Sorry, forgot to post some of the text. Here are rounds 1 and 3:
Potential Texans draft prospects: Rounds 1-6
Okay, this took awhile, but I've put together a list of six players in every round who I believe could potentially be Houston Texans. Now obviously there are a ton of different players who will be considered but I tried to narrow it down to six based on need for the most part. Each of these players could easily go plus or minus a round.
The Good: The Texans need to find a left tackle and some running back help. The first round offers solid tackles, and the Texans should be able to find a back later in the draft if they choose.
The Bad: The Texans definitely need to find a legit space-eater at nose tackle to help against the run, because that is not Amobi Okoye's strength. Unfortunately there are only a few of those types of guys in this draft.
The Ugly: The Texans still have two pressing needs: a ball hawking free safety and a pass rusher. This is a below-average draft for safeties (and that is being generous) and despite having some good pass rushers in the first round, the edge pass rushers start to dry up after the first two rounds.
First round
* Chris Williams, OT, Vanderbilt: Williams can play either tackle position and is the type of athlete the Texans would be looking for. His short arms are a little bit of a concern.
* Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Illinois: Mendenhall is very well built but has good burst and will run with authority. Built like former Bronco Terrell Davis and can be an every-down back.
* Mike Jenkins, CB, South Florida: Jenkins is a good cover corner but not a great tackler. Has good size for a CB, but he has been arrested in the past, which might take him off Texans board.
* Sam Baker, OT, USC: Like Williams he has short arms, but he's been highly productive at LT for USC and is well-schooled and fairly athletic. Could bump down inside to guard like former Iowa tackle Eric Steinbach (Bengals).
* Leodis McKelvin, CB, Troy: The best man-to-man CB in the draft, he will come up and hit as well which teams love. One scout compared him to Dunta Robinson. He is shooting up the draft boards.
* Kenny Phillips, FS, Miami: He was much better as a sophomore. He lacks great instincts and speed, but he's physical and has decent ball skills when the play is in front of him.
Third round
* Oneil Cousins, OT, UTEP: He is still a little bit raw, but he has potential and the mean streak that might be intriguing to the Texans. He might be better suited to play guard, and I'm not sure the Texans would take a guard this highly.
* Charles Godfrey, CB/FS, Iowa: The Texans might have to move up a little bit to be able to get Godfrey in the third round, but he might be able to play CB or FS, which would really help the Texans. Physical and has good size but lacks ball skills on deep balls.
* Ray Rice, RB, Rutgers: He's just under 200 pounds but he runs like he is 210. He doesn't have great top end speed but he isn't afraid to hit it in the hole and he hits his top speed pretty quickly. Durable back who played in zone system.
* Kevin Smith, RB, UCF: He is a long-legged runner who takes a little while to get it going but he has good cutback ability for a back his size, but he runs too upright. He has good vision and he plays faster than what his 40 time will probably be.
* Patrick Lee, CB, Auburn: He wasn't as productive throughout his career as you would like, but he has very good speed and played against top-rated competition in college. Scouts like him and Texans would have to move up to get him.
* Brad Cottam, TE, Tennessee: You might think this is too early for the Texans to look at a TE (and maybe I'm wrong here), but Kubiak likes using two-TE sets, and Cottam is already a better run blocker than Owen Daniels, and he's got sneaky speed.
