My Guys 2011 Draft Board

[bono]

you have Justin Houston rated pretty high. higher than Quinn?

[Roy P]

I think Houston will be a mixture of S. Merriman and D. Ware.....so, Yes...I have him ranked pretty high.

[NBT]

Originally Posted by Roy P

I think Houston will be a mixture of S. Merriman and D. Ware.....so, Yes...I have him ranked pretty high.

My personal opinion is, I would take OLB/DE Aldon Smith over Houston. From what I've seen on the NFL, Aldon is the better athlete, and has a better chance to move into the 3-4 rush OLB we all envision for Phillips defense.

[Roy P]

I believe that more people like Aldon Smith now. He's only a Junior so he has some 'growing' to do. I think he could be like a Michael Strahan in a 4-3 defense or possibly Jason Babin in a 3-4. So, I get that he has some upside, but he also scares me a little more than most other evaluators. From what I've heard through the rumor mill is that Wade likes him to be the next Demarcus Ware. So, if he's available, it wouldn't surprise me if we end up drafting him. If we do, I'll be hoping for Justin Houston to drop like a rock and be available in the 2nd round. Of course, we would most likely get secondary help or a NT in the 2nd. It's a lot of fun to speculate and I can't wait for the draft. Are we going to meet somewhere and hang out for the 1st round?

I can envision the first 4 rounds for the Texans going something like
OLB Aldon Smith
CB Ras-I Dowling
NT Jarvis Jenkins
S Mark Legree

[Blitzwood]

If we take A Smith in the first I can see us maybe taking:

A. Smith
Phil Taylor
Chimdi Chekwa/C. Brown
Brandon Bair
A. Binns/R. Johnson

[Roy P]

1 CB Patrick Peterson LSU 6'1" 219 4.31
2 NT Marcel Dareus Alabama 6'3" 319 4.93
3 CB Prince Amukamara Nebraska 6'0" 206 4.38
3 OLB Von Miller Texas A&M 6'2" 246 4.56
4 DE Cameron Heyward Ohio St 6'5" 294 4.92
5 OLB Robert Quinn North Carolina 6'4" 265 4.62
6 OLB Ryan Kerrigan Purdue 6'4" 267 4.67
7 DE Da'Quan Bowers Clemson 6'3" 280 4.64
8 CB Jimmy Smith Colorado 6'2" 211 4.42
9 OLB Aldon Smith Missouri 6'4" 267 4.74
10 OLB Brooks Reed Arizona 6'3" 263 4.65
11 OLB Jabaal Sheard Pittsburgh 6'3" 264 4.68
12 DE Cameron Jordan California 6'4" 287 4.74
13 NT Phil Taylor Baylor 6'4" 337 5.09
14 OLB Justin Houston Georgia 6'3" 270 4.62
16 DE JJ Watt Wisconsin 6'5" 290 4.81
17 CB Curtis Brown Texas 6'0" 185 4.51
18 ILB Martez Wilson Illinois 6'4" 250 4.42
19 WR Jon Baldwin Pittsburgh 6'4" 228 4.49
20 ILB Chris Carter Fresno St 6'1" 248 4.58
21 ILB Bruce Carter North Carolina 6'2" 241 4.57
22 DT Kenrick Ellis Hampton 6'5" 346 5.19
23 CB Brandon Harris Miami 5'10" 191 4.46
24 S Rahim Moore UCLA 6'0" 202 4.58
25 DE Christian Ballard Iowa 6'4" 283 4.75
26 CB Ras-I-Dowling Virginia 6'1" 198 4.4
27 CB Davon House New Mexico St 6'1" 200 4.44
28 S Aaron Williams Texas 6'0" 204 4.55
29 OLB Sam Acho Texas 6'2" 260 4.67
30 LB Colin McCarthy Miami 6'1" 238 4.59
31 CB Chimdi Chekwa Ohio St 6'0" 191 4.38
32 DT Jarvis Jenkins Clemson 6'4" 310 5.03
33 ILB Quan Sturdivant North Carolina 6'1" 241 4.63
34 CB Brandon Burton Utah 6'0" 190 4.5
35 OG Danny Watkins Baylor 6'4" 310 5.17
36 WR Randall Cobb Kentucky 5'11" 195 4.52
37 OC Stefen Wisniewski Penn St. 6'3" 313 5.29
38 S Deunta Williams North Carolina 6'1" 215 4.53
39 S Mark Legree Appalachian St 6'0" 211 4.49
40 OLB Dontay Moch Nevada 6'1" 248 4.4
41 DT Jurrell Casey USC 6'1" 300 5.04
42 DT Jerrell Powe Mississippi 6'2" 335 5.25
43 CB Rashad Carmichael Va Tech 5'10" 182 4.38
44 WR Titus Young Boise State 6'0" 170 4.43
45 OC Kristofer O'Dowd USC 6'4" 304 5.12
46 OG Stephen Schilling Michigan 6'4" 308 5.18
47 S Chris Conte California 6'2" 197 4.52
48 CB Jalil Brown Colorado 6'1" 204 4.52
49 OT Demarcus Love Arkansas 6'4" 318 5.18
50 OLB Jeremy Beal Oklahoma 6'3" 260 4.79