Andre Johnson listed as second best player overall in the NFL

[gtexan02]

Guess who's first?

Yup, Peyton Manning.

Anyway, pretty good list overall. Heres the top 10

1. Peyton Manning
2. Andre Johnson
3. Darrelle Revis
3 (tied). DeMarcus Ware
3 (tied). Drew Brees
3 (tied). Joe Thomas
3 (tied). Larry Fitzgerald
3 (tied). Nnamdi Asomugha
3 (tied). Patrick Willis
3 (tied). Tom Brady

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/features/scouting

[jaayteetx]

I love me some Andre, but Revis seems to do a good job shutting AJ down, so I might have to put him ahead of AJ right now.

[infantrycak]

Originally Posted by jaayteetx

I love me some Andre, but Revis seems to do a good job shutting AJ down, so I might have to put him ahead of AJ right now.

They have only played one time against each other and the pass rush was the much bigger problem that day.

[JB]

Originally Posted by infantrycak

They have only played one time against each other and the pass rush was the much bigger problem that day.

Bingo!

[HOU-TEX]

Originally Posted by infantrycak

They have only played one time against each other and the pass rush was the much bigger problem that day.

Exactly. We were definitely not ready for their type of "exotic" blitzes.

[brakos82]

Having an 8-way tie for 3rd is kinda cheating IMO.

[dream_team]

AJ certainly deserves to be on that list. But I doubt the validity of that list with no Chris Johnson or Adrian Petersen.

[JB]

Originally Posted by dream_team

AJ certainly deserves to be on that list. But I doubt the validity of that list with no Chris Johnson or Adrian Petersen.

They are both on the list

[IDEXAN]

Very interesting.
As a Texans fan I'm delighted that AJ gets some recognition that he deserves but as we all know too often fails to get. On the down side it's still gotta hurt that we left both Revis & Willis on the Board and took Okoye instead.
There's so many guys not in the top 10 that could be there, but the ones that are there are derseving so what are you gonna do. Just one player I question being rated on that very exclusive list: Joe Thomas ?

[gtexan02]

Originally Posted by dream_team

AJ certainly deserves to be on that list. But I doubt the validity of that list with no Chris Johnson or Adrian Petersen.

They are tied at number 11

[JB]

Originally Posted by IDEXAN

Very interesting.
As a Texans fan I'm delighted that AJ gets some recognition that he deserves but as we all know too often fails to get. On the down side it's still gotta hurt that we left both Revis & Willis on the Board and took Okoye instead.
There's so many guys not in the top 10 that could be there, but the ones that are there are derseving so what are you gonna do. Just one player I question being rated on that very exclusive list: Joe Thomas ?

I have seen a lot of reports that have Joe Thomas as the #1 OT in the game. In fact Scouts Inc. has him as #1 by a pretty good margin over Long & Clady.

[DiehardChris]

How do they have Revis ahead of Aso? Aso's been doing it at the same (or higher) level than Revis, and he's doing it with FAR less pass rush.

[JB]

Originally Posted by DiehardChris

How do they have Revis ahead of Aso? Aso's been doing it at the same (or higher) level than Revis, and he's doing it with FAR less pass rush.

They have them tied but yeah. I would probably have Aso a bit higher.

[El Tejano]

Maybe we will start to get some flags in our favor like Manning does.

[HJam72]

I got so ticked when we didn't take Revis that I haven't paid any attention to the draft since. That's when I really knew that watching that will never make me happy. I'm no expert, and I know that of course, but....well, anyway, that was one I really wanted and now I can be all conceited about it.

[IDEXAN]

Originally Posted by JB

I have seen a lot of reports that have Joe Thomas as the #1 OT in the game. In fact Scouts Inc. has him as #1 by a pretty good margin over Long & Clady.

Yea, but see I hear more about Clady in the last couple years since he came into league than any OT. And Long ? A RT impersonating a LT. FWIW.

[TexanSam]

Originally Posted by HJam72

I got so ticked when we didn't take Revis that I haven't paid any attention to the draft since. That's when I really knew that watching that will never make me happy. I'm no expert, and I know that of course, but....well, anyway, that was one I really wanted and now I can be all conceited about it.

To think we could have had Patrick Willis

I know he and DeMeco both play the same position...but something could have been figured out!

[DexmanC]

Originally Posted by jaayteetx

I love me some Andre, but Revis seems to do a good job shutting AJ down, so I might have to put him ahead of AJ right now.

It's easy to shut Andre down, when Jenkins is tossing Chris Myers on
his ass, and getting into Schaub's face. Revis's performance was
a large result of Rex Ryan's relentless pass-rushing schemes, and the
pussified blocking of the Texans that day.

Bottom line, don't give Revis too much credit.

[DexmanC]

Originally Posted by TexanSam

To think we could have had Patrick Willis

The regime thought Amobi was the second coming of Warren Sapp.
Who knew?

[gtexan02]

Originally Posted by DexmanC

It's easy to shut Andre down, when Jenkins is tossing Chris Myers on
his ass, and getting into Schaub's face. Revis's performance was
a large result of Rex Ryan's relentless pass-rushing schemes, and the
pussified blocking of the Texans that day.

Bottom line, don't give Revis too much credit.

I dont know.... Revis shut down every single #1 receiver he played against, IIRC