Day 2 Thoughts

[cadams]

overall, i am happy with the draft. i didn't know a lot about some of the palyers they went with, but the more i found out, the more happy i was. i like that we addressed the positions we needed. i can't complain about the brown pick, first because i havent seen him play, and more importantly because we have all been screaming for a LT in the first roud for the past couple of years and now we have one. i would like for him to be ready this year, but if it takes a year for him to develop i won't be pissed. maybe spencer will be healthy and actually turn into the player we all thought he could be.

[NickO]

what's the deal with the blurb about Okam from yahoo.com?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns

B. Give Houston a lot of credit for maneuvering around the draft, particularly after a mid-first round run on offensive linemen left the Texans without great choices at the No. 18 spot. They slid back to get Brown at No. 26, nabbing a need player at a better value spot. You also have to love the speed of Slaton, who can change a game in a hurry. However, Molden is too raw and the downside of Slaton is that he doesn’t like contact, making him a predictable runner. Okam, a former defensive tackle, is likely to shift to guard, a clever move by teams that realize that non-athletic DTs can make for cheap, athletic G’s.

am i imagining this? has anyone heard any back-up to this story?

[HPF Bob]

They must be confused since "non-athletic" hardly describes Okam. He's plenty athletic. His problems lie elsewhere.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by NickO

what's the deal with the blurb about Okam from yahoo.com?


am i imagining this? has anyone heard any back-up to this story?

I can't imagine a guy who is still running the 40 - yard dash (5.32) is a player that Gibbs wants as an athletic OL. Okam has enough problems playing 2 downs. To me, this is a crazy idea that has no real substance. If the Texans and Gibbs wanted a RG, they could have gotten Donald Thomas (#195) who is athletic and has actually played the position in college.

Okam did this too: 10 yard - 1.78, Shuttle - 4.95, Cone - 8.07
Thomas did this: 10 yard - 1.72, Shuttle - 4.78, Cone - 7.45, 40 -5.0