It’s The Final Countdown!

As a Mizzou fan, nothing would make me happier than seeing Gabbert fall to San Francisco. Cincy is a death trap, and he’d get killed behind the Arizona line.

At least in Arizona, he would have Fitzgerald at his disposal. He isn’t going there, though. Buffalo and Cincinnati are who you need to worry about if you like Gabbert. I don’t think he’ll fall any further than Tennessee.

I said this on another thread: Lots of smoke pouring out of Redskin’s offices about a potential trade up for a QB (supposedly Shanny has the hots for Locker). Since they have no 3 or 4 round picks to give, it’ll probably meaning giving away their existing 2nd, the 10 spot and probably a good pick or two from next year’s draft.

It’s funny, because the Redskin’s have so many needs, taking the best available will fill almost any spot on the roster.

heard some rumblings of Dalton sneaking in there, maybe even as high as #8 to Tenn.

Thoughts?

Clearly, a racist move….

The Redskins shouldn’t have to move up to get Locker, but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Bud Adams threw everybody a curveball at the eight spot and took him.

Bateshorn, you’re right…the Redskins really could just take the best player available. They’re terrible. They should be looking to trade back and add as many picks as they can.

Cincy – I hope Jones is the pick even if Green is available. Jones will be more effective in the short yardage passin game – specifically the underneath routes – and is also used to factoring in as a blocker on the edge.

S.F. – I think Gabbert is Andrew Luck lite so seeing him end up with Harbaugh would please me greatly.

Dal – I heard last night that Jones had never used a first round pick on an OL, but I think Smith is too good to pass up. I’m not as sold on Amukamara as others – his ball skills are way below average.

Texans – I think Smith gives them something as a rookie. It will be from a purely speed standpoint but over time I think he rounds into an all around player though he always be better going forward than backwards.

Titans – Are dead to me.

Minny – If Fairley falls all the way here there’s no way they can pass on him. It’s the absolutely ideal pick for them.

N.E. – Somehow one of the most talented teams in the league always seems to have either a lot of picks, or early ones. This year they have five in the first seventy five.

Pitt – A.J. here is intriguing especially with the possibility of Polamalu missing time due to his wreckless style of play. A career in Pitt almost guarantees he’ll be productive, plus he’s shown he has better hands than Limus.

G.B. – Akeem Ayers on the other side of Matthews could potentially mindfuck offensive lineman for years. Ayers plays much faster than he timed, but he’s still weak in coverage.

I like Ingram despite the knee concerns, but Leshoure might tempt me more.

While I’m a fan of Jake Locker, I wouldn’t draft him in the first round. I don’t care about his W/L in college, I care about his erratic accuracy.

Von, I’ve heard that about Dalton, too. I’m not as high on Dalton as some…I think his ceiling at the next level is to be a Brad Johnson/Jon Kitna type. The eighth spot is just too high, but I could see some team like Washington or Cincinnati trading up from the second into the late first to get him.

Magnus, you may be right about Jones going ahead of Green. The consensus is that Green is a better prospect, but I’m sure at least a few teams have Jones rated higher.

magnus – you said cincy…you were talking about you’d rather cleveland get jones, even if green is on the board, right? just curious…

Yeah, the other team in Ohio.

Dalton reminds me of Colt – AND JUST LIKE I TOLD THE WORLD LAST YEAR – don’t underestimate that type of player.

The only good thing to come out of Vince’s nightmarish stint in Tennessee is that it’s dissolved this bullshit love affair that so many naive Longhorn fans developed overnight for the Titans.

Tried to tell them that Bud Adams would break their hearts into tiny little pieces, but they wouldn’t listen. WELL, WHO’S LAUGHING THE MANIACAL LAUGHTER OF THE DAMNED INFUSED WITH SOME MAKER’S MARK NOW?!?!!!!

Everyone is high on Dareus and Fairley and most likely, rightfully so. Based on the games I watched, I think Liuget has a higher ceiling than both.

If Prince is there when the Texans draft there are freaking idiots if they let him pass. He is the closest thing they will find to a sure thing at their slot, he makes their entire secondary better by sliding in as their #1 corner, Jackson is their #2 which is better for him, and Quin is a solid #3.

