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Originally Posted by Blitzwood
I have to disagree with you again on this one.
1. I wouldn't select E. Brown at 15 because we already have Mario at RDE, who had 12 sacks last year, and we just signed Antonio Smith, who just happened to have helped his team get to the game we call the superbowl, to a long and lucrative contract opposite him.
2. Unless you know first hand what Bush is going to run next year, I remember watching games last year where Smith ran a cover 2....
… Stays with even the fastest receivers down the sideline. … Plays free safety on occasion and has all of the tools to succeed there in the NFL. … Excellent hands for the interception, and he has the vertical to high-point the ball and strength to fight for it. … Can make plays with the ball in his hands.
3. To call Raji lazy after witnessing last year what our DT's did is beyond logic.
4. To say Cush is not enough of an impact player at SAM is comical. He was the SAM for the most dominant defense in the nation last year,
5. Beanie Wells was one of the most durable and powerful runners in college the last three years.
If you want to nit pick about his duability, go ahead, but don't call him "entirely too soft to be counted on to play injured and doesn't run like a back his size" unless you have some unreasonable expectations.
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You can disagree with me all you want. That's fine. The cool thing about this board is that we can exchange ideas.
1. I realize that we gave Antonio Smith a nice contract this offeseason. In my estimation, that was because he provided insurance just in case we could not draft a legitimate pass-rusher at #15. I seriously doubt that Everette Brown will be available, even though there are now some mocks that have him sliding. So, in that case, getting AS was a good idea because of what he can do on 1st and 2nd down, and he has the ability to slide inside on third down.
Now, in this what I would call, an improbable scenario, where Everette is still on the board, the Texans would be handed a gift. Just because we didn't expect it, doesn't mean that we couldn't adjust to it. My expectation would be that Brown could be a rotational guy as a rookie who eventually would move Smith inside for good. While we gave Smith a lucrative contract, don't believe that we just signed Julius Peppers or Terrell Suggs to play opposite of Mario. If we could break Duane Brown into the lineup slowly, then we could do the same with EB. His impact would obviously be on passing downs as a rookie, which is the most important down in the NFL.
2. I don't know what Bush is going to run. However, it is my inferring from his statements, that he's going to want to blitz more often. Therefore, he'll be less likely to run Cover-2 shells. Considering the type of players currently on the roster, I'm not sure that he's going to make that big of a change in what the Secondary does. If he want's to turn the Defense into a Tampa-2 type deal, then yeah, Jenkins makes sense.
3. Taking a look at our DTs production from last season makes me ill. I've made comparisons to the Eagles' and Giants' DTs and our stats were pathetic. Does that translate into TJ and Okoye being lazy? I'm not quite sure that I'm going to make that assumption. Personally, I believe that they were not being utilized properly (something I hope Kollar will fix) and that was the main reason for their ineptness. Trust me, I'd like to bring in a couple of DT with this draft just in case. Perhaps if Raji is still on the board, we'll select him and I'll hope he is the best he can be. It just seems like if things turn out like TJ, I won't be surprised.
4. As for Cushing being a dominant SAM for USC, I'll agree with you. I'm just trying to think of an impactful SAM for a 4-3 defense in the NFL. Can you name somebody that makes defensive coordinators lose sleep? Since I can't imagine a SAM already in the NFL worth a 1st round pick, I have a hard time projecting that Cushing will be the only one.
5. I suppose I do have high expectations for a 1st round back.