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7 hours ago, Fud said:

1) Titans- Cam Ward
2) Browns- Travis Hunter
3) Giants- Shedeur Sanders
4) Patriots- Abdul Carter
5) Jaguars- Mason Graham
6) Raiders- Tetairoa McMillan
7) Jets- Mykel Williams
'8) Panthers- Jalon Walker
9) Saints- Will Johnson
10) Bears- Will Campbell
11) 49ers- Kelvin Banks Jr
12) Cowboys- Luther Burden III
13) Dolphins- Malaki Starks
14) Colts- Tyler Warren
15) Falcons- Shemar Stewart
16) Cardinals- Tyler Booker
17) Bengals- Jihaad Campbell
18) Seahawks- Armand Membou
19) Buccaneers- Nick Emmanwori
20) Broncos- Ashton Jeanty
21) Steelers- Emeka Egbuka
22) Chargers- Colston Loveland
23) Packers- Mike Green
24) Vikings- Benjamin Morrison
25) Texans- Josh Simmons
26) Rams- Josh Conerly Jr
27) Ravens- Shavon Revel Jr
28) Lions- James Pearce Jr
29) Commanders- Nic Scourton
30) Bills- Maxwell Hairston
31) Chiefs- Walter Nolen
32) Eagles- Kenneth Grant

 

Tet at 6 and Burden at 12 reeks of reaching for a position in one of the worst WR years in recent memory. 

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9 hours ago, Fud said:

That's the second recent mock I've seen that has Houston taking an OT in the first.. which is absurd. They already have three OTs. 

Can he flex to one of the Guard spots for a year? That's the biggest hole in the line right now. Might be a guy they put there, but train him to be an OT after next year. I believe Howards contract can be dropped with little dead money after 2025. 

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1 hour ago, Burt Macklin said:

Tet at 6 and Burden at 12 reeks of reaching for a position in one of the worst WR years in recent memory. 

And unfortunately the Texans need a WR. 
 

I’ve seen a couple mocks of the Texans taking a DT in the 1st. I think Caserio has done a good job of building a viable pass rush/run defense with spare parts at DT. Best player available and all that, but they really need an OG, and a WR that isn’t a reach. 

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1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

Can he flex to one of the Guard spots for a year? That's the biggest hole in the line right now. Might be a guy they put there, but train him to be an OT after next year. I believe Howards contract can be dropped with little dead money after 2025. 

I think they’ll just take a guard. Maybe it’ll be a guard with tackle flexibility like Donovan Jackson, but it makes no sense to spend premium resources on four tackles 

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4 hours ago, Burt Macklin said:

Tet at 6 and Burden at 12 reeks of reaching for a position in one of the worst WR years in recent memory. 

 

1 hour ago, Fud said:

I think Tet is a stud. Young Mike Evans 

I’m with Fud on McMillan. That dude is a stud in a terrible class. 

I’m with Burt on Burden. I know I’ve probably said it on this thread before, but he has bust written all over him. He underperformed in 2 of 3 years in college. He whined publicly and in the locker room about his targets for 3 years. He threw fits on the sideline and he quit on his team multiple times during games. Beyond all of that, I just don’t see some sort of freak meriting a top 15 pick. Golden in the 3rd round could be a far better NFL player. 

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On 1/22/2025 at 10:37 AM, Fud said:

That's the second recent mock I've seen that has Houston taking an OT in the first.. which is absurd. They already have three OTs. 

Seems like most ‘experts’ think Simmons and the Tennessee dude can play inside their first year or two then pop outside once Tunsil and Howard’s contracts roll off the books..

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4 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

Seems like most ‘experts’ think Simmons and the Tennessee dude can play inside their first year or two then pop outside once Tunsil and Howard’s contracts roll off the books..

I think it’s more likely they just don’t understand Houston roster 

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Daniel Jeremiah went on Mcafee and some clips that made their way into my timeline had him saying

- Has Will Howard as a top 50 pick right now but needs to do a deeper

- Carter is the best prospect in the draft

- Milroe will be a day two pick 

- League is split on Sheduer

- Quinn had a disappointing year 

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On 1/22/2025 at 7:40 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

And unfortunately the Texans need a WR. 
I’ve seen a couple mocks of the Texans taking a DT in the 1st. I think Caserio has done a good job of building a viable pass rush/run defense with spare parts at DT. Best player available and all that, but they really need an OG, and a WR that isn’t a reach. 

