[painekiller]

Been out of town, but I'm back now. Another mock utilizing the CBS board. I traded out of the 1st round for two 2nd round picks. I was not sure that I would like the results, but I did. I wanted to give some props to Roy for making me take a look at a couple of the guys I took in this draft. Also my trade down was attempted in order to target a couple of them in the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

52: R2P21 DT VERNON BUTLER LOUISIANA TECH
60: R2P29 G JOSHUA GARNETT STANFORD
61: R2P30 TE HUNTER HENRY ARKANSAS
85: R3P22 C NICK MARTIN NOTRE DAME
91: R3P28 DE JASON FANAIKA UTAH
119: R4P21 WR KOLBY LISTENBEE TCU
159: R5P20 S KJ DILLON WEST VIRGINIA
166: R5P27 CB BRIEAN BODDY-CALHOUN MINNESOTA
195: R6P20 OLB DADI LHOMME NICOLAS VIRGINIA TECH
196: R6P21 TE HENRY KRIEGER COBLE IOWA

TRADE PARTNER:
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS SENT:
ROUND: 1 PICK: 22

TEXANS RECEIVED:
ROUND: 2 PICK: 29
ROUND: 2 PICK: 30
ROUND: 3 PICK: 28
ROUND: 6 PICK: 21

Butler has been high on my list since I watched him at the Senior Bowl. Garnett has a mean streak and seems to fit the proto type guy that Mike Devlin likes to coach. I have not been targeting Garnett in some time, but Roy made a post recently that returned him to a target for me.
Having Hunter sitting there at 61 was surprising to me and I jumped, he has the potential to be the best TE the Texans have had since Owen Daniels was in his prime. Next I took my 2nd rated OC, a hole that is begging to be filled.
this gives me a OL of Brown, Allen, Martin, Garnett, Hopkins. Su'a-Filo either steps up and beats out one of the rookies or he backs up two positions (OC,OG) either way he moves on when his rookie deal expires.
Next pick was another one of Roys guys Fanaika, I have to agree with Roy, he looks like a young JJ. I'm not saying he has the upside of JJ, but no one knew JJ had that upside, and Fanaika is only a late 3rd round pick.

I was not sold on trading out of the 1st round, but I was impressed with the three 2nd rounders I got. All three have been discussed as possible 1st rounders this off season. And my two 3rd rounder I would not have been upset if I had drafted them in the 2nd. So five players in the top 100, I could get on board with that.