We would have to at least get their 2nd rounder this year and maybe even next year. #6 pick, 2nd (2014), 3rd( 2014) and 1st pick next year seems reasonable if the Texans want whoever is available at #6. RGIII type trades will never happen again. Atlanta will still have no depth so I don't think they will sniff the 20's next year.
honestly, you have no idea. neither do i. the guys making the pick are paid big money to get this right. their jobs are on the line. picking between these guys is their job. I'm not a Bortles fan..but I don't have my livelihood riding on it, either.
Just a thought. Whatever you think of this player or that player, if you look at the consensus "Top 10" guys, at leans one, probably more than one, and potentially quite a few of those guys will bust, or at least be nothing beyond average. And predicting who is a coin flip. At this point in the process, people have worked themselves up into such a lather that that fact gets lost. Also, there will be players picked after the first round that will have better careers that the average 1st rounder.
Clowney's quick burst off the line will cause so many problems for offenses. Penalty galore trying to contain that guy(holds,false starts)! Clowney helps this team out more than Mack. Anyone else hoping for a Houston trade back in to round 1 for a really good RT? I am.
Essentially, yes. He said if there was a QB that was the top pick it would be easy, but there isn't anyone like that in this class, that there isn't a "Luck or RG3" out there.
So does that mean that he thinks Clowney can do better or does that mean they're doing him a disservice by comparing him to an all-time great, bc that's too high of a standard for him?
Why do so many people want to trade down (honest question)? If the trade proposal is huge, like overpaying for a 1st pick huge, then I get it. But as of right now we need top tier talent, we don´t need 6 good players. If I am a GM with the lack of great players that we have, I am actually considering trading up to the 15# to 25# range to grab a specific player that I believe slipped out of the top 10 picks and I believe can be elite. I know you can grab elite talent out of the 1st round in a NFL draft, but if I am a GM and I trust my scouting team, I am going after specific guys I think are going to be elite. I am not giving away a #1 pick for a couple of guys in the 2nd round where it is more difficult to find above average players. I am not saying that drafting 6 good players is bad police, it is not if you have elite talent on your team and you need depth, I just believe that the Texans lack elite talent, and I believe to draft that elite talent you have to go after them and not hope they fall to you. Having said that, if you believe that the draft is terrible, of course you don´t overpay just to draft a couple of spots earlier, but I believe that after drafting Clowney 1st, it would be quite easy to trade up a couple of spots and draft Manziel/Bortles/Teddy B depending on who is still there/who do you think is better because at least one will be available after the 15th pick IMO.
Bc what if the Texans covet Mack almost as much as they like Clowney? Why not try to trade down a few spots, get Mack, but pick up a few picks in the process? Not saying Mack would be available, but trading down can be a very smart decision based on what could possibly be on the board at the trade down spot.
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If that trade happens after the picks are locked sure, makes sense because you lose nothing and you get an extra pick. But how often do those happen in the NFL? In the NBA, lottery trades rarely happen after the picks are actually made because GMs fall automatically in love with the player they drafted.
And now Ryan Mallet is the #1 trend in America on Twitter. Hopefully it's a last resort if the qb's 'OB wants are off the board.
