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Originally Posted by Joe Joe
This is the exact situation I see being very difficult for the Texans if they draft a RB in first. RBs have shorter careers so one would want to beef up line too to make full use of a first round RB. The Texans secondary is scary. And not in a good way. At least with Dunta, you knew it was possible to win games with him getting burnt as often as he does.
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OK, now that I'm looking back at what happened I can now Cherry-Pick what could have been a better situation. Obviously, trading down and getting more picks would have been optimum. Mainly because the talent board didn't match our 'needs' at all. It really did not matter if I had drafted Spiller or Weatherspoon (the two highest players on my draft board) - I would have still been thinking the same way for subsequent picks. As I have said in the past, the OL could be beefed up even with having signed a Free Agent from KC.
20. RB C.J. Spiller
51. OG John Jerry
81. RB Ben Tate
118. CB Alterraun Verner
150. DE Daniel Te'o-Nesheim
187. CB Walter McFadden
197. DT Earl Mitchell
227. LB Simoni Lawrence
The other option is that I could simply draft Ben Tate at #20 (I like him more than Ryan Mathews anyway and I've seen that as an acceptable idea)
Then I could still get Jerry in the 2nd round and at #81 I could go after FS Major Wright.
If I wanted to get Geno Atkins as my pass-rushing DT I couldn't wait until the 3rd round like I wanted, so I'd need to spend my 2nd rounder on him. UGH!
Perhaps if I had two 5th round picks I could get DE Daniel Te'o-Nesheim AND FS Robert Johnson.