Visits

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by painekiller

I admit I stole this list

William Moore (S, Mizzou)
Rashad Johnson (S, Alabama)
Chip Vaughn (S, Wake Forest)
Vontae Davis (CB, Illinois)
Robert Ayers (DE, Tennessee)
Everette Brown (DE, Florida State)
Cody Brown (DE, Connecticut)
Gerald McGrath (LB, Southern Miss)
Clay Matthews (LB, USC)

Jeremy Maclin (WR, Mizzou)
Jared Cook (TE, South Carolina)

Also rumored to have visited the Texans at the Combine where
Demetrius Byrd, WR, LSU
Andre Brown, RB, NC State


If you can add to this please do.

Just happy to see so many of My Guys on the list. Probably just smoke screens.

[jppaul]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Just happy to see so many of My Guys on the list. Probably just smoke screens.

I don't know, those are all interesting. Even Jared Cook could be picked if we don't keep OD. Maclin if he falls to 15, which I doubt, would be an exceptional value.

[kRocket]

Interesting that the only two interior OL players are very late round choices and NO DT's are present on the list! That would indicate Gibbs is happy with what we have or there is a real defensive need, but they like Okam, Robinson, and Okoye as is. Curious!

[BigBull]

Originally Posted by jppaul

I don't know, those are all interesting. Even Jared Cook could be picked if we don't keep OD. Maclin if he falls to 15, which I doubt, would be an exceptional value.

I think even if he falls the Texans need to just say no to fast wrs that can burn but just aren't that good at actually catching the ball. They already have one of them on the team.

[kravix]

Originally Posted by BigBull

I think even if he falls the Texans need to just say no to fast wrs that can burn but just aren't that good at actually catching the ball. They already have one of them on the team.

And he can only do that when he isnt doing the electric slide.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by BigBull

I think even if he falls the Texans need to just say no to fast wrs that can burn but just aren't that good at actually catching the ball. They already have one of them on the team.

Are you talking about JMac or DHB? Jeremy Maclin is pretty good at actually catching the ball.

[BigBull]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Are you talking about JMac or DHB? Jeremy Maclin is pretty good at actually catching the ball.

That would be Maclin another JJ waiting to happen in my humble opinion.

[popanot]

I'd rather have Percy Harvin over Maclin. Harvin can do everything Maclin can do, but is big enough and has the muscle mass to fill in at RB in a pinch. Of course, you wouldn't want to play him there for an extended period, but he could do it if need be. You can't do that with Maclin. I'd use Harvin much the same way the Aint's use Bush. I see a lot of Reggie Bush/Steve Smith in Harvin, whereas, I see a lot of Desmond Howard/Eric Metcalf in Maclin. Not sure why that is, but I do.

[jppaul]

Andre Brown is coming to town per pft.

[jppaul]

Another one for you list, a mid round CB, Round 4-6, Rutger's Jason McCourty:

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/...wing-interest/

BTW, Caveat Emptor means Buyer Beware, meaning that you have a duty to investigate your potential purchase. Not that you didn't know that PK but for anybody who didn't.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Probably just smoke screens.

Unless I'm mistaken, teams (outside of their division or conference) sometimes get into small groups or pairs and pool interview notes in part because it is too hard to get to everyone. As such, reading too much into these reports of visits is a bit of a fool's errand imo. For all we know, the Texans are talking to a bunch of WRs for the Cowboys or Bucs while taking info from the same on LBs and safeties.

Anyone remember that story of when the Broncos drafted Cutler? (Put recent news aside for a moment.) Cutler never once talked to the team before the draft... and that was their first round pick at quarterback.

[jppaul]

Originally Posted by Keith

Unless I'm mistaken, teams (outside of their division or conference) sometimes get into small groups or pairs and pool interview notes in part because it is too hard to get to everyone. As such, reading too much into these reports of visits is a bit of a fool's errand imo. For all we know, the Texans are talking to a bunch of WRs for the Cowboys or Bucs while taking info from the same on LBs and safeties.

Anyone remember that story of when the Broncos drafted Cutler? (Put recent news aside for a moment.) Cutler never once talked to the team before the draft... and that was their first round pick at quarterback.

Yeah they were shocked that he fell I think.

[Bigtinylittle]

Maybe that was their mistake. Maybe they SHOULD have talked to him!

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Bigtinylittle

Maybe that was their mistake. Maybe they SHOULD have talked to him!

Their scouts had talked to him on campus during the college season. Shanahan loved the report on the kid and his combine work out at the combine made Shanahan salivate. He did not let any one know his desire, but Shanahan had Cutler targeted prior to draft day. He knew he was going to trade up for the kid, only he did not let any one else know that.

If you read about Shanahan and Gruden, they are good friend and they both tend to like the same players. IMO Shanahan was worried Gruden would try to leapfrog him to get Cutler had he been aware of the interest. Plus Shanahan is known for keeping his cards close to the vest.

His actions where pretty much in line with his character.

[Keith]

Been kinda sad for being a wet blanket on this thread earlier and didn't want to post this, but ah hell, here I go. From Kuharksy's ESPN.com AFC South blog:

Generally speaking, it's a bad idea to think a team is going to take a guy just because they have him to town.

So, I will not generally use this space to spend much time telling you John Doe was in Houston to meet with the Texans because:

• For every John Doe I learn about, there could be three others I don't hear about and naming a small percentage of the guys can serve to be misleading. I know the Titans announce their visitors in a couple of big lists and we will share something that comes out like that, still offering a disclaimer. But what if the agent for Player B advertises the stops his guy makes and the agent for Player B does not? The guy with the talkative agent is no more likely to get drafted by a particular team than the one with quiet representation.
• The Texans may be meeting with Doe to finish crossing them off their list because of his balky knee/ankle/attitude/arrest history.
• The Texans are probably like most teams in that they draft plenty of guys they had multiple meetings with and plenty of guys they've hardly talked to. On draft day, lot of guys say, "Yeah, I knew the Texans were interested in me way back at the Senior Bowl" while others say "Never did I imagine it would be Houston; the Texans aren't one of the teams I've spoken to, ever."

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Keith

Been kinda sad for being a wet blanket on this thread earlier and didn't want to post this, but ah hell, here I go. From Kuharksy's ESPN.com AFC South blog:
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Caveat emptor. Just because he is on the list does not mean it a good thing not being on the list is not a bad thing.