Which do you hope we spend the first pick on?

[theyoungNwild]

Pick and post your reasoning.

[dbruder44]

Draft section

[TEXANBRONCO]

i like CUSHING alot...but...MATTHEWS is the man in my book. his HALL OF FAME FATHER coming to the TEXANS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A SIGN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:D

[Yosarian]

I picked DT because we need one and there are not very many i would want so we better take one in the first if we aren't going to get one in FA.

[zanth91]

Though I think there's a higher chance we take a LB, a DT will be a lot of good as well. If we can replace Johnson with a producer, we'll have a complete line.

[TexansRage123]

everyone says matthews cause that thought has been put in ur mind over past months and sounds good now. but with our additions of Davis and June. Plus havin Adibi and Diles. We Dont NEED a LB. Not To Mention Another Position Will Prob Hold More Value at that time. also have other LB's for back up's to Ryans and others..

[wastedtexan]

i think we should dt with the signing of june and davis and the young backers in adibi and diles if our d line gets better then our secondary will flourish and with frank bush coming in and wanting to be aggressive a dt that can rush would be what i would want or secondary isnt bad we just didnt apply enough pressure. LETS GO TEXANS

[jxjx999]

Raji is a can't miss,but he will probably be gone. I think it is a reach to take Peria Jerry at 15, especially with DelJuan Robinson sort of coming out last year. With Kollar preferring one-gap penetrators you never know though. Safety is a non-issue in the first. Linebacker and Corner hold the most value at 15 with an edge to 'Backer.

[BMT TEXAN]

Im a big fan of taking Matthews, but if Jenkins is on the board @15 & we dont trade down, this pick makes alot of sense. Its said Jenkins would most likely play FS, so why not draft this guy to compete w/Wilson @FS. This guy is a top ten talent who just happen to fall in our lap. We all know some1 is gonna fall & it appears to be Jenkins, not because of his talent level but teams needs. Yeah, he dont have staight-line speed but from watching this guy play, he takes good angles & plays very aggressive. Instincts & ball skills are his major attributes & IMO that would make a perfect center-field FS.

[BehindEnemyLine]

Malcolm Jenkins.....why, because if we start jaque reeves we lose

[ANDRE=FRANCHISE]

no offense, but this poll is pretty weak. I want some options.

What about trading down in the draft and drafting Alex Mack, a guy who can play Guard or Center.

If you know how to evaluate players and team weaknesses. LB is not even one of our top 5 needs. Everyone has just been brainwashed by mcclain and the fact that it would be so SPECIAL if we could have Clay here, with his UNCLE.

I think Bruce Matthews is awesome.
I think Clay is good too.

WE just don't need a LB as much as we need a CENTER, GUARD, RUN-STOPPING DT, CORNER, SAFETY


Honestly, why in the world would we draft a LB with our 1st pick?


Now that I've got that point across, if they do draft Clay, I won't cry because he does look like the only LB that can cover extremely well and PASS-RUSH extremely well.

but, he doesn't really fill a need position ?

[taylor90]

i picked line backer because

A, there are no safetys worth a 1st rd pick this year

B, besides malcolm jenkins there are no Cbs worth the 15th pick, if he falls however, i would take him

c, other than raji it seems that there is a big drop off from him to the rest of dts and we can get a good one, (brace) with our 2nd round selection.

[HomeBred_Texan]

LOL, I still want Beenie Wells with the 1st pick. It is my belief he will be something to contend with in the NFL. Or Moreno... I just think that a RB to compliment SS will help keep the D off the field. Those poor guys have been worked hard because we did not have the ability to move the ball with constant ability all the time... If you go up against the Colts or Titans and you give them the ball after 3 downs, how many games do you really expect to win? This draft is deep in D players. We should be able to beef up our D with 2 - 7 picks. Just don't let the O go untouched right now. We are almost there... Just a few more gems to go and we all have our opinion on needs...:p

All of this is my opinion and I think Jenkins will be off the board before we pick. If he is sitting there at 15, then I should have a free pass to change my opinion and say to take him instead of a RB... :o

[Whiskeyrbl]

I went with LB as well. Yes we did sign a couple, however they are WLB's and we need help at SLB. Cushing or Matthews. Will give the edge to Matthews because of his 3rd down rush ability and pass defending skills. Cushing was a 1st and 2nd down backer and left the field in favor of Matthews on 3rd downs. Also some experts are saying Matthews is the best special teams player in the country, I would not be upset if we ended up with Jenkins or Jerry though. As far as C/G Unger may be there in the 2nd, but I am starting to think we may target S. Greene or D. Brown here at RB, and Luigis may be there for our 3rd rd. pick.

[Steelersfan1693]

Cb or safety we are at lB and DT because We have young Lb's we can groom into some pro bowlers id say and needless to say on our Defensive line is in good hands with Mario Williams and Amobie Okoye leading the way (I know i spelled okoyes) name wrong

[TheLBCoach]

Neither of those.

I think that when the #15 pick goes on the clock, Rick Smith will have WR Jeremy Maclin rated higher than any available defensive player and take Maclin.

