Hi kids, Tim brought it Thursday, Kernsie came in Friday, and I'm out of the pen to close out the draft. Probably with very few of you since the NFL decided to put this as abysmally early as possible. My plan right now is to either put up a new thread each round or to go 4th/5th and 6th/7th, depending on how fast we are flying. We've got 6 glorious picks today thanks to the trade downs, at least until Smithiak makes more trades, and we are fourth up at the start of things:
Round 4-4 (102)
Round 4-20 (118)
Round 5-13 (144)
Round 6-18 (187)
Round 6-28 (197)
Round 7-20 (227)
Behind the jump, I've put together my initial tiers for the day, which I will copy straight from texanphil's glorious site, for discussion with the 3 of you who will watch the whole day with me. These are spaced in talent groups, and weighted towards the Texans needs. To explain the missing numbers, my mock hasn't picked a running back yet. And yes, there are PLENTY of tight ends available.
1. Akwasi Owusu-Ansah - (22%) - CB - Indiana (PA) Move up/down Remove
2. Cam Thomas - (28%) - DT - North Carolina Move up/down Remove
3. Mitch Petrus - (17%) - OG - Arkansas Move up/down Remove
4. Mardy Gilyard - (6%) - WR - Cincinnati Move up/down Remove
6. Geno Atkins - (11%) - DT - Georgia Move up/down Remove
7. Arthur Jones - (11%) - DT - Syracuse Move up/down Remove
8. Bruce Campbell - (17%) - OT - Maryland Move up/down Remove
9. Donovan Warren - (22%) - CB - Michigan Move up/down Remove
10. Dominique Franks - (28%) - CB - Oklahoma Move up/down Remove
11. Reshad Jones - (11%) - SS - Georgia Move up/down Remove
12. Everson Griffen - (6%) - DE - Southern California Move up/down Remove
13. Aaron Hernandez - (6%) - TE - Florida Move up/down Remove
14. Anthony McCoy - (6%) - TE - Southern California Move up/down Remove
15. Austen Lane - (6%) - DE - Murray State Move up/down Remove
17. Dezmon Briscoe - (6%) - WR - Kansas Move up/down Remove
18. Myron Rolle - (11%) - SS - Florida State Move up/down Remove
19. Eric Norwood - (17%) - OLB - South Carolina Move up/down Remove
20. Corey Wootton - (6%) - DE - Northwestern Move up/down Remove
21. Jay Ross - (6%) - DT - East Carolina Move up/down Remove
22. Jason Fox - (6%) - OT - Miami (Fla.) Move up/down Remove
23. Dorin Dickerson - (6%) - TE - Pittsburgh Move up/down Remove
24. Mike Williams - (6%) - WR - Syracuse Move up/down Remove
25. Matt Tennant - (11%) - C - Boston College Move up/down Remove
26. George Selvie - (6%) - DE - South Florida Move up/down Remove
27. Selvish Capers - (6%) - OT - West Virginia Move up/down Remove
28. Dekoda Watson - (11%) - OLB - Florida State Move up/down Remove
29. Kavell Conner - (6%) - OLB - Clemson Move up/down Remove
30. Perrish Cox - (11%) - CB - Oklahoma State Move up/down Remove
31. Walter Thurmond - (6%) - CB - Oregon Move up/down Remove
33. Darrell Stuckey - (6%) - SS - Kansas Move up/down Remove
34. Robert Johnson - (6%) - FS - Utah Move up/down Remove
35. Greg Hardy - (6%) - DE - Mississippi Move up/down Remove
36. O'Brien Schofield - (6%) - OLB - Wisconsin Move up/down Remove
37. Riley Cooper - (6%) - WR - Florida Move up/down Remove
38. Tony Pike - (6%) - QB - Cincinnati Move up/down Remove
39. Dan LeFevour - (6%) - QB - Central Michigan Move up/down Remove
40. Patrick Stoudamire - (6%) - CB - Western Illinois Move up/down Remove
41. Jeff Byers - (6%) - C - Southern California Move up/down Remove
42. Colin Peek - (6%) - TE - Alabama Move up/down Remove
43. Danario Alexander - (6%) - WR - Missouri Move up/down Remove
44. Jeremy Williams - (6%) - WR - Tulane Move up/down Remove
45. Vince Oghobaase - (6%) - DT - Duke Move up/down Remove
46. Syd'Quan Thompson - (11%) - CB - California Move up/down Remove
47. Jonathan Crompton - (6%) - QB - Tennessee Move up/down Remove
48. Zoltan Mesko - (6%) - P - Michigan Move up/down Remove
49. Marshall Newhouse - (6%) - OG - TCU Move up/down Remove
50. Brandon Carter - (17%) - OG - Texas Tech Move up/down Remove
51. Sergio Render - (6%) - OG - Virginia Tech Move up/down Remove
52. Kevin Matthews - (6%) - C - Texas A&M Move up/down Remove
53. John Conner - (6%) - FB - Kentucky Move up/down Remove
54. Jamar Chaney - (6%) - ILB - Mississippi State Move up/down Remove
55. Al Woods - (6%) - DT - LSU Move up/down Remove
56. Jeff Owens - (6%) - DT - Georgia Move up/down Remove
57. Roddrick Muckelroy - (11%) - OLB - Texas Move up/down Remove
58. Trevard Lindley - (11%) - CB - Kentucky Move up/down Remove
59. Larry Asante - (11%) - SS - Nebraska Move up/down Remove
60. Kam Chancellor - (17%) - FS - Virginia Tech Move up/down Remove
61. John Skelton - (6%) - QB - Fordham Move up/down Remove
62. Michael Hoomanawanui - (6%) - TE - Illinois Move up/down Remove
63. Rashawn Jackson - (6%) - FB - Virginia Move up/down Remove