DRAMA
Rookie
Look - let's think back a little - the Levi Brown talk ONLY started because the Texans are on the fringe of the top 7 or the 'BIG 7!' ONLY THEN...did people look at who was drafting where.
"Well, it's the Texans - of course they need line help. Who's the next LT in the draft? Levi Brown? Yeah! Let's put him in at #8."
- - a creation was born - -
Now, everyone thinks that Levi Brown is a top 10 pick. He is NOT a top 10 pick and he ain't going in the top 12-15. He's simply not that great of a prospect. Granted, he's a solid, solid lineman but really no more so than someone in the 3rd round. You simply can't waste a 'play-maker' pick on a guy who is ABSOLUTELY a reach at 8. He's actually a reach at 12. I'm talking a reach!
He's solid but come on guys - if you don't get a play-maker, trade down and get picks. Laron Landry is THE BEST FS in this draft bar none. Oh yeah - We don't have a FS on the roster - period. He runs a 4.3 and that takes a backseat to his 'football instincts' and playmaking ability and confidence.
I like Landry, yes, but if AD or JT or CJ were there, I'd grab them!!
But here's what hurts us as a team and this is UNDENIABLE - if the other team runs a seam (Lee Evans, Reggie Wayne, Stallworth, etc...) we are FLAT OUT DEAD! CC can't cover back there. His 4.6 - 4.7 speed is destroyed time and time again as is Glenn Earl's. PLus, they're not FS, they're SS. They play the run decent but against the pass, their instincts are NON-existent.
I think Earl could be fine at SS but we REALLY need a stud 'Troy P' type of play-maker in that secondary. Grab Chris Houston in the 2nd rd and we've got something brewin'!!
Look, I want the sexy pick as well but then I break it down.
AP - LOVE HIM, WANT HIM, but can get by with Green, Dayne, and Chris Taylor.
Quinn - LIKE HIM but also like Kolb and Beck about the same in later rounds.
Joe T - Now you're talking.
CJ - Now you're talking.
Would I move up to get one of those 2 guys? Yep! (Depending, of course)
If not, I take my version of Troy P. and I use him the exact same way Pitt does. Blitz, fake the blitz, cover, play LB, play CB, HIT, YELL, SCREAM, etc...
Just MHO -
"Well, it's the Texans - of course they need line help. Who's the next LT in the draft? Levi Brown? Yeah! Let's put him in at #8."
- - a creation was born - -
Now, everyone thinks that Levi Brown is a top 10 pick. He is NOT a top 10 pick and he ain't going in the top 12-15. He's simply not that great of a prospect. Granted, he's a solid, solid lineman but really no more so than someone in the 3rd round. You simply can't waste a 'play-maker' pick on a guy who is ABSOLUTELY a reach at 8. He's actually a reach at 12. I'm talking a reach!
He's solid but come on guys - if you don't get a play-maker, trade down and get picks. Laron Landry is THE BEST FS in this draft bar none. Oh yeah - We don't have a FS on the roster - period. He runs a 4.3 and that takes a backseat to his 'football instincts' and playmaking ability and confidence.
I like Landry, yes, but if AD or JT or CJ were there, I'd grab them!!
But here's what hurts us as a team and this is UNDENIABLE - if the other team runs a seam (Lee Evans, Reggie Wayne, Stallworth, etc...) we are FLAT OUT DEAD! CC can't cover back there. His 4.6 - 4.7 speed is destroyed time and time again as is Glenn Earl's. PLus, they're not FS, they're SS. They play the run decent but against the pass, their instincts are NON-existent.
I think Earl could be fine at SS but we REALLY need a stud 'Troy P' type of play-maker in that secondary. Grab Chris Houston in the 2nd rd and we've got something brewin'!!
Look, I want the sexy pick as well but then I break it down.
AP - LOVE HIM, WANT HIM, but can get by with Green, Dayne, and Chris Taylor.
Quinn - LIKE HIM but also like Kolb and Beck about the same in later rounds.
Joe T - Now you're talking.
CJ - Now you're talking.
Would I move up to get one of those 2 guys? Yep! (Depending, of course)
If not, I take my version of Troy P. and I use him the exact same way Pitt does. Blitz, fake the blitz, cover, play LB, play CB, HIT, YELL, SCREAM, etc...
Just MHO -