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Waterboy
I am generally seen as a negative poster
but I like to think I see things realistically. For instance, I liked the direction the team was heading in 04, but I hated all of the moves in 05. I posted as such, so it isnt like my mind suddenly changed. I called for a bad season this year. And in 04 I thought the team would do quite well. The worst decision that isnt pointed out enough, is that we have 4 DTs that are making a crapload of money. Coupled with the fact we dont have a pass rusher or a run stopper. Great job of using that number 1 pick casserly!
I will reiterate that I think Casserly has done a horrible job in bringing in talent. This team has good players or horrible players. We are missing those average/above average players that just do their job. We have no playmaker on defense. This team had more talent after the expansion draft.
I will use a rating system, 1-10 saying what I think our talent is at each position. 5 is obviously average, 10 is an elite position.
QB: David Carr: I think David Carr could have been a great QB in this league. I think he may have been ruined. He no longer keeps his eyes downfield, he has created a habit where he watches the rush instead of feeling the rush. He locks on to recievers too much. The physical ability is clearly there, but I dont think he will get it all together. I do think he could put it together, but I just dont see it happening.
Rating: 4
HB: Domanick Davis: Good running back. Good mix of power,cutting ability, and accelleration. I am convinced he is the worst pass blocking running back in the NFL. He is a liability on 3rd downs. He cant stay healthy and cant sustain the workload in the NFL. The pass blocking can easily be fixed with a thing called effort. Would be an upper echelon back in this league if he could stay healthy, and it would be nice if he would pass protect.
Rating: 7
FB: Moran Norris: Nothin spectacular. Just blocks and does a decent job.
Rating: 5
OL: I am grouping it as a whole, because these guys should work together as a whole. I think Chester Pitts is the best player in this group, and him and Todd Wade are the only decent players on this line the past couple years. Wade is highly overpaid however. What much is there to say other than this line sucks and is the worst in the NFL. The amount of sacks lowered at the end of the year, because we passed the ball alot less, and we dont have many 7 step drops for fear of the horrible performance early in the year.
Rating: 1
Tight End: Mistake after mistake after mistake drafting at this position/not drafting at this position. Horrible.
Rating: 1
WR: Andre Johnson is a stud and is a top 10 Wideout in this league. Gaffney is a below average number 2, but he is servicable and I thought he was alot worse than he played this year. He should be commended for exceeding expectations. Bradford is terrible. He is a number 5 wide reciever. Gaffney would be an awesome number 3.
Rating 4
Offense overall: 2
Note: I will consider the defense to run a 4-3 the majority of the time.
Defensive Line:
We have no proven defensive ends. We have an excessive amount of DTs who make an excessive amount of money. NICE! Seth Payne should be the odd man out in my opinion, and you can rotate TJ in as walker gets older. However, walker may have been the best player on this defense last year.
Rating 2
Linebackers: Morlon Greenwood is an OLB, Wong is an OLB. Babin and Peek are???? I dont think they will do anything on the Line, NFL OTs will destroy them. This doesnt look good at this point either.
Rating: 2
Secondary: Dunta Robinson is good. Faggins is a good nickel corner who ended up starting. Buchanon needs to be cut. Our safeties are improving, and they played quite well at the end of the season. Sadly we are still below average in our secondary, and it is the strength of our defense....
Rating: 4
Overall 2
We have a llllllooooooonnnnnnngggggg way to go as far as talent, and not one player in this draft will help. We have alot of needs.
Personally I am a UT fan and I would prefer we draft vince young because I am a homer. Let me separate that from my opinion from last year. I wanted us to draft Derrick Johnson last year, because it was the right thing to do. That had nothing to with homerism. Marcus Spears would have even been better considering he can move to a DE in the 4-3, and he can get to the QB. :brickwall
Probably our best bet would be to trade down for a special package like the chargers pulled on the falcons. My biggest problem is: Do you spend a number 1 pick on a player who can only carry the ball 15 times a game? I can assure you he wont be returning anything considering the amount of money he will be making and it would be an injury risk. Coupled with the fact we have a pro bowl rookie at returner. So is he worth the pick?
