Football Expert Mock 6 Rounds

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Most of you are familiar with my rants about selecting d-linemen in the first round (looking back, would you rather have Okoye or Patrick Willis? Would you rather have Travis Johnson or Derrick Johnson?).

Patrick Willis was at the top of my board when they drafted Okoye, so I'm going to stand by Willis.

Derrick Johnson wasn't on the board after we traded down (that also got us Eric Winston). I would have drafted Jammal Brown, so it's kind of a wash. After trading down, I targeted Mark Clayton.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Patrick Willis was at the top of my board when they drafted Okoye, so I'm going to stand by Willis.

Derrick Johnson wasn't on the board after we traded down (that also got us Eric Winston). I would have drafted Jammal Brown, so it's kind of a wash. After trading down, I targeted Mark Clayton.

Everybody knew Willis was going to be very good, but the Texans were also high on Okoye and I remember Smith & Kubiak practically gushing as they congratulated themselves for taking him saying they didn't dream he'd still be on the Board. And as I recall rumors were they had an offer to trade the pick with Denver. Also DeMeco was just coming off of his steller rookie season and I suspect they thought other areas needed more attention that year than another LB.
Regarding Derrick Johnson, I recall Casserly saying on numerous occasions that while DJ was an outstanding 4-3 LB, he had no pass-rushing expereince in college and therefor would have been an unknown quantity in the Texans 3-4, implying his high pick would only be justified if he played OLB.

[dalemurphy]

Good Grief! that second round is amazing... So, I worked a significant trade back with NE... and then, a trade up in the 3rd to get a player, and a trade in the 6th to get one. So, I'll list the trades and then the players I cherry-picked.

15 to NE for 34, 47, 89
77, 122 for 70
188 + 7th for 180

Here we go:

34. Clint Sintim
46. D. Butler
47. Eric Wood/ Max Unger.. what a decision!
70. L. Sidbury
89. Javon Ringer
112. C. Vaughn
5th. Q. Cosby
6th. Korey Sheets

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by dalemurphy

15 to NE for 34, 47, 89
77, 122 for 70
188 + 7th for 180

Here we go:

34. Clint Sintim
46. D. Butler
47. Eric Wood/ Max Unger.. what a decision!
70. L. Sidbury
89. Javon Ringer
112. C. Vaughn
5th. Q. Cosby
6th. Korey Sheets

Going by my board, I don't like to cherry pick.

34. CB Vontae Davis Illinois
OMG are you kidding?

46. S William Moore Missouri
I seem to always get this guy.

47. OC Eric Wood Louisville
His name is Wood, not Woods. This makes me pretty happy. Now people can see how his name is spelled on his Texans jersey.

70. RB Andre Brown NC State
That's my RB.

89. S Chip Vaughn Wake Forest
Completes my S tandem.

112. CB Asher Allen Georgia
Dunta wants a trade, right?

5th. DT Corvey Irvin Georgia
2 Bulldawgs makes a good draft.

6th. QB John Parker Wilson Alabama
I actually took a long look at Stephen McGee the round before.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by dalemurphy

Good Grief! that second round is amazing... So, I worked a significant trade back with NE... and then, a trade up in the 3rd to get a player, and a trade in the 6th to get one. So, I'll list the trades and then the players I cherry-picked.

15 to NE for 34, 47, 89
77, 122 for 70
188 + 7th for 180

I could live with dropping out of the 1st for a deal like this. Way to get out of the box.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Patrick Willis was at the top of my board when they drafted Okoye, so I'm going to stand by Willis.

Derrick Johnson wasn't on the board after we traded down (that also got us Eric Winston). I would have drafted Jammal Brown, so it's kind of a wash. After trading down, I targeted Mark Clayton.

Good point about Winston. And Jamaal Brown would have been a good choice as it turned out. Although we have yet to have a good pass-rushing LB and we switched to a 4-3 the following year.

I realize this is all speculation but if we had a LB corps of DJ-Willis-Ryans, we could get by with slugs for DTs and still be better at stopping the run than we are now.