Anthony Hill, TE - Round 4, 122nd Overall

[Keith]

Ahhh, now we're picking from Dale Strahm's backyard again!

6'5" 262, NC St.

Hometown kid... torn ACL in 2007.

[popanot]

Uhhh, OK.... Don't we have bigger needs than this?

[Big Texas]

A blocking tight end, and a guard/center. So obviously we must still need alot of help up front. Wow.

[TexanJedi]

Originally Posted by Big Texas

A blocking tight end, and a guard/center. So obviously we must still need alot of help up front. Wow.

They will both help in the red zone.

[BigBull]

I'm not thrilled with the pick, but it does fill a need I suppose.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by TexanJedi

They will both help in the red zone.

The Texans came away with 3 instead 7 far too often last year, esp. considering how well their offense performed.

...and yeah, TOs had something to do with that, but getting help up front should help.

[dadmg]

Originally Posted by popanot

Uhhh, OK.... Don't we have bigger needs than this?

And that has to dictate our picks because.....?

I've never heard of this guy (didn't do much draft research at all this year) but what I'm reading right now sounds good and he fits a need (blocking TE and a red-zone target with soft hands). He might not fit THE need you're looking for, but I think any reach for need in the fourth round of this draft probably won't even be with the team two years from now. I think it's one of those drafts (like 2002 or 2005) that's ultra-thin and bereft of talent. I'm fine with taking role-players that the Texans like at this point.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by dadmg

And that has to dictate our picks because.....?

I never said it has to dictate the pick. But when I see our D' totally sucking, a guy who's more fragile than a thin piece of ice as our backup RB - with the small-ish starter one hit away from IR, a LB corp and secondary that's not very deep and has a lot of question marks, and two good young TE's already on roster, I just think they could have used the pick more wisely. Of course they know more than I do, but that's just my opinion.

[dadmg]

I understand the frustration (Andre Brown was my top day 2 guy and they passed on him three times) but I don't like trying to force needs in the draft. If we don't get what we need today, we can always try to apply some duct tape to the holes for a year with free agents.

[Nconroe]

If scoring in the red zone was a need, then this likely will help. I thought the only other need not yet really addressed is RB. This guy looks like dropped due to injuries.

from http://www.nfl.com/draft/2009/profil...-hill?id=71329
Pick Analysis: Hill is a big, blocking tight end with adequate speed. He is almost like having a third tackle in the game. He's probably the best blocking tight end in this draft. The Texans have the receiving tight end in Owen Daniels, and now they have the blocker to go along with him.

and from http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/504753
Upon his return, Hill showed the superb pass catching ability that he displayed as a sophomore, grabbing 17 of his total of 19 receptions for 2008 in the season's final seven games.

[ramp1028]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

If scoring in the red zone was a need, then this likely will help. I thought the only other need not yet really addressed is RB. This guy looks like dropped due to injuries.

from http://www.nfl.com/draft/2009/profil...-hill?id=71329
Pick Analysis: Hill is a big, blocking tight end with adequate speed. He is almost like having a third tackle in the game. He's probably the best blocking tight end in this draft. The Texans have the receiving tight end in Owen Daniels, and now they have the blocker to go along with him.

and from http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/504753
Upon his return, Hill showed the superb pass catching ability that he displayed as a sophomore, grabbing 17 of his total of 19 receptions for 2008 in the season's final seven games.

When I saw the pick, the first thing i thought of was that we were all saying we need fb type rb to help carry that load in the redzone for slayton... this pick makes sense to me in that it will help us in the rz and it will also protect our probowl te from being that battering ram.. .