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Chris "Beanie" Wells

Goatcheese said:
Just saw this on ESPN.



The rest was "insider" (lulz) info.
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Who wrote that? I ask because I have seen footage of his pro day and while it was limited he did not look natural catching the ball to me. In fact out of the few passes he cought it stood out to me that he didnt catch any of them cleanly. :thinking: He did hang on to them I guess Ill give him that but considering it wasnt at game speed and with a defender bearing down on him I dont know how much credit he deserves.

Once again what I saw was limited so maybe they just happend to film the few bad ones.
 
Bengals | Interested in Wells
Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:27:23 -0700

Bob Hunter, of The Columbus Dispatch, reports the Cincinnati Bengals have Ohio State RB Chris Wells on their short list of candidates for the No. 6 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Wells, if selected, would initially serve as the backup to RB Cedric Benson.
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At first in no way did I want to draft a RB in the first but after further thinking about it, I want the Texans to draft him more than anyone. We would instantly have the best smash and dash combo of two RB's in the NFL. IF you put Slaton and Wells in on the same formations you could work the play action a lot with those two guys not knowing which one is going get the ball or go out for a screen. Defenses would have no choice but to desperately watch our running game which would make ti so easy for AJ and Walter. Plus we could pound away on teams with Wells for longer possessions.

We could then spend the rest of the picks on defense and probably still get some nice pieces with our 2nd 3rd and two 4ths. I think it was Dale Murphy that mentioned something about trading back and getting another extra 4th or even a 3rd if the right team bit.

Regardless I want Wells on this team now more than anyone. The combination of him and Slaton would be so destructive with big plays and ball control.
 
The chances of us picking Wells is close to 0%. Kubiak is not going to go RB early just like Shanahan, the guy he learned from. Then add that our defense needs much more help than our offense, that Wells would be a backup yet would get payed 10 times more than the starter, and that we don't need much out of any RB we pick. RB in the first just doesn't make sense with our team, last year made more sense and yet we passed on Mendenhall. We will get our RB2 on the second day.
 
dsorc said:
The chances of us picking Wells is close to 0%. Kubiak is not going to go RB early just like Shanahan, the guy he learned from. Then add that our defense needs much more help than our offense, that Wells would be a backup yet would get payed 10 times more than the starter, and that we don't need much out of any RB we pick. RB in the first just doesn't make sense with our team, last year made more sense and yet we passed on Mendenhall. We will get our RB2 on the second day.
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1. We didn't pass on Mendenhall. We traded down when we got a good offer, and he wasn't on the board when we made our selection.
2. Gary does not have the same draft philosophy as Mike.
3. Kubiak tried to trade back up into the 1st in 2006 to get D.Williams.
4. Anyone other than a street Free agent is going to make more than Slaton. That's a terrible reason not to draft any position.
5. Just because the defense needs more help than the offense doesn't mean the offense doesn't need help. You take the player that does the most to improve your team.
6. We do need alot out of the RB we pick. We need him to pick up short yardage, spell Slaton 10-15 carries a game minimum, and be able to take over as a legit starter if Slaton goes down.
7. The 15th pick in the draft isn't going to make "10 times more" than Slaton. He'll get around 6 years $12 million which is about the price range the Texans were shopping for in Ward and Benson.
 
1st- I havn't seen enough of Well's receiving to turn my opinion completely around. However, it's great to hear that he performed well at his pro day. Either he goes before our pick, pushing another player to #15 or IF we take him, I do think he would upgrade our RB position- no doubt about it. Also, I'll be the first to say receiving is NOT the primary responsibility of a RB so it's not the end all be all. We do need them to be able to catch every dump off thrown to them though b/c we use the RB as a big safety valve and we keep drives going through this usage. It's more important in our scheme than any other.

2nd- It's still hard for me to take a RB at 15 when we have Slaton. A RB will split carries with Slaton. If Wells becomes our primary RB and then has Slaton split carries with him, I can see it being a better pick. I just really feel that what we want/need in another RB, we can easily get in the 2nd-5th rounds this year. I think RB is a big need for us to address but I still want to look at the value in each pick.

3rd- Mendenhall supposedly had the "P-word" associated with him. Something us fans unfortunately don't get to know a lot about most prospects, what scouts/gms/etc. really know/think of these players. Apparently he was a "putty-tat" and his mom had to call his college head coach and complain he wasn't getting enough carries, too. Dangit mom!!!

4th- I've thrown the Denver-Kubiak connection towards drafting completely out the window. No RB or OL in the 1st round EVER!!! However, Kubiak did try to trade up in '06 for Williams in the bottom of the 1st and Kubiak did select Brown in '08 in the 1st... that's RB/OL right there. Denver has always been in a different position than us and our needs. Kubiak/Smith will do what's best for our team short and long term, in my belief. That's not b/c Denver did it one way... it's because HOUSTON is doing it one way. Each draft and season is different.

5th- Forgotten what else I was going to write... good night:)
 
The1ApplePie said:
Wells would be great value at 15 but I'd rather take Maclin if we go offense

We should have a shot at one of those guys.
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Maclin may well be the better prospect but I don't know if his impact on the team would be as big. He's either going to be the 3rd WR and 5th target, or he'll take Walter's place and we'll only see a moderate increase in production out of the 2nd WR position.

I'd rather see our first rounder have more impact. A RB is going to get 200-250 touches, while our 3rd WR might get 20-25.

Mussup: It's a McShay article about the big pro day stories.
 
If he's the highest rated palyer on the TEXANS board and there at 15, I say take him. Smith, Kubes and Gibbs aren't slouches at picking RB's. I would rather see LB, FS or even CB addressed in the 1st, but I REALLY want us to take the BPA or trade down for more picks. With all that said, I really doubt we'll EVER take a RB in the 1st 2 rounds. The coaching staff has had to much success with finding gems later in the draft. I say BPA HOPING we don't reach for a D player like we have in the past. We need impact starters in the 1st at this stage of our developement NOT 2-3 yr projects.
 
Goatcheese said:
Maclin may well be the better prospect but I don't know if his impact on the team would be as big. He's either going to be the 3rd WR and 5th target, or he'll take Walter's place and we'll only see a moderate increase in production out of the 2nd WR position.

I'd rather see our first rounder have more impact. A RB is going to get 200-250 touches, while our 3rd WR might get 20-25.

Mussup: It's a McShay article about the big pro day stories.
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Maclin would be a factor returning punts and kicks as well. His ability to stretch the field with AJ could open up the field for OD and Slaton undernearth.

I wouldn't be mad at Wells either though.
 
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