2015 Mocks

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by Roy P

The reason I am sharing this here is to show who the Computer selected for the Texans:
16 WR Kevin White
51 ILB Stephone Anthony
82 OC Ali Marpet
116 FS Durrell Eskrine
152 OT Tyrus Thompson
175 TE E.J. Bibbs
195 RB Josh Robinson
211 DE Deion Barnes
216 QB Sean Mannion
235 WR Jordan Taylor

I'm not Really happy with my OLB who was available in the 3rd, but the Texans didn't get much in my opinion with Penn State prospect Deion Barnes.

That's not a bad draft. I would certainly be happy with that, especially 1-2.

I noticed that Fanspeak has added the CBS Sports big board, which is one I respect more than most of the ones I've seen.

I did my usual trade down in the first and still had Jaelen Strong on the board to select. Now I had two 2nds and Maxx Williams was still there so I took him along with Denzel Perryman. I've also begun trading back up into the lower third round for my natural 4th, 5th and 6th rounders. This allowed me to get a D-lineman and a center. With the remaining comp picks, I took my usual low-round favorites.

[Roy P]

The thought of John Simon or Jason Ankrah playing opposite of Merciless scares me. I like Maxx Williams, but would draft an OLB before TE. I just absolutely need one by the third round and am nervous there is not going to be any to be found when we pick. Maybe I love Anthony Chickillo more than any other GMs, but I am pissed whenever he is off the board when I make my 3rd round pick.

[Roy P]

Just wanted to see what I could do with the CBS draft board and committed myself to not drafting Chickillo until the 3rd round. The first couple of times I drafted Phillip Dorsett in the 3rd but couldn't get any decent OLBs in the 4th. This was my favorite Mock draft today :
#16 WR Amari Cooper
#51 TE Clive Walford
#82 OLB Anthony Chickillo
#116 RB T.J. Yeldon
#152 ILB Jake Ryan
#175 NT Derrick Lott
#195 OT Andrew Donnal
#211 CB Craig Mager
#216 WR Antwan Goodley
#235 CB Justin Coleman

[Roy P]

Last one for the day:
#16 WR Jaelen Strong
#51 WR Breshad Perriman
#82 OLB Anthony Chickillo
#116 WR Phillip Dorsett
#152 ILB Jake Ryan
#175 NT Derrick Lott
#195 CB Craig Mager
#211 TE Nick Boyle
#216 Damian Swan
#235 QB Shane Carden

I couldn't believe that Perriman was still available after running 4.25 at his Pro Day. Considered taking him @ #16, so snatched him in the 2nd round. With 2 excellent prospects at WR, I thought about Jesse James at #116, but love Dorsett in the slot. We may go 4 or 5 Wide with this draft. Jake Ryan is my value ILB and I love Derrick Lott due to his size and quickness. Mager and Swan provide depth and special teams. I love Carden and couldn't let him go undrafted.

[chuck]

Bob, when you trade down who are people trading up to get?

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by chuck

Bob, when you trade down who are people trading up to get?

I think it is more positioning than strategy. The simulator is just simulating what it thinks is a fair trade. It's probably asking too much to ask it to actually target a player since the trade proposal normally comes at the start of the round, not when your team is on the clock.

But that leads into my latest draft which is using the CBS Sports big board and involves three trades to maximize second-day picks, knowing we have comp picks we can't trade with.

1) Traded 1-16 to Pittsburgh for 1-22 and 2-24 (PIT takes Eli Harold, OLB)
2) Traded 2-19 to Green Bay for 2-30 and 3-30 (GB takes D'Joun Smith, CB)
3) Traded 4-17, 5-16 and 6-19 to Seattle for 3-31*

* - I proposed this trade. The other two were computer-generated offers.

That leaves one pick in the first, 2 in the lower 2nd, 3 in the lower 3rd, no 4ths, 1 comp in the lower 5th, 2 comps in the lower 6th and one 7th. It's still 10 draft picks but more of them in the 2nd and 3rd where better quality resides.

