Day 1 thoughts

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by popanot

Could it have been the Texans liked Brown better than Zuttah and Mouldon better than Cason? I know you liked Cason, RP, but he seems rather smallish to me and they may have wanted someone taller to match up with the taller WRs in the division. Mouldon also seems to be a potential candidate for FS, although, I doubt that's their plan. I'm not questioning your judgement, just saying the Texans may have seen it completely different.

To be completely honest here, the Texans most likely panicked. I'll give them credit for at least trading down and garnering extra picks. However, when Sam Baker gets picked in the 1st round (after a trade up by the Falcons) and not knowing if Zuttah would be available at #79, they reached. The need to find somebody to fill the hole at LT was too much to ignore. Most of us have been lobbying for a LT to be drafted in the 1st round for at least 4 years now. Since they (and most of the other teams) didn't like Carl Nicks as much as I do, there was a pretty big drop off if Zuttah wasn't available. So, I can understand it.

-----Name---------School-------Height-----Weight --- 40 --- 10 -- Shuttle--Cone - Jump - Vert - Bench -- 20
OT Jeremy Zuttah - Rutgers 6' 4" --- 303 --- 4.99 --- 1.73 --- 4.54 --- 7.59 --- 8' 11" --- 26.5 --- 35 --- 2.87
OT Duane Brown - Va Tech 6' 4" --- 315 --- 5.08 --- 1.76 --- 4.52 --- 7.54 --- 9' 0" --- 32.5 --- 24 --- 2.96

As for Cason vs. Moulds:
Name School Height Weight 40 10 Shuttle Cone Jump Vert Bench 20
Antoine Cason - Arizona 6' 0" --- 190 ---4.45 ---1.51 --- 4.08 --- 7.07 --- 10' 8" --- 36 --- 20 --- 2.53
Antwaun Molden - EKU 6' 0 3/4" - 198 --- 4.44 --- 1.5 --- 4.14 --- 6.85 --- 10' 9" --- 37.5 --- 23 --- 2.55

I wouldn't say that 3/4" and 8lbs makes Molden a better prospect to play against "taller WRs" in the NFL. As far as measurables go, they are pretty much the same body-type. I will say that I was happy we selected Molden since we had bypassed Cason. This is another position that I wanted addressed for quite a while. Molden is similar to Fred Bennett and hopefully will take to coaching the way Bennett did.