The Houston Texans pick Sean Taylor out of the U. of Miami

Because that someone may need a corner moreso than a safety. Getting a top notch CB is much harder to come by than a player playing the safety position. If we didnt have such a huge gaping hole at safety, then it would also be in our best interest to get Hall over Taylor.

 

1st - San Diego Eli Manning, Mississippi QB
2nd - Oakland Ben Roethlisberger, Mia.-Oh. QB
3rd - Arizona Larry Fitzgerald, Pitt. WR
4th - N.Y. Giants Robert Gallery, Iowa OT
5th - Washington Kellen Winslow, Miami TE
6th - Detroit Sean Taylor, Miami S
7th - Cleveland DeAngelo Hall, Va. Tech CB
8th - Atlanta Tommie Harris, Oklahoma DT
9th - Jacksonville Roy Williams, Texas WR
10th - Houston Kenechi Udeze, USC DE
11th - Pittsburgh Philip Rivers, NC State QB
12th - N.Y. Jets Mike Williams, USC WR
13th - Buffalo Chris Gamble, Ohio St. CB
14th - Chicago Will Smith, Ohio St. DE
15th - Tampa Bay Vince Wilfork, Miami DT

MY MOCK

 

And wothout Mike Williams

1st - San Diego Eli Manning, Mississippi QB
2nd - Oakland Ben Roethlisberger, Mia.-Oh. QB
3rd - Arizona Larry Fitzgerald, Pitt. WR
4th - N.Y. Giants Robert Gallery, Iowa OT
5th - Washington Kellen Winslow, Miami TE
6th - Detroit Sean Taylor, Miami S
7th - Cleveland DeAngelo Hall, Va. Tech CB
8th - Atlanta Tommie Harris, Oklahoma DT
9th - Jacksonville Roy Williams, Texas WR
10th - Houston Kenechi Udeze, USC DE
11th - Pittsburgh Philip Rivers, NC State QB
12th - N.Y. Jets Chris Gamble, Ohio St. CB
13th - Buffalo Dunta Robinson, S. Car. CB
14th - Chicago Will Smith, Ohio St. DE
15th - Tampa Bay Vince Wilfork, Miami DT

 

But don't the Texans have some flexibility in this? They can draft a CB and move Coleman to the safety spot, or draft a safety and keep the aging CB group as is...or so I thought?

 

No way Gamble goes that early.

 

Taking Hall would help the Texans in 3 areas.

1) CB - Glenn/Hall is better than Glenn/Coleman
2) S - Coleman's move to safety will improve that area for sure.
3) PR/KR - Hall is ridiculous here.

 

Your theory makes sense. I just think that if it were down to Hall vs Taylor left at pick #10, the "safer" way to go would be to draft Taylor. I'm not one of his fanboys pimping him, but Hall was a decent corner who had a stellar workout. If I had some more information, I'd be more confident in taking Hall, but it seems that: 1) his attitude may not go down well with the Texans "class" organization; 2) we need run support from anywhere we can get it, including the CB position, and Hall is apparently "a patsy when it comes to defending the run." Taylor, though cocky, can help stop the run as well as roam the secondary. Needs-wise, I think Taylor fits the bill.

 

No way that Gamble or Harris go that early.

 

tierre, no doubt we take Taylor over Hall if he was available at 10. I was never disputing that.

My earlier point in saying that some teams may choose Hall over Taylor was IF they had more of a hole at CB than at safety.

Given the Texans situation, I think it would be a no brainer to take Taylor over Hall if both were available.

 

Sorry, I thought you were arguing possibly in favor of Hall over Taylor .

At any rate, it seems to be a moot point. I guess the argument should be centered around Udeze vs Harris vs Will Smith?