I'm happy with the Brown Pick. I think what bothered me the most was that Rick Smith and Gary Kubiak seem to have committed themselves to drafting a LT in the 1st round no matter what. It looks like getting Gibbs to come out of retirement heavily influenced their decision making. Maybe they felt obligated because of this and also a little pressure because of the short time most of us think Gibbs will be with the Texans. This type of thinking can cause you to reach or mortgage the farm to move up to get a player you really want badly. Luckily we have the one of the smartest GMs around.
This article makes drafting Brown in the first a little against the norm for Gibbs.
Gibbs, 59, crafted great offensive lines mostly with players other teams had no use for. Unlike just about every other coach, Gibbs didn't lobby to have his team select players for him in the high rounds. He preferred the leftovers, players who have something to prove. Gibbs tore these players down further, and then built them up.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...25/ai_69404525
The Texans came out with a pretty good draft imho. At #18 Smith must have thought that Duane Brown would have been a reach. He was savy enough to trade back and turn the pick into 3 players. The pressure was reported to be extreme on Kubiak waiting to see if Brown would make it to the 26th slot. That alone says volumes about how badly they wanted to give Gibbs a LT to work with. I'm glad they got their man. I'll bet Gibbs is too. With Brown being a 1st rounder Gibbs might be in his a$$ even more. Break em down and build em up.
05-09-2008, 01:58 AM
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