An in Depth Look at our WRs and the WRs of the 2012 NFL Draft

Gimme the guy who’s going to work harder because that’s what makes the difference between a good pro and a great pro. Sanu would be my 1st round choice, at the moment. Although Toon’s my #1 choice because I think he’s being underrated.

but hearing good things about him. Only bad thing i hear is his speed. I am for Dwight, Toon. Do you guys think we would look at this rueben randle kid from LSU? I think after last year Terrance Tolliver deal we will not.

I say walter stays for his work ethic and his blocking ability. I think the Texans staff likes him and what he does, and his ability to always play. Hes a good pass catcher and route runner, but hes not a world beater. Besdies our #2 option is going to bea a TE 80% of the time.

Becuase of our reliance on TE’s (you can run and pass using them, keeping the plays simple and disguised) i think we will go for a slot reciver like Wright. Even if we get Jones (who i voted for) he may play in the slot his first year to learn the NFL and develop his abilites.

If the WR we pick plays in a slot he can run a post clearing out a the Nickle Back from the center allowing for eaiser passes to a TE to pick up the yards. Furthermore if the nickle gets beat you have a safety pulling his way to keep containment. If for what ever reason a safety or a LB has to guard him (say during a blitz) you have an auotmatic mismatch (either wright or jones will sufice). Thoughts?

a good WR block is the differance in a 3 or 4 yard run and a 10 yard run.

very informative. For some reason, I thought Blackmon was a beast. 6-1? I was picturing at least 6-4.

I agree with your idea of Jones or Sanu, in a vacuum, that we’re locked into WR. But if the trade down doesn’t work, neither are picked, and there’s a beast on the defensive side we could get, I’d go get BPA. I think Toon would work as well, so we really have the ability to wait until the second round if it works out like we think it will.

he’s the best risk/reward in the list and we (FINALLY) don’t need quantity in the draft, but need to target quality.

Consider what ’Dre did for the Texans over the last decade. A high impact WR to compliment our running game and take pressure off ’Dre (and eventually push in behind him) should be a huge goal right now.

Sanu sounds like a great guy, so I’d be happy with him as well. Work ethic and character are things that I believe Kubiak loves in his players. After reading Kubiak’s presser yesterday, I’m somewhat suspicious that Jacoby Jones stays around another season (we’ll certainly see), but with the cap where it’s at, I can see him cut easily.

The prospects at wide receiver seem to better in the late 1st to 2nd rounds. I think other guys are getting more looks just because of their soon to be alma mater rather than skills, though Blackmon is easily a high first round. I really hope we go with solid gentlemen like Jones and Sanu when we pick a WR.

Just read up on a scouting report of Nick Toon. I love what I’m hearing. Although he’s not extremely quick, this is what stood out to me:

Toon also never traps passes against his frame, and uses great fundamentals to make catches

but he will blow up at the combine and be gone before we pick

Im actually leaning towards a guy like broyles in the 3-5 round range, sign reggie wayne and a #2 CB, cut JJ and Kareem.

broyles could return punts and be your #3, and then you can try to find a true #1 later on when andre is 33-35

I know it may not happen but if Jonathan Martin drops let say late teens, would you move up to take one of the best Left tackles? We can always get a WR in later rounds so many good ones out there. Now with that said if we do that would you move Brown to Guard or RT and let Eric winston go?

Winston is not going anywhere. With the TX line being what it is, i doubt you break it up. Chemistry is important, very important. Get some guys later in the draft that can be rotational players to thicken it out.

I never realy thought about trading back into round 2. A lot of peope would love to have anothe 1st round and with that we could secure thier second round and possible a 3rd or a 1st the following year. With enough WRs in the draft if we offer up a 1st round slot to an early picking team we can take who we want early in the second and still get possible 1st round value (cuz there are alot of good WRs). Being able to pick in the later rounds twice for developmental/rotational/or players who lost value is genius.

Browns trade THREE #1s this year to the Rams and take RGIII. Fisher loads up on studs in his first draft and turns the Rams around in 2 seasons.

Texans get their WR in this draft and have a high #2 next year, since the Browns will continue to suck, having lots of QBs with no one to throw to. Distraught Browns fan does another video outside the stadium.

Antonio Smith making 8,000,000
Kevin Walter 3,500,000
Eric Winston 5,500,000
DeMeco Ryans 7,150,000
Kareem Jackson 2,013,000
Matt Leinart 3,000,000

He’s the type of WR Kubiak likes. He’s 6’4" 215. He started as a QB, but switched to WR. he had over 1300 yards recieving last year and 12 TD’s. Iowa plays more of a pro style offense, so those numbers are huge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ikDsi-DJA