Official 2018 NFL Draft - Round 2 & 3 Thread
 

Texans will begin the night with three picks in the third round.

#68
#80
#98

#68 is theirs. #80 was Seattle's. #98 is compensatory.

Ok. Lets not blow this...

#68 will be safety Justin Reid from Stanford.

Luv this pick!!

I want Mark Andrews TE , or Jones the OT out of OSU next.

Ok, Eric Reid's brother. Sounds good.....

Kinda glad the Texans didn't trade up and seem to be content to take their medicine this year. They still may do some wheeling and dealing but it won't be so punitive at this stage of the game. The 2019 draft will be the better for it...

Waiting until #68 to pick is having some positive effects on how the Texans and Gaine seem to be approaching the offseason. They went after some need areas in free agency, made a splash move getting the Badger, and now have clearly taken the Best Available Player on the board in Reid.

Gonna be weird seeing competent safety play on the defense.

Totally agree, haven't had an really good safety since Glover Quin, now we have 2 potentially.

Gotta be an OL pick, right?

Martinas Rankin, T, Miss St.

Don't think you can go too far wrong with an SEC lineman....

Complete 2nd round:

1 CLEVELAND Austin Corbett G Nevada
2 NEW YORK GIANTS Will Hernandez G Texas-El Paso
3 CLEVELAND Nick Chubb RB Georgia
4 INDIANAPOLIS Darius Leonard OLB South Carolina St.
5 INDIANAPOLIS Braden Smith G Auburn
6 TAMPA BAY Ronald Jones RB USC
7 CHICAGO James Daniels C Iowa
8 DENVER Courtland Sutton WR SMU
9 TENNESSEE Harold Landry EDGE Boston College
10 MIAMI Mike Gesicki TE Penn St.
11 DETROIT Kerryon Johnson RB Auburn
12 SAN FRANCISCO Dante Pettis WR Washington
13 GREEN BAY Josh Jackson CB Iowa
14 KANSAS CITY Breeland Speaks DT Mississippi
15 ARIZONA Christian Kirk WR Texas A&M
16 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS Uchenna Nwosu EDGE USC
17 PHILADELPHIA Dallas Goedert TE South Dakota St.
18 DALLAS Connor Williams G Texas
19 CHICAGO Anthony Miller WR Memphis
20 INDIANAPOLIS Kemoko Turay EDGE Rutgers
21 TAMPA BAY M.J. Stewart CB North Carolina
22 CINCINNATI Jessie Bates S Wake Forest
23 CAROLINA Donte Jackson CB LSU
24 NEW ENGLAND Duke Dawson CB Florida
25 OAKLAND P.J. Hall NT Sam Houston St.
26 ATLANTA Isaiah Oliver CB Colorado
27 WASHINGTON Derrius Guice RB LSU
28 PITTSBURGH James Washington WR Oklahoma St.
29 JACKSONVILLE D.J. Chark WR LSU
30 MINNESOTA Brian O'neill OT Pittsburgh
31 TAMPA BAY Carlton Davis CB Auburn
32 INDIANAPOLIS Tyquan Lewis DE Ohio St.

#98 is a tight end. That's some real out-of-the-box thinking around Kirby.

TE Jordan Akins, UCF

A new TE. Supposed to be a pass catcher, i.e. not a blocking specialist....

Akins is 26 and played 4 years in the Texas Rangers (baseball) minor league system....hmmm..

A wide receiver who put on weight so he become a TE at UCF...

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sport...125-story.html

Round 3

1 OAKLAND Brandon Parker OT North Carolina A&T
2 NEW YORK GIANTS Lorenzo Carter EDGE Georgia
3 CLEVELAND Chad Thomas DE Miami
4 HOUSTON Justin Reid S Stanford
5 NEW YORK GIANTS B.J. Hill DT N.C. State
6 SAN FRANCISCO Fred Warner OLB BYU
7 DENVER Royce Freeman RB Oregon
8 NEW YORK JETS Nathan Shepherd DT Fort Hays St.
9 MIAMI Jerome Baker OLB Ohio St.
10 WASHINGTON Geron Christian OT Louisville
11 KANSAS CITY Derrick Nnadi DT Florida St.
12 PITTSBURGH Mason Rudolph QB Oklahoma St.
13 CINCINNATI Sam Hubbard DE Ohio St.
14 CINCINNATI Malik Jefferson OLB Texas
15 SEATTLE Rasheem Green DE USC
16 HOUSTON Martinas Rankin C Mississippi St.
17 DALLAS Michael Gallup WR Colorado St.
18 DETROIT Tracy Walker S Louisiana-Lafayette
19 BALTIMORE Orlando Brown OT Oklahoma
20 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS Justin Jones DT N.C. State
21 CAROLINA Rashaan Gaulden S Tennessee
22 BALTIMORE Mark Andrews TE Oklahoma
23 OAKLAND Arden Key EDGE LSU
24 GREEN BAY Oren Burks OLB Vanderbilt
25 LOS ANGELES RAMS Joseph Noteboom OT TCU
26 ATLANTA Deadrin Senat DT South Florida
27 NEW ORLEANS Tre'quan Smith WR Central Florida
28 PITTSBURGH Chuks Okorafor OT Western Michigan
29 JACKSONVILLE Ronnie Harrison S Alabama
30 TAMPA BAY Alex Cappa G Humboldt St.
31 SAN FRANCISCO Tarvarius Moore S Southern Miss
32 BUFFALO Harrison Phillips DT Stanford
33 ARIZONA Mason Cole C Michigan
34 HOUSTON Jordan Akins TE Central Florida
35 DENVER Isaac Yiadom CB Boston College
36 KANSAS CITY Dorian O'daniel OLB Clemson

Seems like 3 reasonable picks, look forward to see how they do,

S Justin Reid 6'1", 206 , 4.4 in 40, so good size and speed,

OL Martinas Rankin, 6'4", 306, started 9 games this year at OLT.

TE Jordan Akins 6'3", 249, good size, wingspan

And more picks in each of next four rounds. Another OL perhaps, best available?