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[painekiller]

Originally Posted by painekiller

My cherry pick 1A

20 Earl Thomas Texas FS
51 Jon Asamoah OG Iowa
81 Mitch Petrus OG Arkansas
118 Ben Tate RBF Auburn
150 Myron Lewis, CB Vanderbilt
187 Lonyae Miller RBF Fresno State
197 Donovan Warren CB Michigan
227 Deji Karim Southern Illinois RB/KR
Brown Petrus Caldwell Asamoah Winston would be the projected 2011 OL
Lewis and Warren provide more depth and ST guys who should push for playing time as they learn the pro game.

RB,RB,RB,RB Bob McNair gets his wish with solid depth. Karim might be a huge homerun watch the video

After Roy responded to my question about Petrus, I think I am wrong about his quickness. His times from the combine do not support the quickness he showed when he was a FB. So I am changing round 3 in this mock to Amari Spievey CB Iowa raw but has a nice updside. Very good special teamer, form solid coaching.

20 Earl Thomas Texas FS
51 Jon Asamoah OG Iowa
81 Amari Spievey CB Iowa
118 Ben Tate RBF Auburn
150 Myron Lewis, CB Vanderbilt
187 Lonyae Miller RBF Fresno State
197 Jay Ross DT East Carolina
227 Deji Karim Southern Illinois RB/KR

This changes the whole draft

Thomas will start early and Spievey will play ST and push for playing time, He is not a super fast guy, 4.51.

I also realized a mistake Warren was picked before I grabbed him, so he was replaced by Jay Ross, a solid DT from East Carolina.

I still have RBs A, B and C in this mock. Depth and more Depth. Tate and Miller are solid, Karim is a fire plug and can return kicks

The OL changes Brown Smith Caldwell Asamoah Winston

[NBT]

We have put a lot of time and draft picks into the OL, DL, & DB's in past years. I only hope we get it right this time.

[Roy P]

#20 S Earl Thomas 5'10" 195 4.44 Texas
#51 RB Ben Tate 5'11" 218 4.43 Auburn
#81 DT Geno Atkins 6'2" 293 4.86 Georgia
#118 OG Marshall Newhouse 6'3" 326 5.00 TCU
#150 CB AJ Jefferson 6'0" 193 4.49 Fresno St.
#187 CB Kevin Thomas 6'0" 192 4.41 USC
#197 LB Simoni Lawrence 6'1" 232 4.59 Minnesota
#227 DT Jay Ross 6'3" 317 5.15 East Carolina

Earl Thomas covers up a lot of mistakes in the Secondary. Ben Tate is my favorite All-Around RB. Geno Atkins can get in the backfield and blow up plays. Marshall has the combination between Size/Athleticism as well as being a relative "bargain" in the 4th round. Jefferson & Thomas have size and athleticism - but they will need some coaching. Lawrence is my prototypical WILL and since I didn't draft 'Spoon, I'll take a flyer here late. Ross is a big body to take on double teams, but he has some moves to get in the QB's face. I'm pretty happy with this draft.

[kRocket]

Would Atkins play along side Okoye or instead of him?

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by kRocket

Would Atkins play along side Okoye or instead of him?

They would rotate, keeping both of them fresh. Atkins has better penetration than Okoye in my opinion. Perhaps we could get some looks at a 3-4 defense where Okoye-Atkins-Williams have hands in the dirt with 4 "LBs" Barwin - Ryans - Lawrence - Cushing (Lawrence played some SS so it's almost like being in Nickle). Then the Secondary would look like Reeves - Thomas - Jefferson - Quinn. At least that is one combination of several I'd like to be able to throw out on the field during passing situations.

[kRocket]

That is interesting. The league is obviously tilting toward 3-4 anyway and IMO the Texans are in a position to also move to a 3-4 if they had a nose tackle. I was watching NFL.com and they were talking about nose tackles, even Cam Thomas and Torrell Troupe flying up the draft. They even put Mount Cody at the bottom of the 1st, perhaps.

We don't really have a NT (maybe DRob-2). Atkins or Ross could be one, I suppose. Does it take special skills to be a NT rather than a DT? I wonder if Kubiak/Bush would entertain that notion? I guess that would change our draft strategy somewhat, maybe an additional LB.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by kRocket

Does it take special skills to be a NT rather than a DT? I wonder if Kubiak/Bush would entertain that notion? I guess that would change our draft strategy somewhat, maybe an additional LB.

If all it took was bulk then there would be more of them. Wilfork the guy most people point at as a successful draft pick, did not start his rookie year, so it took him a season to learn the pro game. A NT has to learn to feel the double team and hold his ground. They need to stay low, and use their hands extremely well.

Quickness alone will not work, bulk alone does not work. Quickness with low end power seems to be the trick.

[painekiller]

mock draft #24, April 6th

20 Earl Thomas Texas FS
51 Dominique Franks Oklahoma CB
81 Mike Johnson OG Alabama
118 Dorin Dickerson Pittsburgh TE (we already have 3 of this guy)
150 C.J. Wilson East Carolina DE
187 E.J. Wilson North Carolina DT
197 Andre Anderson Tulane RB
227 Seyi Ajirotutu Fresno State WR


It starts great. I can live with the first 3 rounds.

My Cherry Pick
20 Earl Thomas Texas FS
51 Brandon Ghee Wake Forest CB
81 Mike Johnson Alabama OG
118 Torrell Troup Central Florida DT
150 Marshall Newhouse TCU OG
187 Deji Karim Southern Illinois RB
197 Andre Anderson Tulane RB
227 Jameson Konz Kent State FB/TE/WR/H-Back/LB

Starting FS, possible starting CB, Starting LG, rotational NT, future RG, and two RBs that are solid, and Konz who can do a ton of different jobs, he, Casey and Barwin can save roster spots.