feel Newton at least has some reasoning behind it as an important positon. However, IMO Cheta is a dime a dozen type player that could have been easily had or duplicated by any ol’ UDFA, when we could have made sure we got an absolute steal with Mark Herzlich or the safety from Boise- Johnson, or even made sure we got the second top punter in Chas Henry. Cant help but think they were iust doin a local kid a “solid” and hoping he makes the practice squad and i didnt thknk there was any room for that in our draft.

He is the new jacoby on twitter

wasn’t Rahim Moore still on the board?

I was thrilled because A) I thought they’d go DE pre-draft B) kept saying that they’d pass on Robert Quinn C) it wasn’t Robert Quinn D) they got the draft’s best 3-4 DL and E) Have you heard this guy talk? He’s confident without being cocky….he’s a guy that I know people are gonna love because he’s gonna bust his ass and get things done.

The Reed and Harris picks were ones I thought they’d make….love those guys as well. Can’t complain about nailing three talents like that.

It really depends on what they do with Watt. To me, not addressing NT directly was a horrible decision, and every time Cody sees the field, we’re waving a white flag at the position. Equally confusing, why draft Watt when you have Mario and Smith? If we go Smith-Watt-Mario and Barwin-ILB-Cushing-Reed, that’ll be interesting. Standing Mario up could also be great. But, really, passing on Fairley just confuses me.

I really disliked the idea of Harris in the 1st or, to be honest, even in the 2nd. But we got Watt then Reed, so Harris became our third pick. Truly, I think it was an outstanding move by Smithiaklips.

This is excellent news!

Favorite pick was Brandon Harris for sure and I would imagine every one else loves this pic too. But I also loved the Shiloh Keho pick. I knew when I watched the East West Shrine game Phillips would pick him even if he did have to take him a little higher than everyone else did. If you haven’t seen the game. Keho was everywhere. If Wade can get that from him every week we are set at SS.
Hated the Cheta Ozwhatever pick. I understand it because of the home town kid thing. I support that but at the same time, it was the last pick he is in town. I’m pretty sure we coulda got him UDFA. I would have taken McDaniel the safety I’m pretty sure he went to Clemson or Herzlich for the story the work ethic and production and mainly to piss off New England and thier spoiled fans.
I too didn’t like the Brooks Reed pick and also think the resemblence to Clay Matthews is why he is here. A little buyers remorse. I personally was “bangin the table” for Dontay Moch or Sam Ocho. Both projects, but I think have higher ceilings…just my 2 cents

I now LOVE the Watt pick at #11. But that wasn’t nearly as impressive as the Texans trading back into 2nd for Harris and down in 4th for the additional picks. I was disappointed we didn’t get S Quinton Carter before Denver nabbed him (I swear they had my big board!) but in retrospect trading back there looks like a shrewd move and we ended up with Shilo Keo- whom I think will become a very popular player for the Texans even if he is just a backup SS and an elite special teamer.

I don’t really have any picks I don’t like. Reed looks like a value pick that fills a need (I had him mocked to Green Bay at #32) and I think we really needed the Yates pick. I wish Leinart wasn’t on the roster and I think Orlovsky’s ceiling is pretty low. We need a backup and one that has the potential to start in a few years. To get such a prospect in the 5th round in a draft that saw teams reaching for QBs left and right is damn good fortune if you ask me. I’m also fine with the O line prospect and the OLB from Rice so long as those are the guys Kubiak and Phillips wanted respectively. I’ve trusted Kubes’ appraisal of offensive talent for awhile now, but now I can finally trust the DC with the other side. That was my favorite part of this draft:)

I really like that he brings a more technical skillset to the position to complement the brute force approach of Mario. We’re going to have a very amorphous front seven, and that is going to be a huge asset in and of itself.

My least favorite pick was Travis Johnson. Even if we didn’t draft him this year. Because he is horrible.

 i would of took Davon House over Carmicheal. T.J Yates if he pans out is a superb pick, but i didn’t like it. I would of took Jerrel Powe or Greg Jones. Mr. Irrevelant would definately been Herzilech or Duenta. But all in all, I can’t complain, it was a great draft. And I really like the Brooks Reed Pick! Also i did watch the combine live and Keo was one of the few safeties that stood out to me. His footwork is perfect and i’m sure he has better instincts than anything we have had, is baby fat will come off with our trainer and he will naturally be faster.
there are still some potentially good players that went undrafted, one of you brb managers need to make a post of potential targets. and we can discuss.

Is Darren sharper a free agent? if so would you mind having him for one season?

Why sign Driver to 1 season? I’d rather commit that $ to Huff or Weddle and have a long term solution to the FS ‘vacancy.’

Since few teams in college run a 3-4, most of the front 7 would be considered changing positions. IMHO.

I actually don’t have an issue with this draft at all. I like the first and second rounders. Would have liked Quinton Carter, but alas real safety play is something I’m not confident I’ll see when Texans D is on the field. It’s as mythical to me as a real NT.

I really think I’m going to love Watt, but getting Harris for a 3 and a 5 was awesome.

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