Official 2016 NFL Draft - Round 2 & 3 Thread

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

I'm the one making terrible arguments yet you're the one who claims anyone picked during Kubiak was the "old regime". Have you noticed who the general manager is? The same as the "old regime", the one who has the final say on what name goes on the draft card.

Okay, so the position needs to be upgraded. Then let's just draft 7 wide receivers in hopes that two of them might stick. This is the NFL where you have to balance your resources instead of just recruiting another high school All-American. You get, in general, seven chances one weekend of the year, to fix problems and add depth. Focusing on one position is fine if the rest of the positions are stable. For the Texans, it's not.

We drafted Jacoby Jones 2.0 in the first round (losing a sixth in the process) and drafted Kordell Stewart 2.0 in the third round. Meanwhile, we still have no TE to replace Graham, no DE to replace Crick and missed a chance to upgrade at LT, NT, OLB, ILB and SS.

Bob, neither Martin or Posey played a game for the Texans last year. You don't make roster moves according to players who moved on in previous seasons. You don't make draft picks in 2016 based on who you drafted in 2012.

You make draft picks based on who is currently on your team.

The current Texans WRs are Hopkins, Shorts, and 28 CAREER CATCHES from Strong, Mumphrey, and Josh Lenz. That's it. That is a giant glaring hole. CJ Fiedorowitz has more catches than any of the guys who started Thursday as our #3 WRs. You are out of your mind if you think a pick on the first two days was unwarranted.

I am fine with you thinking Fuller is Jacoby Jones 2.0. I think you're dead wrong in the comparison you chose (they have nothing in common, Jones and Fuller are way different sized, whole different speeds, with entirely different skill sets, and college experiences on totally different ends of the spectrum). But Fuller might be worse than Jones, who knows. I am fine with you calling Miller Kordell Stewart 2.0 (of course Kordell Stewart accounted for 120 TDs in his NFL career and that would be a heck of a 3rd round pick). But even if you meant Kordell 2.0 as an insult that's fine. Maybe Miller is a terrible pick. I don't pretend to know enough to know if Fuller or Miller are bad picks (I'll leave the certainty to you). But declaring we didn't need a WR is just plain wrong.