[houstonsportsfan09]

Neither of those.

I think that when the #15 pick goes on the clock, Rick Smith will have WR Jeremy Maclin rated higher than any available defensive player and take Maclin.

I sorta wish this does happen!

[HuttoKarl]

I feel more and more like we'll snag a CB. Right now, leaning towards Jenkins. I think there are some nice complementary RB's to be had in the second or third...I'd like to see us land Roy Miller at DT in the third or fourth. I think he's going to outplay his draft position and may not be a perennial pro-bowler, but will give you about ten years of solid play on the line.

[HuttoKarl]

Neither of those.

I think that when the #15 pick goes on the clock, Rick Smith will have WR Jeremy Maclin rated higher than any available defensive player and take Maclin.

That'd be pretty interesting to see if it did happen. David Anderson or Jacoby Jones would be sent packing, I imagine...Maybe Anderson could be traded to Denver for that 7th rounder they were willing to give for him.

[outofhnd]

That'd be pretty interesting to see if it did happen. David Anderson or Jacoby Jones would be sent packing, I imagine...Maybe Anderson could be traded to Denver for that 7th rounder they were willing to give for him.

My guess with Anderson new contract its pretty easy to see who leaves...

[TexansRage123]

maclin wont make it past jacksonville so dont get ur hopes up...

[outofhnd]

My hopes is we get more players

[houstonsportsfan09]

maclin wont make it past jacksonville so dont get ur hopes up...

I wont get my hopes up but I've seen Maclin all over. As early as 7 and 8 to Oakland and J-Ville and as late as 17 and 22 to NYJ and Minny.

[TexansRage123]

assuming crabtree makes it to oakland at #7 then jacksonville will take maclin since they let 3 WR's go its there biggest need..but there is also K.C, Seattle, Cleveland who could take crabtree....K.C. cause they have no good #1 WR, Seattle just to give hassellbeck more options, cleveland cause stallworth is prob going to prison and may want another WR incase edwards is traded.....he wont make it past #8

[NBT]

Duh...why wasn't DE one of the possibilities. OH yeah, we got Smith didn't we? But will he be any better than Weaver was? There is still some doubt. Anyway why not DE Michael Johnson. He has everything but the so called motivation. And oh yeah, didn't they say the same thing about Mario coming oiut? Think about it. We still need a rush RDE.

[dajjal]

Duh...why wasn't DE one of the possibilities. OH yeah, we got Smith didn't we? But will he be any better than Weaver was? There is still some doubt. Anyway why not DE Michael Johnson. He has everything but the so called motivation. And oh yeah, didn't they say the same thing about Mario coming oiut? Think about it. We still need a rush RDE.

speechless, in a bad way...:confused:

[TexansRage123]

Duh...why wasn't DE one of the possibilities. OH yeah, we got Smith didn't we? But will he be any better than Weaver was? There is still some doubt. Anyway why not DE Michael Johnson. He has everything but the so called motivation. And oh yeah, didn't they say the same thing about Mario coming oiut? Think about it. We still need a rush RDE.

but our RDE is mario williams...u saying he cant rush? Antonio Smith will be better then Weaver though. I think we will get Melton in the Late 4th/ or 5th for our DE needs...

[Wolfscar]

Raji is a can't miss,but he will probably be gone. I think it is a reach to take Peria Jerry at 15, especially with DelJuan Robinson sort of coming out last year. With Kollar preferring one-gap penetrators you never know though. Safety is a non-issue in the first. Linebacker and Corner hold the most value at 15 with an edge to 'Backer.

Precisely. It's a great OLB class and - whilst we have a lot of talented players at outside 'backer, what we have is a lot of talented depth. There's not one sure-fire starter. Someone like Matthews would be an upgrade over any OLB we currently have, plus he brings serious pass rush skills which are currently non-existent from our linebackers. Our pass rush was dismal last year and we need some help for the D-Line in bringing the heat. Hence, I reckon we take Raji if he's there (which he won't be) or Matthews if he's not. I'd be happy with either one.

[Wolfscar]

WE just don't need a LB as much as we need a CENTER, GUARD, RUN-STOPPING DT, CORNER, SAFETY

I agree with the needs there apart from Center and Guard. We do need depth there, but much of our O-Line was playing their first full season last year and they were excellent. We had the 6th lowest sack total in the league with a line that's really young and playing together for the first time. I think we already have our starting line, personally. Do we need depth to strengthen it? Absolutely, but not worth spending a first round pick on. There's a lot of good quality, relatively raw O-Linemen in later rounds - I reckon that's where we go guard or center.

As for the 'backers - I really think it is one of our areas of need because we only have one sure fire starter in DeMeco. Both other spots are being contested by players like June, Bentley and Davis who've been solid but unspectacular the past few seasons and relatively untried players like Adibi and Diles who've already shown that they're not immune to injury. The talent at 'backer this draft - for me - means that we have serious potential to pick up a perennial starter and future pro-bowler in the first round. That's not true of any of the other need positions with the talent that will still be there at #15.

I agree about the poll though - there should at least be the option of DE. I doubt that's where we go, but there's a definite possibility.