2011?

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Roy P

I'm wondering where we'd play a 266lbs LB. Would we move Cushing to the WILL? That's the interesting pick to me that I don't see the Texans ever making.

When Bush was in Arizona, they had Pace who weighed in at 270. In 2007 Pace was an OLB and had a 107 tackles. Dansby was listed as 255, He also had over 100 tackles in 2007. So big LBs seem to be in Bush's background.

Johnny Holland on the other hand has a history of small quick LBs.

BTW IMO draftsite never has our picks right. They do not seem to care about the teams preferences.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by painekiller

When Bush was in Arizona, they had Pace who weighed in at 270. In 2007 Pace was an OLB and had a 107 tackles. Dansby was listed as 255, He also had over 100 tackles in 2007. So big LBs seem to be in Bush's background.

With that in mind, I'd be curious about moving Connor Barwin to the SLB (6'4" 257lbs) compared to Calvin Pace (6'4" 265lbs) and sliding Cushing to WLB (6'3" 259) compared to Dansby (6'4" 250lbs).

Just a thought.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Roy P

With that in mind, I'd be curious about moving Connor Barwin to the SLB (6'4" 257lbs) compared to Calvin Pace (6'4" 265lbs) and sliding Cushing to WLB (6'3" 259) compared to Dansby (6'4" 250lbs).

Just a thought.

I have always thought Connor Barwin should be a SAM. And that would mean moving Cushing to WILL, oh my. That should make us better against the run but hurt us in the passing game.

What If we went 3-4, then we could have Barwin, Cushing, Ryans and Diles all on the field at one time.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by painekiller

I have always thought Connor Barwin should be a SAM. And that would mean moving Cushing to WILL, oh my. That should make us better against the run but hurt us in the passing game.

What If we went 3-4, then we could have Barwin, Cushing, Ryans and Diles all on the field at one time.

It might hurt having Barwin on the field in the passing game on 1st or 2nd down, unless he's blitzing. On 3rd down, I'd put his hand on the ground and play him like a DE, just like now in our Nickle packages.

For what it's worth, we aren't built for a 3-4 because we don't have a NT. Okam doesn't have what it takes mentally to play the 2-Gap NT. Now, if we had drafted B.J. Raji or Dan Williams or somebody of that ilk, then what you are suggesting might be easier to implement. Not really sure there is a NT going to be available in the upcoming draft (Phil Taylor - Baylor??). The following draft either for that matter (D'Angelo McCray - Eastern Illinois??). So, do you feel like the team is better by removing Okoye and inserting Diles leaving Cody to play NT?

[Keith]

Originally Posted by painekiller

And that would mean moving Cushing to WILL, oh my. That should make us better against the run but hurt us in the passing game.

Care to check who led the team in interceptions as a rookie in 2009?



I get what you're sayin', but I'm just sayin'.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Keith

Care to check who led the team in interceptions as a rookie in 2009?



I get what you're sayin', but I'm just sayin'.

And I get what you are saying. Cushing is our best pass cover LB, he needs to be in our nickle, I am almost thinking that our nickle should be Cushing and Diles over Ryans, they are both better in pass coverage than Ryans.

As to my oh my comment, you don't see many 260 lb WILLs in the NFL. That would be some brute force coming off the free side.

[Roy P]

DE Greg Romeus Pittsburgh 6'5" 270
CB Patrick Peterson* LSU 6'1" 211
DE Robert Quinn* North Carolina 6'5" 270
OLB Travis Lewis* Oklahoma 6'2" 232
OLB Bruce Carter North Carolina 6'3" 230
DE Da'Quan Bowers* Clemson 6'4" 285
OT Demarcus Love Arkansas 6'5" 315
S Rahim Moore* UCLA 6'1" 195
DT Jarvis Jenkins Clemson 6'3" 310
OT Jason Pinkston Pittsburgh 6'4" 310
S DeAndre McDaniel Clemson 6'0" 212
DT Jerrell Powe Mississippi 6'2" 330
CB Davon House New Mexico St 6'0" 190
OLB Greg Jones Michigan St 6'1" 235
CB Ras-I-Dowling Virginia 6'2" 200
OLB Dontay Moch Nevada 6'1" 240
CB Brandon Harris* Miami 5'11" 195
OG John Moffitt Wisconsin 6'4" 325
OG Ben Ijalana Villanova 6'4" 320
S Deunta Williams North Carolina 6'1" 210
DE Ryan Kerrigan Purdue 6'4" 265
CB Kendric Burney North Carolina 5'9" 190
CB Rashad Carmichael Va Tech 5'10" 182
WR Ronald Johnson USC 5'11" 190
OG Justin Boren Ohio St 6'3" 320
OT Clint Boling Georgia 6'5" 310
WR Titus Young Boise State 6'0" 170
OLB Chris Walker Tennessee 6'1" 240
WR Matt Szczur Villanova 5'11" 200
TE Virgil Green Nevada 6'4" 242

There are some Juniors on my watch list who I think could come out in this draft. If I were to handicap a 'mock' draft from this list it would look something like this:

DE Greg Romeus
DT Jarvis Jenkins
OG John Moffitt
CB Rashad Carmichael
OLB Chris Walker
WR Matt Szczur
TE Virgil Green