Through mock drafts I've been screwing around with, I've noticed that trading down to accumulate extra picks doesn't seem to pay off this year. The talent pool at critical positions is limited, making it essential to secure impact players when possible. More picks in this draft don’t necessarily translate to more talent. With the Texans, whether targeting an interior offensive lineman or a receiver in the first round, there’s a notable drop-off in talent by the time they pick again in the second. Trading up in the second round could be the right move to land an immediate contributor at both positions.

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4 hours ago, Saint Tacky said:

Through mock drafts I've been screwing around with, I've noticed that trading down to accumulate extra picks doesn't seem to pay off this year. The talent pool at critical positions is limited, making it essential to secure impact players when possible. More picks in this draft don’t necessarily translate to more talent. With the Texans, whether targeting an interior offensive lineman or a receiver in the first round, there’s a notable drop-off in talent by the time they pick again in the second. Trading up in the second round could be the right move to land an immediate contributor at both positions.

Caserio’s history makes it way more likely they’ll trade up in the early rounds than down..

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1 minute ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I'm still trying to understand how everyone has Shemar Stewart as a first round pick?  He's a long term project at best. The risk/reward just isn't there for a first round pick.

He’s huge and athletic. His lack of production is priced in and is why he’s not a top five pick 

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3 hours ago, Fud said:

He’s huge and athletic. His lack of production is priced in and is why he’s not a top five pick 

yeah, but I'd argue with his size and athleticism that it should have shown up somewhere in 3 years playing the teams A&M had on their schedule with the other guys they had on his D-line during his tenure.  To me that prices him into the late 2nd, early 3rd at best.

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26 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

yeah, but I'd argue with his size and athleticism that it should have shown up somewhere in 3 years playing the teams A&M had on their schedule with the other guys they had on his D-line during his tenure.  To me that prices him into the late 2nd, early 3rd at best.

Fwiw, he actually has a high pressure rate, he just struggled to convert those into sacks. Some teams might look at that and think they can turn those into sacks, and some might look at that and think consistent pressures are good enough at that pick. Also, draft twitter/fans always underrate power rushing from the edge compared to what the NFL sees. Coaches value edges who'll bully lighter tackles or TEs/RBs, and at Shemar's size he'll potentially offer that

I think he starts to become a surplus value pick in the second half of the round. Taking him first overall over Aiden Hutchinson is a different story 

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19 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

The Texans taking Burden would be sadly hilarious. Hope that doesn’t happen. 

I could see them taking Egbuka there if they go WR. He's a plug and play WR2, which they need now with Diggs being a free agent and Tank probably taking two years to get back to where he was 

Of course, we don't even know what offense they're going to run right now 

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On 1/23/2025 at 7:51 PM, Ignatius said:

Very possible as well…

No. You were right. I could see Simmons or Williams getting selected by the Texans in the 1st round or early 2nd, Playing RG and then RT the following year. Fisher moves to LT permanently. Need someone who can move a DT off the freaking line though. Only thing that is missing for the Texans is running game and a legit 2nd WR.

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For Houston, the positions that make the most sense to me in the first are DT (in large part because there's some high upside guys in this draft who might fall into the mid 20s), WR, OG (there's some OG/OT types, who'd be particularly great fits if Houston sticks with the OZ offense), TE (my Tyler Warren dream has died, he ain't making it to #25), and to a lesser extent S

Here's some names that could make sense at each one of those at #25. Some of these names probably have a low likelihood of making it to #25, although there's always a couple of guys who fall for whatever reason and get scooped up by the Eagles, Ravens, Steelers, Chiefs, etc 

DT:
Walter Nolen
Kenneth Grant
Derrick Harmon
TJ Sanders
Jordan Philliams
Tyleik Williams

OG:
Kelvin Banks 
Armand Membou
Tyler Booker
Donovan Jackson
Jonah Savaiinaea
Wyatt Milum

WR:
Emeka Egbuka
Luther Burden
Matthew Golden

TE: 
Colston Loveland 

S:
Malaki Starks
Nick Emmanwori 

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