Pick's Picks 2012

[painekiller]

You have Worthy ahead of Poe. I don't see that. Both are inconsistent on tape, but Poe is the better prospect.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by painekiller

You have Worthy ahead of Poe. I don't see that. Both are inconsistent on tape, but Poe is the better prospect.

I hear you, PK. I had not seen much of Poe except for the Combine and was blown away by his athleticism. Saw a cut up where he ran down a RB by the sideline, so initially had him #1 since finding an Athlete at that size is hard. I want a Vince Wilfork or Haloti Ngata or BJ Raji or Marcel Dareus - type player as our NT. Then I keep hearing about how he did not dominate at Memphis St. and that scared me enough to move him down. On the other hand, I saw Worthy play 3 games and he impressed me with his motor. So, with my limited exposure, I just feel more confident drafting Worthy & could possibly get him in the 2nd round, so that would be VERY nice in my opinion. His ceiling may not be as high, but I see his floor as a better risk.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Roy P

I hear you, PK. I had not seen much of Poe except for the Combine and was blown away by his athleticism. Saw a cut up where he ran down a RB by the sideline, so initially had him #1 since finding an Athlete at that size is hard. I want a Vince Wilfork or Haloti Ngata or BJ Raji or Marcel Dareus - type player as our NT. Then I keep hearing about how he did not dominate at Memphis St. and that scared me enough to move him down. On the other hand, I saw Worthy play 3 games and he impressed me with his motor. So, with my limited exposure, I just feel more confident drafting Worthy & could possibly get him in the 2nd round, so that would be VERY nice in my opinion. His ceiling may not be as high, but I see his floor as a better risk.

If you have chance to watch the other games from Worthy, you will see a guy that does not give consistent effort. I was real high on him before I witness the let down myself. I have forgotten which game it was. But his effort is why he has dropped since the end of the season.

Also Worthy is IMO a DE in this defense, thus a backup/rotation guy. Granted we need better depth at the DE, but I see Randle from UT available much later and able to fill that role.

[Roy P]

My next board will reflect a change. Putting Poe above Worthy again. Though it may be a moot point if Poe is off the board before our first pick. I will say that out of the non-340lbs DT's, Worthy is the one I could see playing NT. Fletcher Cox & Kendall Reyes are DE's in the 3-4. Guys like Devon Still remind me of Okoye, better as a 3-Technique in a 4-3 ONLY, so I don't list those guys on the Texans draft board.

[NBT]

Unless we aquire a WR some other way, I will bet a buck that we don't go defense with our first pick. Besides Wade doesn't like real big NTs in his defense. But it's fun to talk about I guess.

[Roy P]

1. OLB Nick Perry
2. DE Fletcher Cox
3. ILB Luke Kuechly
4. WR Stephen Hill
5. CB Stephon Gilmore
6. OLB Shea McClellin
7. DE Kendall Reyes
8. OLB Andre Branch
9. NT Jerel Worthy
10. NT Dontari Poe
11. ILB Zach Brown
12. OLB Whitney Mercilus
13. OC Peter Konz
14. WR Marvin Jones
15. RB Doug Martin

[Roy P]

16. RB David Wilson
17. RB LaMichael James
18. OT Brandon Mosley
19. WR Chris Givens
20. OLB Ronnel Lewis
21. NT Alameda Ta'amu
22. OLB Bruce Irvin

23. OG Kevin Zeitler
24. DB Jamell Fleming
25. OLB Cam Johnson
26. ILB Mychal Kendricks
27. RB Isaiah Pead
28. WR Juron Criner
29. WR AJ Jenkins
30. WR Nick Toon
31. RB Chris Rainey
32. OT Nate Potter