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2024 Draft Talk

Earl34 said:
On draft day you have trades or unexpected selections and weeks or months of mock drafts are worthless within minutes of the draft. What is the success rate of mock drafts? 30%?
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after 1.15 ~ probably less than 30. That is part of the interest and for me enjoyment. Some drink, smoke, toke or whatever. I do mocks. Reminds me of smoking brisket for hours and once eaten, the process starts over.
 
Sweech said:
Also wouldn't mind us double dipping at CB and take Qwantez Stiggers
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Tampa is still out there too. I would be tempted, but with 3 FA and 2 eearly draft picks…I think they are done in the secondary.

I’m looking at Gabe Davis, a couple different TE’s, Mo Kamara, or a couple different RB’s. I wouldn’t rule out a LB either.
 
The end of Nick's presser from yesterday made me feel like DT is still definitely a target for them here. Personally I'm hoping for Leonard Taylor III. Better 2022 tape than 2023 and is better the wider you can get him and isn't the big dude who will handle the double teams. Still like him though and think there's untapped upside there.
 
Earl34 said:
I still don't understand the purpose of mock drafts or the whining that happens on draft days. People spend weeks even months trying to predict the players that will be selected by teams and even though they have no idea what a team is planning, they still get upset when the team doesn't select the players they expected or want the team to draft.
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I don't understand why you watch football. Each play is going to be a run or a pass and defensively; the play will be stopped or it won't. I mean we already know a team is going to win or lose or in rare occasions, neither. People spend hundreds of millions on horses and not sure who will win.

Oh wait-- I thnk it's called.. wait for it..

ENTERTAINMENT
 
Errant Hothy said:
For sure, but some people get way too invested in being “right” and get upset when their gems doesn’t follow their less informed opinions
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Is that only draftniks or most fans in any sport or entertainment such as movies or singing? Anyone remember thousands of young people screaming/crying when Elvis, Beatles, Michael Jackson or Prince etc looked their way?

I don't get when folks drink too much and say or do stupid stuff such as whining 'cause no one understands them or drive vehicles. They get way too invested on saying they are "right" and get upset when their opinion is stupid.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
TE’s shouldn’t be expected to lineup like an OT and take on DE’s like that was their only job. I believe TE’s must learn how to deliver a nasty chip as they exit the line and find a soft spot in the defense as well as blocking downfield in the run game.
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Agree but with our offense a blocking TE/super OT is needed. Hopefully, not as much this season.
 
Porky said:
Another of my guys, Dorlus, also just went. I’m favoring a TE. Both those guys have starting potential. We have nothing past Schultz. Adding a quality depth piece would be great right here. Give me Stover, but I also like Tanner a lot.
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I have no guys left. I'm just looking at filling some positions that I think need attention.
 
Sweech said:
The end of Nick's presser from yesterday made me feel like DT is still definitely a target for them here. Personally I'm hoping for Leonard Taylor III. Better 2022 tape than 2023 and is better the wider you can get him and isn't the big dude who will handle the double teams. Still like him though and think there's untapped upside there.
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I'm very surprised they didn't draft a DT in the second or third round ?
 
The Pencil Neck said:
I've thought about this a lot over the years. There have been some years when I've really tried to familiarize myself with the various players, but I don't really watch college ball, especially since moving to Europe.

For me, that's what it's about. Trying to learn the names and figure out who's good and who's not good.

But the pundits part has never made sense to me. Is the game to pick the best players or to pick who the teams are going to pick? And if the game is to pick who the teams are going to pick, how are THEY wrong when you don't get it right? People talk about this pick or that pick as a reach, but unless you know how all 32 teams have that player graded, you can't know what a reach is. So basically, it's all BS. It's entertainment where some people take themselves way too seriously.

For a fan, if you've got guys you like, that's great. You want to be able to compare "your guys" to the guys that the teams drafted. But you don't really get to judge how you did until their careers are winding down. For pundits having their guys and then talking crap about the front offices of the various teams, that's just kinda silly.

Unless that FO pays a guy over 130 million to play QB and then drafts a guy 8th overall...
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So ..you never glare at the tv and complain "who called that play?" You just know your play would have worked much better.. :smiliepalm: some of you guys kill me.
 
TexansFan15 said:
I think we need to look at an RB that’s decent in pass protection. Mixon wasn’t used in pass pro in CIN.

Which RBs do you think meet this fit?

So far I have:
T. Tracy
I. Guerrendo
K. Vidal
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IIRC, Texans went with open backfield a lot and may do so even more this season, now they have an "improved, healthy" line and know what we have in CJ.
 
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