Put it in the bank: Mohamed Sanu

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

If you mean by their first round pick, perhaps last year was a surprise but maybe that was the Wade factor ? Prior to that their top picks of Kareem, Cushing, Duane Brown were expected wern't they ?

Yes and no. A position was identified but not that particular player. The buzz at the time was that the Texans would take Matthews, the teammate of Cushing, in the draft. We took Duane Brown after a run on first-round OTs left us with just Brown as the only one of the board they thought was worthy. Brown's name didn't come up at all until he was taken because many draftniks had Brown projected as a second or third round guy. Kareem was probably the guy most predictable although many wanted Rogers-Cromartie.

And even Mario Williams wasn't a slam dunk because there was such an uproar over whether to choose Reggie Bush or Vince Young that Mario only appeared on the radar in the final week or two.

So the Texans might go WR in Round One but it might be somebody none of us is considering or putting in mocks.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Yes and no. A position was identified but not that particular player. The buzz at the time was that the Texans would take Matthews, the teammate of Cushing, in the draft. We took Duane Brown after a run on first-round OTs left us with just Brown as the only one of the board they thought was worthy. Brown's name didn't come up at all until he was taken because many draftniks had Brown projected as a second or third round guy. Kareem was probably the guy most predictable although many wanted Rogers-Cromartie.

And even Mario Williams wasn't a slam dunk because there was such an uproar over whether to choose Reggie Bush or Vince Young that Mario only appeared on the radar in the final week or two.

So the Texans might go WR in Round One but it might be somebody none of us is considering or putting in mocks.

Other then correcting the CBs that were expected, Devin McCourty or Kyle Wilson, I have to agree with Bob's explanation here.

Rick Smith has been known for his picks that nobody in Houston had on their radars.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Yes and no. A position was identified but not that particular player. The buzz at the time was that the Texans would take Matthews, the teammate of Cushing, in the draft. We took Duane Brown after a run on first-round OTs left us with just Brown as the only one of the board they thought was worthy. Brown's name didn't come up at all until he was taken because many draftniks had Brown projected as a second or third round guy. Kareem was probably the guy most predictable although many wanted Rogers-Cromartie.

And even Mario Williams wasn't a slam dunk because there was such an uproar over whether to choose Reggie Bush or Vince Young that Mario only appeared on the radar in the final week or two.

So the Texans might go WR in Round One but it might be somebody none of us is considering or putting in mocks.

On the 2008 draft, it was the worst kept secret in town that they wanted an
OLT, but yea Brown was the last one left on the Board when the Texans picked and he was thought to be no where near a first-round value at the time. I'm thinkin another reason we "reached" for Brown in the first round was that he was the guy that Alex Gibbs wanted ?
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Re the 2009 pick, I thought Matthews was always viewed as a 3-4 guy because of his potential as an edge-rusher and therefor not a fit here since we operated out of the 4-3 at that time. On the other hand Cushing was "the" 4-3 strongside OLB they wanted to play in their 4-3 "Under" ?
I do seem to recall they were very interested in Ohio State DB Malcolm Jenkins, but he was gone before the Texans came up to bat.
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2010 Draft: everybody thought corner which of course is where they went, but I thought they'd take Kyle Wilson and not Kareem ? Also, don't think there was a "Rogers-Cromartie" in the Kareem Draft ?
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And the Draft of Drafts ? I was always confidant they wouldn't take VY because they still seemed to think David Carr was their guy, but I was stunned when they passed on Bush ?

[popanot]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

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Man, nunu... You really need to check that keyboard of yours. Funky characters all over the place on that post.

[HPF Bob]

And let's not forget the Texans were thought to be looking DT last April and we chose Watt but that wasn't the name people expected. Brooks Reed was also a choice few people expected. Smith seems good at being quiet about the guys he really wants.

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

And let's not forget the Texans were thought to be looking DT last April and we chose Watt but that wasn't the name people expected. Brooks Reed was also a choice few people expected. Smith seems good at being quiet about the guys he really wants.

It does seem like since Smith arrived the Texans have generally gone with the expected position in the 1st round, but the actual player has been a surprise.

[NBT]

Originally Posted by Joshua

It does seem like since Smith arrived the Texans have generally gone with the expected position in the 1st round, but the actual player has been a surprise.

The expected position, but not the exact player. A lot of people are experts before the Draft, but actual events usually prove them wrong. Furthermore, the position was due to the fact that we were woeful in so many areas. We have now reached the luxury of drafting exactly whoever is the best player available when it comes our time to draft.

[Nconroe]

Next week will be the NFL combine so then we get to see who's star is rising and who's isn't. more to talk about atleast as combine progresses.

[NBT]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

And let's not forget the Texans were thought to be looking DT last April and we chose Watt but that wasn't the name people expected. Brooks Reed was also a choice few people expected. Smith seems good at being quiet about the guys he really wants.

Watt & Reed are more to Wade's crdit than Smith I would wager. As well as the two FA pickups that so helped our defense.