Official 2012 NFL Draft Round 1 Thread
 

Let's use this thread for our running commentary on this evening's festivities.

I see two wild cards to the first round:

1) Who takes Tannehill? There seems to be a lot of teams hoping *somebody else* wants to trade up for Tannehill. Once he's off the board, the rest will follow some predictable patterns.

2) When does the run on d-linemen begin? There's about 7-8 DE/DT/OLB types who will go somewhere in the mid to late first round. Once the run gets started, I think you'll see several go in succession and then the Texans will have to see if one they like is still there or whether that has pushed down some other players (a WR or OT perhaps) that they like better.

The Texans, under Smith, seem to use the first round to take the position most of us expected but not the player most of us expected. We expected an OT a few years ago, but not Duane Brown. We expected a DL last year but not J.J. Watt. So I think the Texans will either go OLB or WR in the first round but it will be a name that wasn't linked to them in mock drafts.

The consensus is that the Texans will go some combination of OLB/WR/OT in the first three rounds and that, to me, makes the most sense. But don't overlook the possibility that they may try to upgrade their secondary, take a nose tackle, a tight end or an interior lineman with one of the first three picks if there's one guy they are just in love with.

The Vikings are on the clock.

I predict the Texans go OLB in the first. Hopefully that guy Glynn Hwyll.

I think right there you've hit the essence of the Texans situation & what their plan will be for the first round tonight as that scenario unfolds.

Pass rushing wins championships.

That, and a healthy Matt Schaub, but you all already knew that.

I'm foaming at the mouth in anticipation of our trade up. We were 4th in points allowed. Evidently we need to be at #1.

Defense wins championships.

Not anymore. The Browns traded up to #3. I think that can only mean they are taking Tannehill, which means the end of the Colt McCoy experiment.

I can scarcely believe that anyone would take Tannehill third or Tannehill over Blackmon but you are almost certainly right.

If anyone finds a link to the Texans' war room I would definitely appreciate your sharing it.

There's a school of thought that you don't take a receiver that high unless he has freakish tools, which Blackmon doesn't possess.

I don't know, man, I think Blackmon is going to be the best player to emerge from this draft.

Either way it wasn't Tannehill.

I think that's who the Browns may have just gotten. Of course, there's a school of thought that says you don't take a RB that high...

I wonder who the hell the Cowboys are after.

Blackmon is going to be terrorizing our secondary for the next decade.

You know Jerry couldn't just sit tight with all of these trades going on.

Can he throw it to himself?

Hell no. Unfortunately Claiborne can really play. Think about how much better the Texans would be if they had drafted a CB worthy of the pick when they went after Jackson.

No, but he will catch damn near all of JJ's deflections. His YAD will be off the charts.

Yeah, I have to admit I like the pick.

Well, I was wrong about Tannehill and surprised Barron got snatched up so fast. I'm not happy about Blackmon in the division but it seems like the Jags take a WR in the first round every year and they all bust so maybe that's an omen.

I know this. The trades have made a mockery of most mock drafts.

There goes Dontari Poe who might be a bust or might be a go. Worth the money? Nobody knows.
One thing's fo sho. He ain't gonna be Poe no mo.

I think a lot of teams - including (especially) the Texans - misunderestimate the value of safeties.

Looks like the DL run is starting.

I still have Nick Perry, Stephen Hill, & Shea McClellin on my draft board. :)

Halfway home, boys. Wade will find a nightmare of an OLB here in an hour and a half or so.

Wade has to be happy. All the sack masters are still there. It's the DTs that are going so far.

Wow. There goes Bruce Irvin. Glad we don't have to worry about that temptation. That also means a better rusher for us falls and the "Plan B" pick for the second round is probably gone. I think this makes it more likely we will take OLB in the first.

WOW - Bruce Irvin 15th overall !

Pete Carrol is out of his freaking mind

The mother/daughter phone commercial (Motorola/Verizon) was kinda cute the first time but it is already annoying.

There goes another Bama corner. Good luck with that, guys.

I may have the wrong Bama defender but wasn't Dre the one with the pot bust? If so, another sterling character choice by the Bengals.

I shuddered when threw out the "Nick Saban personally coaches the secondary" line on ESPN.

I wonder why nobody seems to recall that Saban coached Kareem or "Man Boobs" for LT..The Bengals drafted him too.

Crap, Shea is gone. :(

That's him. He'll fit right in.

The BSU kid to the Bears, that seems early - thought the Bears were a 4-3 team ?

The Bears take one of my guys....The Pats move up for??? DeCastro?

I think it's clear we'll have some good OLBs and OLs to choose from when it gets to us. We might even trade back.

Pats just jumped in front of us. Bengals moved down.

The Pats are going to dick us here.

We've got Blackmon and Kendall Wright in our division now. Maybe we should take another corner.

Browns taking Weeden here?

The Browns are still stupid.

If we draft Nick Perry....I am going to be one happy Texan