Smith is unproven at the end and did most damage sliding inside which he won’t do in the NFL. They have reached too often with raw defensive linemen and they need to take someone who can play right away.

We’re hiring those guys for the first tailgate in September.

Loop- many thanks for putting his together. Please do your round 2.

Brick- love the guy on the left. Is he security?

I agree with Davey. If the Texans take another raw DE prospect, well, I won’t be surprised. Of course it won’t work out either. But they’ll find a 6th round white TE from the Big 10 with great hands.

I disagree with both of you. Smith is going to be a 3-4 OLB whose primary concern – while he physically matures – will be to rush the passer. They’re not drafting him to play 5 tech. He has quickness and displayed two years ago that he can rush from the edge. His first step will have to be accounted for. Or do you guys think Cushing and Barwin coming off of a devastating injury will provide the necessary rush?

First year corners get roasted – though Kareem Jackson took that to an all-time high. Obviously we need secondary help but I’d rather see them grab a corner when free agency opens up.

In my opinion you sure up the pass rush first. I would take Miller over Peterson in a heartbeat if we were drafting in the top 3.

Part of my line of thinking is that I don’t like Amukamara at corner – I think he’s a safety. Plus he has terrible ball skills. We already had Jaques Reeves once.

Both have got to be addressed though, for sure.

First year corners in bad schemes. Hell any corner that isn’t pre-knee injury Dante for the Texans has gotten destroyed.

I think agree that the Texans need help at both postions. Shit, the Texans need help at almost every position on defense be it nose, anywhere at linebacker, and in the secondary.

The biggest problem is that at 11 they just can not risk taking a guy who isn’t a sure thing. They have wasted too much money on defensive players early in the draft who never have done a damn thing and they just can’t do that any more. Smith is raw and while I think he has more upside I think he is a bigger risk.

My bigger concern is Rick Smith and Gary Kubiak filling in the rest of the defense with later picks. He just hasn’t shown that ability which is why they have so little quality on the defensive side of the ball.

Look! Texans fans!

It’s a weird draft in that some of the GM’s seem hellbent on spending first round picks on things that are weaknesses in this draft: namely QB. None of the QB’s strike me as early first round material (well Mallet has the talent, but where there’s smoke….), but we could see as many as 5 gone before the 20th pick. Tyron Smith to the Left? Really? How often has a college RT made the transition to the other side?

I’ve never seen one so heavy in DL of all variety (including rush OLB’s), and generally thin everywhere else.

Take Prince #1 and then come back and take Acho in the second.

I had a friend from Colorado tell me how lucky we are to have Kubiak and we just don’t know it, and how all Texans fans are just irrational. He went on to mention great accomplishments of Kubiak’s like Amobye. If he wasn’t my friend, I would have hit him in the jaw.

Kubiak is what he is and that is a very good offensive co-ordinator. He knows offensive talent, he has developed a good offense, he has no fucking clue what an NFL defensive player looks like nor how to motivate a team.

That’s pretty much what I said. He then went on to say it was the players, not the coach. We could easily have won 5 more games. The coach put us in position to win, the players just didn’t execute. I really almost hit him.

I was just drunk enough when the Texans made that pick last night that I could kinda just laugh about it. J.J. Watt? Really? You have both Robert Quinn and Prince Amukamara available, both of whom play tremendous positions of need, and you take a fucking five technique? Whatever, we suck.

Now, I’m sober-ish and just amazed how awful that pick was. Don’t misunderstand me…Watt is a good football player. He just doesn’t help the team that much.

Granted, we have a lot of draft picks left, and free agency will start as soon as the 8th Circuit denies the NFL’s appeal. However, we all know the Texans are very unlikely to do anything that matters.

The good news, as I see it, is that I now have no delusions about the Texans being relevant next season. We have a brutal schedule, and we apparently aren’t going to do anything to upgrade the roster. I’m guessing we will win four to six games next year and will be picking in the top five with a competent coach and general manager.

Yep, I’m already looking forward to next season’s draft. We’re that bad.

why must we fail at every attempt of masonry?

at least we should have a decent player staring at us pretty early in the 2nd round tonight. not that we’ll take him. We’ll probably go QB…..