Ex-Texan Phillip Buchanon Writes a Book

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Originally Posted by HPF Bob

I'm going to presume that Casserly wouldn't have traded away a 2nd, 3rd and 4th to a division rival just to get a player who had no background at that position in college without the head coach (Capers, in this case) pacing around like a caged tiger insisting he do it. Can't imagine Chatty Casserly doing that for any other reason. You don't stick your neck out like that without the coach's blessing.

In case you're curious, this is what the Titans did with those draft picks:

2nd round, No. 40: Ben Troupe, TE
3rd round, No. 71: Randy Starks, DT
4th round, No. 103: Bo Schobel, DE
5th round, No. 138 Jacob Bell, G (Texans and Titans swapped 5th round with the Texans then dealing it to Jacksonville for a 6th and a 7th)

Hey Bob you do know don't you that most NFL 3-4 OLBs have been first "hand-in-the-dirt" 4-3 DEs in college since historically they haven't run many 3-4 defenses in college. Even on our current roster both Clowney and Mercilus were 4-3 DEs in college as was the recently released Brooks Reed.