The relative importance of safeties & corners in the Texans DBackfield is obviously going to be a function of the philosophy for the defense crafted from the Bush-Kollar alliance. If the Texans continue to emphasize man coverage with their CBs it seems unlikely that if they'd go DBackfield in the first round they'd draft a safety instead of a CB, even if D-Rob is retained.
I dunno that the Texans have done anything real surprising or unpredictible in the Draft since the big Mario pick of 2006, but this Draft has a different feel to me. I could see them really pulling a shocker in the first round if somebody they rated very high (say top 5 or so) is on the Board at 15 even if its a low-need position. Say for example the Texans have Jeremy McClain rated even higher than Crabtree at WR (he's faster than the TT guy and is also a kick/punt returner), and he's on the Board ?
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