Thoughts on the Draft (and the b!tching)

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by chuck

Fred Weary, Ryan Young...

Young played a total of 9 games as a Texan - all in 2002.

Weary played six seasons but sat out much of 2004 and 2005, presumably with injuries.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Young played a total of 9 games as a Texan - all in 2002.

Weary played six seasons but sat out much of 2004 and 2005, presumably with injuries.

Young's groin injury was a bad one. instead of the groin muscle pulling or ripping, the bone pulled loose. Young was never the same.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Young's groin injury was a bad one. instead of the groin muscle pulling or ripping, the bone pulled loose. Young was never the same.

He was a good player for the Jets. And that's my point. The Carr years OL had actual, NFL quality players. Or at least they tried to. In the Watson years they literally do everything they can to chase away anyone who can play at all. And then they draft these slapdicks from schools nobody other than Pickett's ever heard of. Or they draft a guy from a Pickett school in the 4th round and expect to slide him right in to LT. Etc. It is quite something to behold.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by chuck

He was a good player for the Jets. And that's my point. The Carr years OL had actual, NFL quality players. Or at least they tried to. In the Watson years they literally do everything they can to chase away anyone who can play at all. And then they draft these slapdicks from schools nobody other than Pickett's ever heard of. Or they draft a guy from a Pickett school in the 4th round and expect to slide him right in to LT. Etc. It is quite something to behold.

Point taken although it must be remembered that Young and Boselli were products of the expansion drafts and were done to provide cap relief for the Jets and Jaguars so that we might have other players like Aaron Glenn and Gary Walker. McKinney, Pitts and Weary were from Texas A&M, San Diego St. and Tennessee respectively.

The new OL was crafted from other team's free agent second-stringers and small-school projects. In that sense, we've added guys from Alabama St. and Northern Illinois to the group - hardly inspiring. To be fair, Rankin last year was from Mississippi St. and Su'a-Fila was from UCLA.

Not sure we haven't beaten this subject like J.J. Watt against a seventh-round rookie.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by chuck

And then they draft these slapdicks from schools nobody other than Pickett's ever heard of. Or they draft a guy from a Pickett school in the 4th round and expect to slide him right in to LT. Etc. It is quite something to behold.

Hey, I wanted to let you guys know that I am writing a book that is going to be published soon. In addition, I have started posting videos on YouTube. I sort of started this project/process here with "My Guys" and decided to turn it into a blueprint for how I would build an NFL Franchise. You can follow me on Twitter @PFGMRx or watch my YouTube channel @ PFGMRx. Thanks for your support. - Roy Pickett

[Keith]

Awesome, congrats Roy.

[Roy P]

Thanks, Keith.

My book is scheduled to be published on 9/16/19. I start off by describing how I was pulled into this when the Texans drafted David Carr #1 instead of Julius Peppers. Then I describe how I would put together a franchise....

"If you have ever played the video game ‘Madden’ on GM
mode or submitted lineups for your weekly Fantasy Football
team, then you have entertained the notion that you might
know what it takes to run an NFL Franchise. In my case, I was
a high school teacher in Conroe, Texas when the newly formed
Houston Texans came into existence and decided to draft one
David Carr. My students asked me who I thought the new team
should select, and without hesitation I declared that Julius
Peppers was the best player available, and within this context
of a team starting from scratch, that was exactly the philosophy
General Manager Charley Casserly should have taken. It was
apparent to me as a casual observer, that Julius Peppers would
be successful sacking opposing Quarterbacks almost
immediately, and without the need to have talented teammates
surrounding him."

[Roy P]

"The Dolphins are up at number 13. If I were running the
Texans, I would be calling to see if I could trade up and select
Andre Dillard to play LT and protect Watson. It remains to be
seen if the Miami Dolphins would be willing to take numbers
23 and 54 at this point. Perhaps the Dolphins would be happy
to stay at number 13 and select Haskins or Locke. The
Dolphins have many needs, so trading down is an option.
However, if they believe their future QB is here, I could
understand why they stay and make their selection. The
Dolphins take Christian Wilkins. I was hopeful that he would
slide to number 26 for my Colts, but it was not meant to be.
Maybe the Colts will be able to get Murphy, Baker, or
Lawrence."