Worst case scenario: We draft bush and the titans draft Vince Young. Vince Young leads them over us consistently every season and gets them a super bowl. Bush becomes warrick Dunn This would be dreadful. This is what worries me the most....

I will reiterate that I think Casserly has done a horrible job in bringing in talent. This team has good players or horrible players. We are missing those average/above average players that just do their job. We have no playmaker on defense. This team had more talent after the expansion draft.
I will use a rating system, 1-10 saying what I think our talent is at each position. 5 is obviously average, 10 is an elite position.
QB: David Carr: I think David Carr could have been a great QB in this league. I think he may have been ruined. He no longer keeps his eyes downfield, he has created a habit where he watches the rush instead of feeling the rush. He locks on to recievers too much. The physical ability is clearly there, but I dont think he will get it all together. I do think he could put it together, but I just dont see it happening.
Rating: 4
HB: Domanick Davis: Good running back. Good mix of power,cutting ability, and accelleration. I am convinced he is the worst pass blocking running back in the NFL. He is a liability on 3rd downs. He cant stay healthy and cant sustain the workload in the NFL. The pass blocking can easily be fixed with a thing called effort. Would be an upper echelon back in this league if he could stay healthy, and it would be nice if he would pass protect.
Rating: 7
FB: Moran Norris: Nothin spectacular. Just blocks and does a decent job.
Rating: 5
OL: I am grouping it as a whole, because these guys should work together as a whole. I think Chester Pitts is the best player in this group, and him and Todd Wade are the only decent players on this line the past couple years. Wade is highly overpaid however. What much is there to say other than this line sucks and is the worst in the NFL. The amount of sacks lowered at the end of the year, because we passed the ball alot less, and we dont have many 7 step drops for fear of the horrible performance early in the year.
Rating: 1
Tight End: Mistake after mistake after mistake drafting at this position/not drafting at this position. Horrible.
Rating: 1
WR: Andre Johnson is a stud and is a top 10 Wideout in this league. Gaffney is a below average number 2, but he is servicable and I thought he was alot worse than he played this year. He should be commended for exceeding expectations. Bradford is terrible. He is a number 5 wide reciever. Gaffney would be an awesome number 3.
Rating 4
Offense overall: 2
Note: I will consider the defense to run a 4-3 the majority of the time.
Defensive Line:
We have no proven defensive ends. We have an excessive amount of DTs who make an excessive amount of money. NICE! Seth Payne should be the odd man out in my opinion, and you can rotate TJ in as walker gets older. However, walker may have been the best player on this defense last year.
Rating 2
Linebackers: Morlon Greenwood is an OLB, Wong is an OLB. Babin and Peek are???? I dont think they will do anything on the Line, NFL OTs will destroy them. This doesnt look good at this point either.
Rating: 2
Secondary: Dunta Robinson is good. Faggins is a good nickel corner who ended up starting. Buchanon needs to be cut. Our safeties are improving, and they played quite well at the end of the season. Sadly we are still below average in our secondary, and it is the strength of our defense....
Rating: 4
Overall 2
We have a llllllooooooonnnnnnngggggg way to go as far as talent, and not one player in this draft will help. We have alot of needs.
Personally I am a UT fan and I would prefer we draft vince young because I am a homer. Let me separate that from my opinion from last year. I wanted us to draft Derrick Johnson last year, because it was the right thing to do. That had nothing to with homerism. Marcus Spears would have even been better considering he can move to a DE in the 4-3, and he can get to the QB. :brickwall
Probably our best bet would be to trade down for a special package like the chargers pulled on the falcons. My biggest problem is: Do you spend a number 1 pick on a player who can only carry the ball 15 times a game? I can assure you he wont be returning anything considering the amount of money he will be making and it would be an injury risk. Coupled with the fact we have a pro bowl rookie at returner. So is he worth the pick?
Worst case scenario: We draft bush and the titans draft Vince Young. Vince Young leads them over us consistently every season and gets them a super bowl. Bush becomes warrick Dunn This would be dreadful. This is what worries me the most....