Outstanding to have this site up!!!!
Roy, I think there is very little chance your Number 1 guy won't be available at 18. If the Texans aren't blowing smoke about wanting a LT,(which could easily be the case) their best hope is that Williams or Albert is there at 18. For that to happen, I think McFaddin, Stewart and Jenkins have to be taken in 1st 17 picks. If not those guys, a qb or a second receiver. What are the odds?
My question is, if Williams and Albert are gone, do the Texans value either Cherilus, Nicks, or Brown enough to "reach" for them at 18? You could throw Collins in there, too, I guess. I think all those guys are gone before the third round. I don't know what the difference in money is for an 18th pick and say a 23rd or 26th pick, where I've seen Cherilus in a number of mocks, or even early 2nd round. If Texans had a high 2nd round pick and selected one of those four, does it impact how good a player a guy becomes, versus selecting him at 18? Of course not. It boils down to money. If you really like one of those guys, do you let 1st round money keep you from taking him?
The knee jerk answer is BPA, don't reach. This is a myth, IMHO, because evaluation is so inexact. This is why you have so many 1st and 2nd round busts.
Roy, you like Cason a lot(& so do I) but say if you could have Nicks and Antwaun Molden versus Cason and maybe John Greko, or some other combinations, does that at lease make you consider a lower ranked OT in the first?
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