ESPN: Draft Special - Anyone See It?

CC basically said that they haven't made their decision on who to draft. They are open to trading it and have had talks with teams. He said if they do trade, they will go down only a few spots. The most interesting part of the interview was when he said they hadn't made the decision between Reggie Bush and Mario Williams not Vince Young.

 

Was this on sportscenter or was it a show called Espn Draft Special? Just wondering what I should look for to try and Tivo a repeat.

 

It was on ESPN called ESPN Draft Special. It was on from 6:30-8:00. They are either airing a repeat or continuing the special Thursday night, the same time.

 

Eh, you didn't miss much. Casserly just gave the typical PR type answers to the questions they asked him, which is exactly what he's supposed to do. Nobody wants to tip their hand on national TV.

They asked him if we were going to draft Bush and he said he's not sure, but of course we all know they are. He did say that if we trade down, he wouldn't want to trade below the 5th pick.

They had one spot devoted to the "cons" of VY as an NFL QB. I kind of figured there would already be a 10 page thread dedicated to that spot by the time I logged on tonight.

 

I saw it there is a 99% chance they take bush and I'm cool with that.

I am more intrested in the first pick of round two and the first two picks of round three and the first pick of round four.

This draft will make or break our franchise over the next five to ten years.

I am pumped up!

 

LOL, ROFL

Bush or Mario. See, they're posturing. He's trying to get a bidding war going for that pick.

 

Dude, I am really worried about you. You're the last survivor of the Vince Young True Believer Camp.

I'm afraid that when the Texans dont:

1) Draft Vince
2) Trade down for Vince

you will go postal.

Hope is a good thing but sooner or later you gotta see the light. Vince isn't playing for the Texans next year. Just hope he gets drafted by a cool franchise (read: not Bud's) and that he has a great career.

Don't worry, Reggie will grow on ya.

 

Uh, who are you talking to?

 

I would like to have VY, no doubt. I think he is going to be the primo player in this league for many years. He has that charisma and leadership that all the greats have. But I am prepared for the reality of not getting him. I'll take Bush. He will be a great player too. He just won't have quite as much impact on his team as Young will have on his team because of the positions they play and the ability of VY to make those around him much better, the ability to get them to outperform.

But, I do think the Texans and Casserly are trying to get a bidding war going for the pick. Young or no Young, I think if they got a Walker-Williams type trade, they would take it.

 

I was wondering the same thing.

 

I watched the show last night and for the second could not believe what the hell was coming out of Merril Hodge's mouth. About a month ago I watched him talk about the draft on one of the ESPN shows and he says that he doesn't believe Vince is a first DAY pick as a QB. He said he thinks Vince should be picked in the 4th or 5th round. Yesterday he comes out and says NONE of the QB's except maybe for Jay Cutler are worthy of being selected in the first round. I don't understand this guy's logic.

 

Nobody does. 27 concussions will do that to a guy.

 

You talking to me? You talking to me?



Yeah I'm the last Vince-o-maniac hold out. If you can create your own delusions you can live in a perfect world.

If you look at the fate of of a lot of the fist round QB draft picks of late then you can make an argument that their hit or miss nature makes them too risky to pick early. Leaf, Shuler, Harrington, even Carr and Smith. You could have picked a QB in the 4th round and done about as well.

 

I'm still holding out hope.

 

Agreed...Is Vince Young perfect, no, but the upside is worthy of a Top 5 pick...I firmly believe he will be great in this league...Maybe not next year, but in the long run, ala Air McNair...

 

mario williams is not so outlandish. a great de can anchor your entire defense for years.

 

Draft day can't come soon enough. This has been the longest, stupidest, most irritating offseason in sports history.