2009 Texans Talk Member Mock Draft

[Blake]

The Pencil Neck, Timekiller, and Kaiser Toro are up.

[Shaft75]

Originally Posted by DiehardChris

Ayers is an absolute STEAL here. No way he lasts anywhere near this long when the real draft comes. Not gonna be a sack machine, but I think he'll be a really solid DE, who will stuff the run and get to the QB once in a while.

I haven't been paying too much attention to the mock, and when it was my pick I was very surprised he was still on the board. Didn't take me long to make a decision. He is definitely a top 5 DE in this years draft. Let's see how he does in the combine though. I think he is the type of guy that shows up on gameday. Don't really know what his measurables are.

[DiehardChris]

Originally Posted by Shaft75

I haven't been paying too much attention to the mock, and when it was my pick I was very surprised he was still on the board. Didn't take me long to make a decision. He is definitely a top 5 DE in this years draft. Let's see how he does in the combine though. I think he is the type of guy that shows up on gameday. Don't really know what his measurables are.

It makes sense that he's been kinda mentioned in that "2nd tier" of DEs because he's not a quarterback killer... but I think he could be one of those real solid DEs for many years, but not a "superstar." He'll get sacks, but he's not going to be one of those 12+ sack guys.

I think he'd be great on the other side of Mario. Weaver is so bad that we forget - we don't need another superstar... we just need someone to be solid-to-very good.

[The Pencil Neck]

With the 60th pick, a very ticked off New York Giants take Tyrone McKenzie, OLB, USF.

We need DE and OLB help. I had to take Beanie Wells earlier but I had planned on taking either a DE or OLB in that spot. In this spot, I had planned on taking a RB.

I was really hoping Kruger, Ayers, or Barwin were going to fall to me. Leave it to Shaft75 to pluck Ayers off the line just before my pick.

[Shaft75]

Originally Posted by The Pencil Neck

With the 60th pick, a very ticked off New York Giants take [size="4"]I was really hoping Kruger, Ayers, or Barwin were going to fall to me. Leave it to Shaft75 to pluck Ayers off the line just before my pick.

[rmartin65]

Just curious, who will be running the post combine one?

[Shaft75]

Originally Posted by rmartin65

Just curious, who will be running the post combine one?

IDK, but if I get the Panthers again I will punch a baby.

[bah007]

Originally Posted by rmartin65

Just curious, who will be running the post combine one?

I would imagine that Super Mario will be doing it.

He's done a great job in this one. I see no reason to fire him.

[DiehardChris]

Originally Posted by bah007

I would imagine that Super Mario will be doing it.

He's done a great job in this one. I see no reason to fire him.

What he said. The guy running the show is not the one that needs replacing...

[rmartin65]

Originally Posted by bah007

I would imagine that Super Mario will be doing it.

He's done a great job in this one. I see no reason to fire him.

Originally Posted by DiehardChris

What he said. The guy running the show is not the one that needs replacing...

Totally agree. I was just wondering who wanted to do it.

[WolverineFan]

Originally Posted by bah007

I would imagine that Super Mario will be doing it.

He's done a great job in this one. I see no reason to fire him.

I talked to him about it a couple days ago and he said he didn't know if he would be up for another one. I sympathize with him seeing as how he basically ran 6-10 team's drafts because some people never made their picks.

[Blake]

Originally Posted by WolverineFan

I talked to him about it a couple days ago and he said he didn't know if he would be up for another one. I sympathize with him seeing as how he basically ran 6-10 team's drafts because some people never made their picks.

I think the combine will give me some time to recharge the batteries. I can mod the 2nd one if everyone is cool with it. Or maybe we can have a couple of mods?

Besides I have a feeling the 2nd one will go even better since we can cut the fat.


Edit: Oh and thanks for the vote of confidence. Its nice to be appreciated. :P

[Blake]

Originally Posted by Shaft75

IDK, but if I get the Panthers again I will punch a baby.

I think everyone would be fine striking you from the possibility of getting the panthers or cowgirls.

[The Pencil Neck]

Originally Posted by Super Mario

I think everyone would be fine striking you from the possibility of getting the panthers or cowgirls.

After snapping up Ayers one pick before me, I'd love for Shaft75 to get stuck with the Panthers again.

[Mari-OWNED!]

4 more picks to go! C'mon people! Let's get this out of the way just in time for the Combine!

[TimeKiller]

I apologize for the wait everyone, I hope it won't affect my status for the next draft!

The choice here is easy, with the 2nd round of DTs taken before me (again) not really feeling like reaching here...the uh, Indianopolis Colts select:

Sean Smith, S, Utah

Guy who is said to play CB or S, good size and speed, good depth at 2 positions....probably ends up starting when Breaky McBob goes down 12 games a year.

[Kaiser Toro]

This pick was going to be a CB, DL or WR. Many DEs and DTs just went off the board and it came down to two players Robiskie and Butler. However, with Haynesworth being a question mark, the DL as a whole being in flux after next year and current return man/secondary player Chris Carr being a FA I felt compelled to go with the BPA at a need position on defense/special teams - Darius Butler. He also has the ability to take snaps at WR down the line.

