Your 2008 NFL Draft LIVE Thread! [Day Two]

[chuck]

Well, the team gets the LT they wanted, a CB with excellent measurables and then Steve Slaton for free. Throw in a starting QB with the second round pick and this is looking like a pretty good draft from the outset.

[gunn]

Maybe Marcus Howard from Georgia here at #118 for the Texans.

[HPF Bob]

Does our tradition of fourth-round steals continue? I think so.

Adibi was rated much higher awhile back but for a guy in the fourth, this is a great pick.

[Vinny]

Reminds some of former Florida State linebacker Michael Boulware, who was drafted and converted to strong safety by the Seahawks. He's improved his overall bulk, but despite good weight-room numbers, he has yet to translate that strength to the football field.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/xavier-adibi?id=182

[HPF Bob]

Is there some reason our front office has a fetish for Virginia Tech players?

I mean, we seem to focus on ACC guys and a few from the Big East. Do we scout the rest of the country? I'm just asking...

[HPF Bob]

Adibi sounds to me a lot like Ian Gold. Undersized but quick to the ball and good in coverage. Probably doesn't hold up well at the point of attack but a guy who can flow and make plays. With what Demeco does in the middle, I think he fits well in our defensive scheme.

[Vinny]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Adibi sounds to me a lot like Ian Gold. Undersized but quick to the ball and good in coverage. Probably doesn't hold up well at the point of attack but a guy who can flow and make plays. With what Demeco does in the middle, I think he fits well in our defensive scheme.

Sounds like our new Ray Rhodes look defense will be smallish quick guys swarming to the ball. Hope we can stop the run next year.

[TheMatrix31]

I don't like going with the VaTech or WVA people considering all the lack-of-character guys that have come from there (Vick's, etc), but hopefully they'll buck the trend of those losers in the NFL and actually be good guys for a change.

[chuck]

Well, we know that Adibi wasn't the best athlete on his team...

[Mike]

Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

I don't like going with the VaTech or WVA people considering all the lack-of-character guys that have come from there (Vick's, etc), but hopefully they'll buck the trend of those losers in the NFL and actually be good guys for a change.

Go to any D1 school and there are athletes with issues and problems. It happens when you get 100 athletes with ego and some freedom. If these guys have had any serious issues, we would not take them.

Andre Davis is from VT and is one of the nicest players I've ever met and a card carrying Christian. He really got ruined going to VT.

Besides Pacman, what other Mountaineer comes to mind as a troublemaker? How many Bonghorns have been busted for the hippy lettuce and lifting TV's? What about the the Sooner guys who were in trouble? Better not take any OU players. Talib is a pothead, cross off KU. Michigan, Forget them troublemakers...Ohio State..Not after what happened with Clarett.
Alabama.. cheating skallywags...

[Keith]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Is there some reason our front office has a fetish for Virginia Tech players?

I mean, we seem to focus on ACC guys and a few from the Big East. Do we scout the rest of the country? I'm just asking...

I missed this post.

I started another thread on this - The Strahm Theory.

[cadams]

anyone have thoughts on the texans going rb again in the 6th if thomas brown (uga) is still on the board? i like that kid.