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Toro Bravo

Rookie
The pick should have been Adebawore who went to the Colts with the next pick. Higher rated and more of an inside guy than Horton, which is what we need.
Nick is getting in his overthinking and outsmarting himself mode.
 

Errant Hothy

Hypermediocrity
The pick should have been Adebawore who went to the Colts with the next pick. Higher rated and more of an inside guy than Horton, which is what we need.
Nick is getting in his overthinking and outsmarting himself mode.
Higher rated by whom is what is important. And I’m pretty sure Nick isnt making defensive picks in a vacuum.
 
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thunderkyss

Just win baby!!!
Staff member
Contributor's Club
The pick should have been Adebawore who went to the Colts with the next pick. Higher rated and more of an inside guy than Horton, which is what we need.
Nick is getting in his overthinking and outsmarting himself mode.
This seems to be a theme with Nick, to get home grown dudes. That was probably the reason he went with Dylon.
 

The1ApplePie

Hall of Fame
The pick should have been Adebawore who went to the Colts with the next pick. Higher rated and more of an inside guy than Horton, which is what we need.
Nick is getting in his overthinking and outsmarting himself mode.
The Texans got two solid DTs in free agency. Adebawore would have been cool, but Horton is a pure DE. Former safety too, guy has a ton of burst. Both are raw pass rush specialists.
 

Toro Bravo

Rookie
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but those guys, all of them, are wrong at times. Why else would we have stories like Brady and Crosby, or the dramatic fallers each year.
I'm not a draft expert, all I can base an opinion about is what I read from trusted sources who do it for a living and watching film. I hope I'm wrong and Horton balls out and Adebawore sucks.
 

TexansBull

Hall of Fame
The pick should have been Adebawore who went to the Colts with the next pick. Higher rated and more of an inside guy than Horton, which is what we need.
Nick is getting in his overthinking and outsmarting himself mode.
I think on defensive picks Demeco is getting the guys he wants and Caserio isn’t acting alone. Demeco may have had Adebawore rated lower than Horton.
 

Speedy

Former Yeller Dweller
Because you know better than the Texans
We all knew better than the Texans when they shipped Nuk off for a half eaten sack of Krusty Burgers.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but those guys, all of them, are wrong at times. Why else would we have stories like Brady and Crosby, or the dramatic fallers each year.
Hate to break it to you too, but NFL teams get it wrong at times too. In fact, they're a lot more wrong than they're right. Yeah we get it, we aren't privy to info teams have so us fans can only go by our eyes or what so-called experts have to say and teams rate players how they rate them. But again, it doesn't mean they are right either.
 

thunderkyss

Just win baby!!!
Staff member
Contributor's Club
Yeah we get it, we aren't privy to info teams have so us fans can only go by our eyes or what so-called experts have to say and teams rate players how they rate them. But again, it doesn't mean they are right either.
Agreed. Another dimension to the fun of the NFL. Seeing how these players develop over time.

I'll tell you right now. I'd much rather have drafted that Center you folks wanted instead of Davis Mills. Then we wouldn't be drafting a Center & a QB in this draft. Just a QB.
 

TheRealJoker

Hall of Fame
I mocked him to the Texans in my final mock draft with a 6th. Clearly wishful thinking on my part. Pass rushers from power 5 conferences with 10+ sack seasons don’t last until the 6th unless something is wrong with them:

Talented pass rusher, could work his way into Ogbo’s old designated pass rusher role.
 

JB

Innocent Bystander
Contributor's Club
We all knew better than the Texans when they shipped Nuk off for a half eaten sack of Krusty Burgers.
Yeah because trading a proven pro-bowler is the same as selecting a 4th round draft pick
 

TheRealJoker

Hall of Fame
The pick should have been Adebawore who went to the Colts with the next pick. Higher rated and more of an inside guy than Horton, which is what we need.
Nick is getting in his overthinking and outsmarting himself mode.
Horton is more likely to play meaningful snaps than Abedawore. Bigger hole at DT and Horton is a better rated pure DE prospect than him. Horton can still kick inside in pass rush specialty packages but the addition of Rankins/Ridgeway and exodus of Addison, Ogbo and Green make DE the higher need position.

Texans need to keep Jerry Hughes snaps under 50% to keep him fresh and effective. Now they have a solid rotation at both DE and DE. Bonus points if Winovich or Rivers pan out.
 

banned1976

sleeper mode

The Pencil Neck

Hall of Fame
Before passing any judgment on picking Watt I looked at everything I could find on him and this was the video that completely sold me on JJ...

2011 ROSE BOWL Post game press conference - J.J. Watt - YouTube

I knew this guy LOVED football and was passionate about winning. I really wish he could have won a Super Bowl.
Same here. I didn't understand the pick at first and the more I investigated about him, the more I liked it. IIRC, we did a group mock that year, and he was one of the players I was looking at in the first.
 

Carr Bombed

Hall of Fame
Agreed. Another dimension to the fun of the NFL. Seeing how these players develop over time.

I'll tell you right now. I'd much rather have drafted that Center you folks wanted instead of Davis Mills. Then we wouldn't be drafting a Center & a QB in this draft. Just a QB.
I would've liked my recently locked up QB to not insert 🤌 in his anus and prey around town, then we wouldn't had to draft a QB in that 3rd round or this draft.. but hey, apparently that was too much to ask. We HAD to draft a QB, for that reason.. still think the Mills pick was justified.
 

chenjy9

Rookie
Before passing any judgment on picking Watt I looked at everything I could find on him and this was the video that completely sold me on JJ...

2011 ROSE BOWL Post game press conference - J.J. Watt - YouTube

I knew this guy LOVED football and was passionate about winning. I really wish he could have won a Super Bowl.
It was obviously a great pick in hindsight, but at the time there was plenty of discussion and armchair opinions regarding GM blunder. Just saying what we see in the internet and care about is usually only a fraction of the info teams have and this doesn’t even start to touch upon what they actually want.
 

TheRealJoker

Hall of Fame
Payne was very complimentary of Horton. He noted how Horton spent a lot of downs playing inside the OT’s shoulder and showed him winning several reps from that position. I’d expect him to bump inside in obvious passing situations. Something like:

Anderson - Collins - Horton - Hughes

Not a bad pass rush!
 

Speedy

Former Yeller Dweller
But an anonymous fan on a message board gets it right every time?
And who ******* said that? Geez dude, give it up. If we can't have a differing opinion then why have a ******* MB?

The team thought it was worth moving up twice to get Wallow. I guess they know best. dum-de-bum-de-dum
 

JB

Innocent Bystander
Contributor's Club
And who ******* said that? Geez dude, give it up. If we can't have a differing opinion then why have a ******* MB?

The team thought it was worth moving up twice to get Wallow. I guess they know best. dum-de-bum-de-dum
You're the SJW, I've been over it since I said it
 
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