[Ole Miss Texan]

The last page or so of comments are hilarious. Panthers, babies, dancing king kongs...

In re: to Super Mario's ability to run a member mock draft... you've done an outstanding job. I know how easy it probably is to get burnt out. I hope you can take some days off to recharge and come back strong for the post-combine mock.

In re: to # of rounds. I was hoping we could make it through 3 rounds, but yall make a good point about the combine being here. No need to go all out here at the end when we'll all have a better feeling in another week. 2 rounds is a good idea.

Maybe we can all discuss players we would like to pick in the 3rd round anyways, not so much pick them but discuss them. It may help for the post-combine mock. It'd be great to get a tally of everyone's 1st and 2nd round picks + whatever picks they have left in the draft. Maybe we can have a discussion-vote of who's drafts we think went real well. I actually like most of these.

[rmartin65]

With 2 picks remaining, here is how the draft has gone down:

1st Round

1) Detroit Lions- Aaron Curry, LB
2) St. Louis Rams- Michael Crabtree, WR
3) Kansas City Chiefs- Eugene Monroe, OT
4) Seattle Seahawks- Malcolm Jenkins, CB
5) Cleveland Browns- Andre Smith, OT
6) Cincinnati Bengals- Michael Oher, OL
7) Oakland Raiders- Rey Maualuga, LB
8) Jacksonville Jaguars- Jason Smith, OT
9) Green Bay Packers- BJ Raji, DT
10) San Francisco 49ers- Matthew Stafford, QB
11) Buffalo Bills- Brian Orakpo, DE
12) Detroit Lions- Mark Sanchez, QB
13) Washington Redskins- Eben Britton, OT
14) New Orleans Saints- Vontae Davis, CB
15) Houston Texans- Everette Brown, DE
16) Denver Broncos- Tyson Jackson, DE
17) New York Jets- Brandon Pettigrew, TE
18) Chicago Bears- Aaron Maybin, DE
19) Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Jeremy Maclin, WR
20) San Diego Chargers- Knowshon Moreno, RB
21) Philadelphia Eagles- LeSean McCoy, RB
22) Cleveland Browns- Clint Stintim, OLB
23) New England Patriots- James Laurinaitis, LB
24) Atlanta Falcons- Brian Cushing, LB
25) Miami Dolphins- Alex Mack, C
26) Cincinnati Bengals- Peria Jerry, DT
27) Indianapolis Colts- Duke Robinson, OG
28) Philadelphia Eagles- Hakeem Nicks, WR
29) New York Giants- Chris Wells, RB
30) Tennessee Titans- Max Unger, C
31) Arizona Cardinals- Louis Delmas, FS
32) Pittsburgh Steelers- William Beatty, OT

2nd Round

33) Denver Broncos- Clay Matthews, LB
34) Kansas City Chiefs- Lawrence Sidbury, DE
35) St. Louis Rams- Michael Johnson, DE
36) Minnesota Vikings- DJ Moore, CB
37) Seattle Seahawks- Derrius Heyward-Bay, WR
38) Baltimore Ravens- Alphonso Smith, CB
39) Jacksonville Jaguars- Percy Harvin, WR/RB
40) Oakland Raiders- Phil Loadholt, OT
41) Green Bay Packers- Larry English, OLB
42) Buffalo Bills- Eric Wood, C
43) San Francisco 49ers- Herman Johnson, OG
44) Miami Dolphins- Rashad Johnson, S
45) New York Giants- Kenny Britt, WR
46) Houston Texans- Patrick Chung, SS
47) New England Patriots- Coye Francies, CB
48) San Diego Chargers- Ron Brace, DT
49) Chicago Bears- Josh Freeman, QB
50) Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Evander Hood, DT
51) Dallas Cowboys- Jarron Gilbert, DT/DE
52) Philadelphia Eagles- Jarad Cook, TE
53) New York Jets- Paul Kruger, DE
54) Minnesota Vikings- Rhett Bomar, QB
55) Atlanta Falcons- Fili Moala, DT
56) Miami Dolphins- Connor Barwin, DE/OLB
57) Baltimore Ravens- Juaquin Iglesias, WR
58) New England Patriots- William Moore, S
59) Carolina Panthers- Robert Ayers, DE
60) New York Giants- Tyrone McKenzie, OLB
61) Indianapolis Colts- Sean Smith, S
62) Tennessee Titans- Darius Butler, CB
63) Arizona Cardinals-
64) Pittsburgh Steelers-

[TimeKiller]

Beat me to it...

That's all but the last two picks. My favorites are:Cincinnati (even though you destroyed me moving up to get Jerry), Buffalo for sure, Jacksonville was decent, Chicago, NEW ENGLAND nice, Miami, and Tennessee.

Least favorites were: Indy, NewYork Jets, Dallas even though that was a tough card to pull