Texans Draft Needs

Or wil Delhomme be ok at running the Scout team

I think the only other things we might look at (much later in the draft, mind you) is a place kicker. Neil is looking weaker in the leg department, but that might have been due to the injury of Hartmann and the necessity of Neil taking kickoff duties. We’ll see; I wouldn’t be surprised if we did.

I think that’s the only position on defense we would go with our first rounder. NT and DB can be addressed later.

Worth noting: two of the top corners in this draft (Kirkpatrick and Jenkins) are hurting themselves w/ character red flags. You know how the FO feels about that.

Poe, Chapman, and Ta’amu are the top NT’s, and could be had in round 2 or later.

I too love the idea of Wright in this offense, but as others have pointed out here, his stock is climbing. And while I’m not on the Nick Toon bandwagon, a lot of us are.

OL: I’ve read Peter Konz mocked to us in round one. Cordy Glenn is another interesting prospect, but I’m not completely sold on him. If the right WR is on the board, that would be my preference.

The draft is deep in the former, so we should get the right guy there, plus Lester Jean will be back for another shot.

At OG, the pickings are pretty slim after DeCastro. If he slides down it would be tempting to go get him, but not at the risk of missing the WR we badly need. OG will probably have to wait until the 2nd round.

1st – WR -Obvious
2nd – NT – Not sure if there’s many quality players at the position in the later rounds
3rd – OG – We need some depth here
4th – LB or FS/SS – Also need depth here
5th – WR – Looking for someone with speed & return skills here (and bigger than Holliday)
6th – RB – Need someone to replace Ward if he doesn’t come back
7th – FB – With Dreesen possibly gone, Casey might move back to TE, so we need a FB
Also we might look at a kicker from the undrafted rookies to bring in some young competition for Rackers

Trade your 1st round pick to a high drafting team. Get thier 2nd and a 4th round pick in return. There is enough wide recivers that you can get a good one in the second round that fits our needs that does not come from a big name school (Sanu ect).

I pretty much agree with Southpaw on how we draft. My only difference is

3rd: ILB, compete with sharpton and play special teams to improve blocking.
4th: OG/WR – the WR would be the kick returner/compete for a job in the rotation. Here you could look for guys that have lost value due to injury or from small schools and still get alot of vaule.

//shameless self promotion

in round 1 and 2 will make me a happy man

then trade him to move up and get Cleiborne!!! Use your #26 to grab Dwight Jones.
Through the rest of the rounds you just grab the best available and let them compete in camp. But i want Patrick Edwards in steel blue.

including
Dwight Jones
Nick Toon
Kendall Wright

Interesting later round prospects:
Marvin McNutt
Juron Criner
Joe Adams
Jeff Fuller

Also:
Almeda Ta’amu NT
Audie Cole LB
Ben Jones C
Mike Brewster C
Cordy Glenn G
Kelechi Osemele G
Kevin Zeitler G
Brad Smelley TE

Not a lot of the top OTs will be on display as most of the frontrunners at the position are not Seniors.

engaging some debate about a sleeper first-round name: Coby Fleener, the Stanford TE.

As of right now, I’ve read mostly second-round grades on him, but there’s some buzz that the emergence of the elite pass-catching TE this year (Gronk, Graham, etc.) could make some mouths water and push him up.

I am personally against taking a TE in the first round in any year, but… with OD fighting some injuries and Dreessen set to hit RFA, Fleener might be worth a look. If we truly believe that the Texans don’t have a lot of needs and can go BPA, I wonder if this could be the direction we go.

on a guy like Patrick Edwards (in the case where we do not pick up Kendall Wright).

you dont deserve to have testicles. that guy is terrible

Id rather keep jacoby