With that, I chose:

1-22 (from PIT) Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona St.
2-24 (from PIT) Maxx Williams, TE, Minnesota
2-30 (from GB) Denzel Perryman, ILB, Miami (FL)
3-18 Lorenzo Mauldin, OLB, Louisville (tweener DE-LB for 3-4 defense)
3-30 (from GB) Eric Rowe, CB-S, Utah (three yrs as FS, played CB as Sr.)
3-31 (from SEA) Andy Gallik, C, Boston College
5-39 (comp) Antwan Goodley, WR-KR, Baylor
6-35 (comp) Joey Mbu, NT, Houston
6-40 (comp) Miles Dieffenbach, OG-C, Penn St.
7-18 Damian Swann, CB, Georgia

This hits pretty much all our needs other than a franchise QB (yeah, right). I think a RB can be found as a UDFA. I don't get many chances to pick Rowe but he's a guy I like as guy with corner and free safety skills - a hard tackler who can fill either need in a pinch. Lacks elite CB skills but could be a FS starter someday. Mauldin is big for a LB (6-4, 260) but has been played as both DE and OLB at Louisville which makes him a good fit in a 3-4 and be insurance if Clowney can't go. Mbu is your traditional fireplug nose tackle who is not a pass rusher but has enough lateral quickness to occupy blockers and stuff the run. Also had two interceptions in college.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

1) Traded 1-16 to Pittsburgh for 1-22 and 2-24 (PIT takes Eli Harold, OLB)
2) Traded 2-19 to Green Bay for 2-30 and 3-30 (GB takes D'Joun Smith, CB)
3) Traded 4-17, 5-16 and 6-19 to Seattle for 3-31*

* - I proposed this trade. The other two were computer-generated offers.
1-22 (from PIT) Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona St.
2-24 (from PIT) Maxx Williams, TE, Minnesota
2-30 (from GB) Denzel Perryman, ILB, Miami (FL)
3-18 Lorenzo Mauldin, OLB, Louisville (tweener DE-LB for 3-4 defense)
3-30 (from GB) Eric Rowe, CB-S, Utah (three yrs as FS, played CB as Sr.)
3-31 (from SEA) Andy Gallik, C, Boston College
5-39 (comp) Antwan Goodley, WR-KR, Baylor
6-35 (comp) Joey Mbu, NT, Houston
6-40 (comp) Miles Dieffenbach, OG-C, Penn St.
7-18 Damian Swann, CB, Georgia

I did the same thing and drafted the following:

#24 NT Malcolm Brown
#56 WR Breshad Perriman
#63 CB Kevin Johnson
#82 WR Phillip Dorsett
#94 RB Tevin Coleman
#95 ILB Ben Heeney
#175 DE Derrick Lott
#225 RB Karlos Williams
6-40 CB Justin Coleman
7-18 OL Andrew Donnal

Unfortunately, Chickillo was drafted right after Perriman and before Johnson. I like the idea of the trades you made.

[Blitzwood]

This is one of my favorite times of the year. I've been reading and studying alot of the drafts here and finally decided to do one.

#16 S Landon Collins
#51 OLB Eli Harold
#82 WR Chris Conley
#116 OLB/ILB Jordan Hicks
#152 TE Jesse James
#174 DE Ray Drew
#195 CB Damian Swann
#211 OT Daryl Baldwin
#216 3-4DE Marcus Hardison
#235 WR Mario Alford

UDFA Gabe Wright

I'm a big fan of Landon Collins and would love to add him to the backfield. I can't recall the Texans ever in their existence having a true stud at safety. He has the pedigree and the experience you look for, and with us being in nickle and dime most of the time, it's a no brainer to get BPA at the S position. He can tackle RB's, he can cover TE's, he can do it all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pl6_FcMQfQ

Harold is a great OLB with a good motor and plus athleticism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggykZAy4OvU

Conley is a must add, IMO, great hands, world class speed and athleticism, and is a top notch character that fits what the organization looks for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmPVipftmes

Hicks has been a stud at Texas, I thought about Kwon Alexander here, but went with Hicks because he's got no prior ACL's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HdnO8FsAf0

BOb is familiar with Jesse James from his days at Penn State, and finally shoring up the TE position is something he's mentioned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg7nTsBWZNg

Drew and Swan are quality SEC players that give us depth, sure tackling, and speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_jlJGscK_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alreaQlU3U8

Baldwin was the ROT for Ohio State and did an great job in his first year to play OT, switching over from the DL. He'll be our swing tackle, but mainly provide some great camp competion for DN.

Hardison is a sleeper, but don't think he'll last that long. And Alford is a slot WR, with ST/return potential. He's small (5' 8.5") a real burner, a polishished route runner and scored more TD's this year than Kevin White, his teammate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOxNV_oVerQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umITie6jAlI

Being that their isn't usually a big market for NT's, and we already have two under contract, I took a flyer on Wright and hope he can either light a fire under Nix, or replace him all together.